Happier days: Funcinpec President Keo Puth Rasmey displays his ink-stained finger after voting in the July 27 polls. (Photo: HENG CHIVOAN)Thursday, 14 August 2008
Written by Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
The CPP’s landslide victory means they really could rule alone but they’re still giving a few positions to some – but not all – members of Funcinpec
A fter taking a drubbing at the polls, Funcinpec is now accepting the scraps from the victorious Cambodian People's Party's table with a draft list of potential government appointments released this week suggesting the CPP will offer the royalists a vastly reduced number of positions in their new government.
"The CPP will hold all minister positions in the new mandate," CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap told the Post on Wednesday.
Every ministerial position formerly held by Funcinpec has been given to the highest ranking CPP secretary of state at the relevant ministry. In the draft list, only 32 Funcinpec members who held posts in the last government were given the position of secretary or undersecretary of state in the new government. Cheam Yeap said that the number could drop.
"As we won a landslide victory in last month's national election, all the minister posts that formerly belonged to Funcinpec will be given to the CPP. The decision to offer more positions to Funcinpec will be made after the swearing in of the National Assembly. The recent list was just a draft," he said.
But when Prime Minister Hun Sen announced last week that the CPP intended to keep its coalition partnership alive, he specified it would only be with the Funcinpec faction led by party secretary general Nhek Bun Chhay.
Nhek Bun Chhay will keep his position as deputy prime minister and some former Funcinpec ministers will be "promoted to the position of senior minister in charge of special missions," Cheam Yeap said.
Off the list
Conspicuously absent from the list were Funcinpec's President Keo Puth Rasmey, parliamentary candidate Prince Norodom Arun Rasmey, first deputy president Lu Laysreng and second deputy president Prince Sisowath Sirirath, the faction of Funcinpec who allied the party to the opposition immediately after the election and rejected the poll results.
"I am not disappointed despite my not being given a position in the new government," said Lu Laysreng, deputy prime minister and currently Minister of Rural Development, who added that any positions which Funcinpec would receive should be seen as a "gift" from CPP.
His own position has been given to Chea Sophara, former governor of Phnom Penh and currently a secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management.
"It's a government of the CPP not a coalition government like before," said Koul Panha, executive director of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia.
"Every decision, responsibility and all accountability belongs to the CPP."
A fter taking a drubbing at the polls, Funcinpec is now accepting the scraps from the victorious Cambodian People's Party's table with a draft list of potential government appointments released this week suggesting the CPP will offer the royalists a vastly reduced number of positions in their new government.
"The CPP will hold all minister positions in the new mandate," CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap told the Post on Wednesday.
Every ministerial position formerly held by Funcinpec has been given to the highest ranking CPP secretary of state at the relevant ministry. In the draft list, only 32 Funcinpec members who held posts in the last government were given the position of secretary or undersecretary of state in the new government. Cheam Yeap said that the number could drop.
"As we won a landslide victory in last month's national election, all the minister posts that formerly belonged to Funcinpec will be given to the CPP. The decision to offer more positions to Funcinpec will be made after the swearing in of the National Assembly. The recent list was just a draft," he said.
But when Prime Minister Hun Sen announced last week that the CPP intended to keep its coalition partnership alive, he specified it would only be with the Funcinpec faction led by party secretary general Nhek Bun Chhay.
Nhek Bun Chhay will keep his position as deputy prime minister and some former Funcinpec ministers will be "promoted to the position of senior minister in charge of special missions," Cheam Yeap said.
The Cpp will hold all minister positions in the new mandate.The five Funcinpec ministers in the last government who have been given this position are Kol Pheng at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports; Minister of Health Nuth Sokhom; Sun Chanthol, minister of Public Works and Transport; Khun Haing, minister of Cults and Religions; and Veng Sereyvuth, minister of Culture and Fine Arts.
