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Royal family members, truant in their attendance at the nation's parliament, should ask themselves if politics is still something in which they wish to participate, Cambodian National Assembly chief Heng Samrin said Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters outside the National Assembly, Heng Samrin said neither his dominant Cambodian People's Party (CPP) nor the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) had any intention to "order royal family members out of politics."
But, he added, other lawmakers were beginning to wonder why the royal parliamentarians were not making the decision to leave politics themselves.
Political analysts said the comments appeared to be yet another dig by the CPP at the struggling royalist Funcinpec Party, whose president, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, was lambasted by Prime Minister Hun Sen last month as the relationship between the CPP and its now nominal coalition partner continued to deteriorate.
"We have some royal family members who are members of the parliament of Cambodia, but at the moment, we do not see royal family members come to the floor or come to work after Prince Ranariddh resigned as National Assembly president," Heng Samrin said although he admitted that Princess Sisowath Santa was a notable exception.
Heng Samrin took over from Ranariddh as National Assembly chief in March when the CPP pushed through a change in voting rules that allowed the parliament to pass legislation with a simple majority instead of the two-thirds previously required, allowing the CPP to pass legislation on its own and effectively making Funcinpec's role in the coalition redundant.
Ranariddh has spent little time in Cambodia since he lost his position, and Funcinpec appears to be in increasing disarray as the country gears up for commune elections in January. Last month, Hun Sen announced he would no longer work with Ranariddh.
Heng Samrin pondered aloud to reporters whether the prolonged recent absence from parliament by elected royal family members - including Ranariddh's daughter, Princess Rattana Devi, and his aunt, Princess Norodom Vicheara - meant the royals were finally ready to leave political life.
"It is not because the CPP or SRP are pushing a decision. We just have the idea," he said. "Royal family members themselves are the people who decide. Stay or leave politics?"
Around a dozen members of Cambodian royalty currently serve in elected positions in the National Assembly and Senate.
Another royal, Prince Sisowath Thomico, recently set up a new political party to run in the upcoming elections and has already angered both the former king, Norodom Sihanouk, and Hun Sen with what they have called aggressive tactics.
Speaking to reporters outside the National Assembly, Heng Samrin said neither his dominant Cambodian People's Party (CPP) nor the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) had any intention to "order royal family members out of politics."
But, he added, other lawmakers were beginning to wonder why the royal parliamentarians were not making the decision to leave politics themselves.
Political analysts said the comments appeared to be yet another dig by the CPP at the struggling royalist Funcinpec Party, whose president, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, was lambasted by Prime Minister Hun Sen last month as the relationship between the CPP and its now nominal coalition partner continued to deteriorate.
"We have some royal family members who are members of the parliament of Cambodia, but at the moment, we do not see royal family members come to the floor or come to work after Prince Ranariddh resigned as National Assembly president," Heng Samrin said although he admitted that Princess Sisowath Santa was a notable exception.
Heng Samrin took over from Ranariddh as National Assembly chief in March when the CPP pushed through a change in voting rules that allowed the parliament to pass legislation with a simple majority instead of the two-thirds previously required, allowing the CPP to pass legislation on its own and effectively making Funcinpec's role in the coalition redundant.
Ranariddh has spent little time in Cambodia since he lost his position, and Funcinpec appears to be in increasing disarray as the country gears up for commune elections in January. Last month, Hun Sen announced he would no longer work with Ranariddh.
Heng Samrin pondered aloud to reporters whether the prolonged recent absence from parliament by elected royal family members - including Ranariddh's daughter, Princess Rattana Devi, and his aunt, Princess Norodom Vicheara - meant the royals were finally ready to leave political life.
"It is not because the CPP or SRP are pushing a decision. We just have the idea," he said. "Royal family members themselves are the people who decide. Stay or leave politics?"
Around a dozen members of Cambodian royalty currently serve in elected positions in the National Assembly and Senate.
Another royal, Prince Sisowath Thomico, recently set up a new political party to run in the upcoming elections and has already angered both the former king, Norodom Sihanouk, and Hun Sen with what they have called aggressive tactics.
2 comments:
yOU UNEDUCATED STUPID HENG SARIM! YOU GET TO THAT PLACE BECAUSE YOU SELL YOUR SOUL TO THE EVIL VIETNAMOMISS!
ANY BODY, EVERY BODY IF THEY ARE ADULT BY THE LAW THEY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO POLITIC, FREE TO
SPEAK!
AND LAW SHOULD BE ABOVE ANY ONE YOU STUPID DOPE, IF ONE MANE OR GROUP CAN BE ABOVE THE LAW IT CALL DICTATORSHIP.
AND YOU STUPID PART OF THE KILLER DICTATORS, MAY YOUR MOTHER GOSH CURSE YOU TO HELL, YOU MONKEY COMMUNIS DUNG!
It is rather lonely at the top.
SiS
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