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Tuesday 23 February 2010

SRP submits an anti-corruption private member's bill to parliament


By Khmerization
Source: RFI

Mr. Son Chhay (pictured), an MP from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), has submitted his anti-corruption private member's bill to parliament for consideration after the government-drafted anti-corruption bill has been delayed for 14 years, reports Radio France Internationale.

Mr. Son Chhay's private member's bill, called the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Corruption, which contains 19 pages, 7 chapters and 41 articles, was submitted to parliament on the 22nd of February.

Mr. Son Chhay said he decided to submit his own private member's bill becuase the government took too long to approve the long-awaited bill and because corruption is notably on the rise since it was firstly drafted in 1996.

Mr. Cheam Yeap, a senior MP from the ruling Cambodian People's Party, said Mr. Son Chhay's bill had reached the parliament, but said that it has no chance of approval because the bill was written by using laws and ideas from developed countries which does not suit the Cambodian situations.

The government-drafted bill was approved by the Council of Ministers on 11 December 2009 and is scheduled to be submitted to parliament for approval in April 2010. This bill imposes a 1 month to 15 years jail term for corruption and requires all office-holders to declare their assets before taking office. However, the details of the bill remain a secret and opposition politicians as well as members of the civil society have called for an open and transparent debates of this secretly-kept controversial bill and for its details to be publicly revealed before approval.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Mr. Cheam Yeap, a senior MP from the ruling Cambodian People's Party, said Mr. Son Chhay's bill had reached the parliament, but said that it has no chance of approval because the bill was written by using laws and ideas from developed countries which does not suit the Cambodian situations." Is that so? or Our Gov is too corruption from the top to the bottom?

Anonymous said...

The anti-corruption bill is 14 years old and there is no sign of it being adopted yet. The Cambodian government must hold a world's Guiness Book of Records on how long it takes to pass a bill in the parliament.

A corrupt government will never adopt an anti-corruption law because it fears that its officials will be the ones to be sent to jail.