Off the list
Conspicuously absent from the list were Funcinpec's President Keo Puth Rasmey, parliamentary candidate Prince Norodom Arun Rasmey, first deputy president Lu Laysreng and second deputy president Prince Sisowath Sirirath, the faction of Funcinpec who allied the party to the opposition immediately after the election and rejected the poll results.
"I am not disappointed despite my not being given a position in the new government," said Lu Laysreng, deputy prime minister and currently Minister of Rural Development, who added that any positions which Funcinpec would receive should be seen as a "gift" from CPP.
His own position has been given to Chea Sophara, former governor of Phnom Penh and currently a secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management.
"It's a government of the CPP not a coalition government like before," said Koul Panha, executive director of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia.
"Every decision, responsibility and all accountability belongs to the CPP."
17 comments:
VIET CONG=V=vé=yuon v
SO now Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Loas are ruled by regiem? either military or communism... Wake up!
Democracy does not work in the southeast asia. Don't you see the trend????
OK! We all know that FUNCINPEC is a bunch of stupid idiot!
But what is about CPP?
If Hun Sen did not deal throught the president of FUNCINPEC than Hun Sen did not deal at all with another party, but the individuals like Nhek Bun Cahy, Kol Pheng, and Sun Chanthol!
Those individuals will be loyal to only Dr. Hun Sen, nor FUNCINPEC nor CPP!
Is Hun Sen Stealling positions from CPP and giving to his personal groonies?
CPP is dumb too?????????????? Or Cambodia is run by an individual? Sorry Chea Sim , Heng Sarim, Say Choum and the rest of CPP!!!
Funcinpec is very hard to become monkeys of Samdech HUN Sen lifetime
No FUNCINPEC dare not to be Hun Sen'monky but Door Matt!
And CPP not far behind! as Hun Sen's toilet paper!
NO! CPP is not responsible for the goverment, Hun Sen allone should responsible!!!!!
CPP has no voice just like FUNCINPEC on this new gorverment of Hun Sen!
CPP is lucky to have a vice president like Dr. Hun Sen! So Cambodia to have PM like him!
You people do not neet to work or woory, Dr, Hun Sen will take care of every thing. What you need to do is to look poor so he can bage more money for his own group!
He will eat and drink for you too!
Keo Puth Rasmey; Norodom Arun Rasmey come back to long beach and run your chiken wings. Sisowath Sirirath come to long beach and open "sab sam" and ah poang dealer, and Lu Laysreng come to long beach and run your caffe shop. you all done, finished.
Hay we better do it in Cambodia so you Long Beach guys could not look down on Royal group!
chey yo..yo.yo yuon...uuuuuu should joint together before election...then may be.. different..now...tooooooooolate..for yuon....but...since khmer in cambodia love yuon and keep voting for yuon...uuuu live with it...enjoy.....
VERY GOOD FOR PUOK AH HET: KEO P RASMEY AND HIS WIFE WHO BETRAYED THEIR OWN MEMBER
Hun Sen did the right thing to all FUNCINPEC dogs! they deserved to be treated that way anyway!
Where the beef????
Dear Su Excelencia HUN SEN, if you still have pity on these few guys of FUNCINPEC, or if you think you owe them anything for what they have done to Cambodia, here is my suggestion to you, Sir.
Have them all stripped naked, baptize them with water, convert them to CPP, and then give them the job. The remnants of these few; pay them cash and send them home.
FUNCINPEC has shattered long ago; waste not your time or effort.
From Long Beach with Love
The Root of the so-called Royalist Party/members.. has showed obviousdly now..NRP+FUN .= Srey Sra Dollars Posts only....
Ach Ko is better than them...
Hey 7:49
I like your suggestion, He who from Long Beach send them back to Long Beach.
12:08AM. Democracy does not exist in SouthEast Region and you are right. In Thailand, Thais are under two oppressive groups; One is under oppressive King and his family memebers, two is under oppressive military. From what I heard Bhumibol is above the military means he holds the military. To survive and stay on top, one must be a tyrant and is not afraid of killing. Thai people act of fear because they are afraid to be killed or be prosecuted under lese majesty.
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