Legistation should be amended to prohibit elected officials from taking office if they hold dual citizenship, according to senior Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yeap.
Yeap on Monday said that the office of prime minister should be reserved exclusively for Cambodian nationals, but yesterday expanded the call to include all elected lawmakers.
“For the seat of the prime minister and for lawmakers, they should have only Cambodian citizenship in order to ensure their loyalty,” he said.
Yeap admitted that some CPP elected officials hold dual citizenship, but said he was unaware of the exact number.
“I am not sure how many CPP officials hold dual citizenship, but I know it is not many.”
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party yesterday hit back at Yeap’s comments, saying that a more pressing issue the CPP should look at was illegal immigration.
Yim Sovann, CNRP spokesman, said that the granting of economic land concessions to “foreigners” and the flow of immigrants from abroad should be a higher priority.
“I think the CPP should pay attention to illegal immigrants … and human rights abuses,” he said. “Foreigners come here to control the land, [the government gives] 99-year land concessions to the foreigners. This is the real issue.”
Sok Sam Oeun of the Cambodian Defenders Project pointed to the apparent hypocrisy of a senior CPP official making such a statement, when elected CPP representatives hold foreign passports. “If they pass this law, it’s against the unity of all Khmer people. What about the former prime minister exiled in another country? Do they commit a crime?” he asked.
“I think many CPP [officials hold dual citizenship]. Chheang Vun is also from abroad. He holds two nationalities. I think [Minister of Commerce] Sun Chantol [is] also from abroad.”
Sovann said that the CNRP would not pay much attention to the statement made by Yeap.
“[Our goal] is not about dual citizenship, it’s about fighting corruption. We need to find a way to peacefully resolve the deadlock,” he said.”
Sam Oeun said: “If they want to propose this, I think they should also propose the prime minister only has two terms.”
3 comments:
LOL - It is laughable about CPP which has bee far worse that illegal. CPP Cheam Yeap is very dumb when he created his own nonsense law as the political motivation. Hun Sen, Cheam Yeap and other CPP criminals must be removed from his power because of the following:
1. Hun Sen was/is a Khmer Rouges (coming from his Hanoi bosses who have ordered him what to do to commit bad things in Cambodia and kill Cambodian people and opposition leaders and Khmer heroes).
2. Cheam Yeap has hit and run to leave the victims to die during the car accident.
3. Hun Sen allowed illegal economic land concessions 99 to his Yuon/Vietnamese friends (businessmen) and those illegal Viet/Yuon thieves cut and destroyed Cambodian forests.
4. Allowed the flow of illegal Vietnamese/Yuon immigrants in Cambodia
5. Illegal land grabbing and evicting Cambodian people who are the owners of their lands.
6. Stole public land to their own private land illegally.
7. and more or beyond (out of controls)...Let Khmer readers to fill the rest.
What else?. Hun sen do calculated every move now you idiot samram is another's bunlert aka noun chea who secretly abide by Siam evil tricks to finish khmer again. Be aware of evil siam thug no one could proofing any evidence after . During and before killing field that how siam master mind destroyed us. MkkeI am mike to samraincy be yourself what you activate or executes it must be or absolutely 100 percent pure you own well perfectly details planning and shall listening or consulting no one. All people. Yout friends snd including your family are evil a real baf evil. Do not believed me. ? You will fail every walk of life. Your people friends all human are very cruel and witch animal. Now clearly see yourself. Righ. You havr too much parasites around you anf stay away from krm sokha he eill push you to death. Stop challenge on superior performance with sokha. Mike
13 March 2014 5:42 pm
What do you want dumb Vietcong/Yuon dog eater (Mike)? Are you trying to kill us Khmer? Before you do that, you need to prepare and move your ass out of Cambodia as soon as possible and live in Hanoi. OK, dumb Yuon dog eater Mike?
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