Ke Sovannaroth, flanked by Mrs. Thak Lany to her left and Mr. Nuth Rumduol to her right, at the press conference today announcing her resignation from parliament.Monday, 21 November 2011
By Serath
PHNOM PENH, - Three members of parliament from the Sam Rainsy Party tended their resignations Monday in a bid to bring about a deadlock in budget discussions at the National Assembly.
According to copies of letters dated Monday and sent to National Assembly President Heng Samrin, the three members are Ke Sovannaroth from Siem Reap province, Thak Lany from Kompong Cham province and Nuth Rumduol from Kampong Speu province.
"The government must stop confiscating land from the people and stop forcing people out of their homes," the letters said, also calling for an overhaul of the National Election Committee "to stop tempering with ballots and stop distorting the will of the people.”
In a letter dated Sunday, exiled party president Sam Rainsy said the resignations would trigger a constitutional crisis for the government led by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
However, National Assembly Economics, Finance, Banking and Audit Commission Chairman Cheam Yeap said that any resignations by opposition party MPs would not be able to block the national budget talks.
Prince Ranariddh, former president of the national assembly, has agreed, saying that it is only the first meeting of the National Assembly of each mandate which requires at least 120 of the assembly's 123 members
"If Sam Rainsy’s MPs resign without being replaced, the seats can be allocated to other parties in the parliament,” the prince said.
PHNOM PENH, - Three members of parliament from the Sam Rainsy Party tended their resignations Monday in a bid to bring about a deadlock in budget discussions at the National Assembly.
According to copies of letters dated Monday and sent to National Assembly President Heng Samrin, the three members are Ke Sovannaroth from Siem Reap province, Thak Lany from Kompong Cham province and Nuth Rumduol from Kampong Speu province.
"The government must stop confiscating land from the people and stop forcing people out of their homes," the letters said, also calling for an overhaul of the National Election Committee "to stop tempering with ballots and stop distorting the will of the people.”
In a letter dated Sunday, exiled party president Sam Rainsy said the resignations would trigger a constitutional crisis for the government led by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
However, National Assembly Economics, Finance, Banking and Audit Commission Chairman Cheam Yeap said that any resignations by opposition party MPs would not be able to block the national budget talks.
Prince Ranariddh, former president of the national assembly, has agreed, saying that it is only the first meeting of the National Assembly of each mandate which requires at least 120 of the assembly's 123 members
"If Sam Rainsy’s MPs resign without being replaced, the seats can be allocated to other parties in the parliament,” the prince said.
2 comments:
If you can provoke a deadlock that way, there would be no workable parliament. If you loose the election, and you are not satisfied with the results, you withdraw 3 members of your party to let people know that you are in the mood of blocking the democracy. Any other party can do the same. And the game can go on even with a new election. Can it be anything more serious than this? Frankly, it seems that you can only harm yourself. It can work only if it was a minority government.
resign, resign, resign. dont work, just collect the salary. sound more like RAF staff, collect money from US government and write bias news all day long.
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