The Vietnam fatherland front and its member organisations constitute the political base of people's power. The front promotes the tradition of national solidarity, strengthens the people's unity of mind in political and spiritual matters, participates in the building and consolidation of people's power, works together with the State for the care and protection of the people's legitimate interests, encourages the people to exercise their right to mastery, ensures the strict observance of the Constitution and the law, and supervises the activity of State organs, elected represen- tatives , and State officials adn employees. The State shall create favourable conditions for the effective functioning of the fatherland front and its component organisations.