PHNOM PENH, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday criticized the draft law submitted by the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) to limit PM position to one term.
The PM position for one term of five years will make the country leader pack national benefits for their own because they think they could lead the country for just one term, Hun Sen told Cambodia's Investment, Trade, and Infrastructure 2007 Roundtable Forum.
"They have to say candidly that they were afraid of me because when I stand for vote, people will vote for me and they could not become prime minister," he said.
The long time mandate of the PM position will let the prime minister make strategies to give political stability for the country and win supports from people, he said.
SRP President Sam Rainsy told local media Monday that his party would submit a draft law to the National Assembly limiting PM position to one term.
"We want to give opportunities for our well-educated younger generations. When only one person consolidates all the power, it means that person insults or looks down on other educated people," Sam Rainsy was quoted by the Cambodia Daily newspaper as saying.
The PM position for one term of five years will make the country leader pack national benefits for their own because they think they could lead the country for just one term, Hun Sen told Cambodia's Investment, Trade, and Infrastructure 2007 Roundtable Forum.
"They have to say candidly that they were afraid of me because when I stand for vote, people will vote for me and they could not become prime minister," he said.
The long time mandate of the PM position will let the prime minister make strategies to give political stability for the country and win supports from people, he said.
SRP President Sam Rainsy told local media Monday that his party would submit a draft law to the National Assembly limiting PM position to one term.
"We want to give opportunities for our well-educated younger generations. When only one person consolidates all the power, it means that person insults or looks down on other educated people," Sam Rainsy was quoted by the Cambodia Daily newspaper as saying.
15 comments:
Hun Sen will be a PM for ever even if he is in the bed. Voting is nothing to me now.
I can see that only Hun Sen's theory that PM stands in power long lasting in order to keep security or development in the country.
But in this world, both political systems of communist and democratic countries have significantly been limiting the mandate of their premier and president.
Every political theorist come to an end of conclusion that for the prosperity and stability of the nation, they have to limit powerful men in a particular mandate. Doing so, their country can avoid from rampant corruption, favoritism and cronism.
But Hun Sen's theory for Cambodia is referred by what of his theory? Personal power, family clan, foreigner's lackey, ignorance or dictatorship?
KY
Wrong, we must look at the whole thing at large and realistically. We know it is impossible to get rid of all corruption that associated with poverty. I don't care what anyone said. There is no proof of it being done. Thus, as long we can reduce poverty the corruption will become more controllable, accordingly.
The problem in Cambodia is we have people struggle for power and using the suffering of people as a mean to achieving their goal. Instead of go out and knocking on door trying to bring in businesses, they preferred to paint bad picture of the country against their opponent so that they can win the next election. With this type of democracy, the country will not move out fast enough and corruption will linger on, no matter who run the show.
Therefore, the only solution is to use virtual autocracy which have been proven to be much more effective than democracy to bring poor country out of poverty at fastest speed and make it possible to control corruption which will lead ultimately to success.
Okay! Without Hun Sen Cambodia will cease to become a country? HUN SEN have King Sihanouk syndrome!
4:03PM
Your definition is irrational. We can boost economic through investment; and investors need trust and transparency in that government. So corruption is the serious obstacle to improve or boost national economy.
CPP under the leadership of Hun Sen cannot eradicate or alleviate the rampant corruption in Cambodia. If Hun Sen dare punish corrupted officials or ministers in his government, he risk to lose his power because losing supporters. Cambodian people have no hope to improve their lives through tackling corruption under same leaders and same group with same system.
We cannot eliminate or eradicate corruption, but we can reduce or decrease it as much as possible through political reform in both political parties and national government.
CPP needs the political willingness to reform itself through changing leaders and firmly condemning all evil members. Doing so, it requires time to reduce corruption. But to change the government faster, we have to change party.
Cambodian people have to vote for change, this is the best solution to reduce or decrease corruption and improve their daily lives.
KY
Yes, corruption is an issue if it is severe, but we don't hear much complaint from our current investor. Moreover, we have made up for corruption undesirable feature with the dirt cheap taxes. Thus, everything will works.
What you are learning is from opposition blowing everything out of proportion. I know all their moves, and they aint gonna fool no khmer people, period.
every man in life goal is to grow, mature and self improve himself or herself. But hun sen is a very bad example. He doesn't want to improve or correct anything but his pocket and his errogant-ness.
to be a man of power is to take up alot of responsiblity for his country, people and its future.
Hun sen havn't done any of that. Hun sen is the side-effect of khmer rouge. The only good with hun sen is his " mouth " and creating curruption and suffering to his nation.
somebody shut him up plz
7:39PM
Even though Hun Sen himself wants to change his corrupted activities, he cannot achieve it because only him that is floating in ocean of corrupted people. So one important solution is Hun Sen has to do sacrifice his power, so that his corrupted clan and cronies should be not activated or planted or spread.
What quiet of investors you mean in Cambodia complaining of corruption? Your idea is to satisfy only smallest thing you have hand...remote Cambodian people are living under poverty line and experiencing injustice treatment every day...neighboring countries can attract investors multiple times more than Cambodia...and their people's standard of living is highly uplifted...your vision about Cambodia is compared like Lakhorn Khmer "Akvak Akven"...
No any ideology can influence me including Sam Rainsy though sometime I can see that he is courageous, no corrupted and pure politician...I have myself as the central think-tank and decision-maker.
KY
"The PM position for one term of five years will make the country leader pack national benefits for their own because they think they could lead the country for just one term, Hun Sen told Cambodia's Investment, Trade, and Infrastructure 2007 Roundtable Forum." Is this meant the whole world is wrong to have term limits?
HUN SEN perpetuates corruption. In his speech you can detect it; "The PM position for one term of five years will make the country leader pack national benefits for their own because they think they could lead the country for just one term, Hun Sen told Cambodia's Investment, Trade, and Infrastructure 2007 Roundtable Forum." This can only happen when there are no laws for corruption, with which the HUN SEN government able to keep in the draft form for a decade. Literally it means he is the one who is holding Cambodia back to becoming the law abiding country so that his people can corrupt and he get to stay in power indefinately. It is more you scratch my back and I scratch yours like of gangsters' ideology.
Nope, the one term policy is retarded. It will keep the country weak and in porverty forever due to lack of real competition for the leader. The strength of the country is based on the new PM being better and more intelligent to defeat the previous PM.
You can't succeeded by open opportunity to losers. That is not our goal and vision for Cambodia.
Five years in power is not retarded and it is only one way to encourage younger generation to develop their leadership ability.
KY
Wrong, that is a foolish theory. There is no encouragement here. It is just a wait for a hand out. Challenges and Competitions is what encouraged the young generations to do their best for the country.
You guy are obviously a total losers for thinking the CPP is undefeatable, which clearly mean you are not good enough for Cambodia. We got better vision for our country, alright.
IT's retarded when you still don't get it after 5 years.
Yeah, tell that to Sam Rainsy.
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