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May 22, 2016 / 09:47

Creating favorable conditions for voters to cast their ballot

Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Truong Hoa Binh worked with the Traffic Police Department on May 20 in Hanoi to examine works to ensure security, order and safety for the upcoming National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils elections for 2016-2021.

At the working session, Traffic Police Department Director, Major General Tran Son Ha reported that his department has assigned detailed duties to its units nationwide to actively build plans for safeguarding the elections in accordance with the Plan set by the Ministry of Public Security. 
The Traffic Police Department launched a campaign to ensure traffic safety and social order between April 30-May 31, he said.   

 
 Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh makes a speech at the working session with Hanoi Police’s Department of Road and Railway Transport.
Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh makes a speech at the working session with Hanoi Police’s Department of Road and Railway Transport.
Speaking at the meeting, Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh asked for close collaboration between the traffic police force and relevant agencies to ensure absolute safety for the upcoming elections.
The Deputy PM urged the department to well perform its inspections, forecasts, and analysis, towards swiftly making plans in order to settle any problems that can occur during the event. 
Deputy PM Binh also stressed the significance of the political event, and adding that the public security force and the traffic police force in particular should be the main forces in the work. 
Binh asked the Department, the Ministry of Public Security and all traffic officers to firmly handle traffic violations, and effectively solve illegal motorcycle racing and crimes along routes, especially at the polling stations, thus creating favorable conditions for voters to cast their ballot.
He noted that the Traffic Police Department should direct traffic police forces across the country to cooperate with the military forces, public security, and the transport sector to do transport instruction well, before, during and after the elections, and prevent traffic jams during the event.
He urged the department to try best effort to implement their duties.
On the same day, Deputy PM Binh also had a working session with representatives from Hanoi Police’s Department of Road and Railway Transport.
At the meeting, the Deputy PM stressed the need to ensure political security and traffic safety and order in the city for the elections and for US President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Vietnam. 
Deputy PM Binh required the agency to effectively implement measures to do the work well, especially in voting areas.