Demonstrators hold signs opposing the
trade union law at a protest outside the National Assembly in Phnom Penh
last week. Hong Menea
Little promise in union law debate, says SRP senator
Mon, 11 April 2016
Vong Sokheng
Following
the National Assembly’s passage of the draft trade union law last week,
the Senate is set to take up the law today, with the permanent
committee scheduled to discuss it followed by a vote on Tuesday, said
the Senate’s secretary-general Oum Sarith.
“I don’t know about
the result of the vote, which depends on each senator’s vote during the
session,” he added. You Seangheng, a Sam Rainsy Party senator, said
opposition lawmakers will participate in the vote, but had little hope
that the law will be amended.
“We know that we cannot revise the law to serve the interests of workers, but we still have to debate it,” Seangheng said.
Yang
Sophorn, a prominent union leader, who was involved in the violent
scuffles that preceded last Monday’s vote at the National Assembly, said
she hoped that the Senate would consider changing the law to better
match their demands.
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