ラオスの中央地方関係における県知事および県党委員会の権限に関する一考察--ヴィエンチャン県工業局の事業形成過程を中心に--

Abstract

Following the promulgation of the 1991 constitution in Lao P.D.R., the organizational structure of local administration became more centralized. But since 2000, when some authority over planning and budgeting management was decentralized, governors have been granted new powers.This study of the planning processes at the central and provincial levels examined a case study of the project making process in Vientiane Province. The major findings were: First, the party adopted decentralization in order to promote local development and maintain security after the Asian financial crisis. Second, the central government retains the authority to approve and permit each provincial project, while the provincial party and governor have the authority to make their own projects and propose them to the central government. Third, a single member of the central party committee is appointed by the politburo to hold both the post of secretary of the provincial party and provincial governor in order to control the provincial issues. Fourth, governors have the authority to propose projects with political aims, such as those regarding security issues and minority issues. Fifth, while governors have the authority to make decisions in the provincial party committee, vice-governors are better informed on provincial issues and are actually the ones who manage the policy making process with regard to local issues as their main priority. As a result, the central level of the party supervises the local party committee and controls provincial political issues and minority problems through governors in order to advance local development, as well as maintain security across the whole country.