Son Chhay: "....we have always reminded times and again that if the Prime Minister continues to violate the laws, and refuse to review all his wrongdoings, in our capacity as members of parliament, we will apply our legal measures.”
21st Feb. 200
By Phan Sophath,
By Phan Sophath,
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer to English by Khmerization
Prime Minster Hun Sen has rejected the opposition party’s request on Thursday by declaring that he will still continue to appoint all defectors from various parties who defected to this own party to government positions.
Speaking to hundreds of supporters in Lavear Em district, Mr Hun Sen appealed to other officials from various parties to defect to his Cambodian People’s Party and assured them that they will be appointed to various government positions.
The Prime Minister said in reference to the opposition: “Everything is a problem, it never satisfies you…everything (I’ve done) is wrong. Now, if anyone dare to defect, I will appoint them again. If you are the members of the Steering Committee all of you will be appointed as advisors to the government. You (the opposition) are not more important than the nation. If the government can make good use of them, no problem. This time, it is my right and it is not your right.”
Mr. Hun Sen’s speech was made after the opposition MP, Mr. Son Chhay, appealed to the Prime Minister to stop appointing anymore ministers or secretaries of state immediately. He charged that such appointments are squandering the national budget which can affect the good governance, in violations of the rights of other political parties and are in violations of the nation’s laws.
Mr. Son Chhay said: “Political parties and the government are separate entities. So I would like to remind the Prime Minister that he should not be confused with the administrative structure of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea regime and the administrative governing structure of the present royal government where after 1993 we have a new constitution. That’s why we have always reminded times and again that if the Prime Minister continues to violate the laws, and refuse to review all his wrongdoings, in our capacity as members of parliament, we will apply our legal measures.”
The exchanges in regard to this matter occurred following many defections from the Sam Rainsy Party and the Funcinpec Party to the Cambodian People’s Party and all the defectors have been appointed as advisors to the government or to the Prime Minister himself, with the rank of ministers or secretaries of state of the present government.
According to opposition officials, at present, without providing the exact figures, they estimated that there are thousands of advisors. So they request the government to send the lists of those advisors to the parliament.
Officials from the civil societies have also expressed the same view that the appointments of so many unnecessary advisors will squander the national budget as well as creating political problems.
Speaking to hundreds of supporters in Lavear Em district, Mr Hun Sen appealed to other officials from various parties to defect to his Cambodian People’s Party and assured them that they will be appointed to various government positions.
The Prime Minister said in reference to the opposition: “Everything is a problem, it never satisfies you…everything (I’ve done) is wrong. Now, if anyone dare to defect, I will appoint them again. If you are the members of the Steering Committee all of you will be appointed as advisors to the government. You (the opposition) are not more important than the nation. If the government can make good use of them, no problem. This time, it is my right and it is not your right.”
Mr. Hun Sen’s speech was made after the opposition MP, Mr. Son Chhay, appealed to the Prime Minister to stop appointing anymore ministers or secretaries of state immediately. He charged that such appointments are squandering the national budget which can affect the good governance, in violations of the rights of other political parties and are in violations of the nation’s laws.
Mr. Son Chhay said: “Political parties and the government are separate entities. So I would like to remind the Prime Minister that he should not be confused with the administrative structure of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea regime and the administrative governing structure of the present royal government where after 1993 we have a new constitution. That’s why we have always reminded times and again that if the Prime Minister continues to violate the laws, and refuse to review all his wrongdoings, in our capacity as members of parliament, we will apply our legal measures.”
The exchanges in regard to this matter occurred following many defections from the Sam Rainsy Party and the Funcinpec Party to the Cambodian People’s Party and all the defectors have been appointed as advisors to the government or to the Prime Minister himself, with the rank of ministers or secretaries of state of the present government.
According to opposition officials, at present, without providing the exact figures, they estimated that there are thousands of advisors. So they request the government to send the lists of those advisors to the parliament.
Officials from the civil societies have also expressed the same view that the appointments of so many unnecessary advisors will squander the national budget as well as creating political problems.
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