Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng speaks at a meeting Thursday last week. (Photo by: HENG CHIVOAN)CPP must cooperate in power-sharing: Sar Kheng
Monday, 09 March 2009
Written by Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post
DEPUTY Prime Minister Sar Kheng has told representatives of the ruling Cambodian People's Party that they must work together with other parties' officials to ensure power is shared across party lines at the local level after May's indirect council elections.
The country's 11,353 commune councillors will vote on May 17 to select the members of newly created district, provincial and municipal levels of government - key planks in the government's decentralisation efforts.
Sar Kheng, who is also minister of the interior and head of the government's decentralisation committee, told provincial governors and police officials that the success of decentralisation would require the participation of all four political parties.
"Mixed composition at the local level will bring new ideas.... Fourteen days after the council elections, the new councillors from the four political parties will take their positions, and therefore we should not make any obstacles for any reason," Sar Kheng said at the gathering at the Interior Ministry onThursday. "A dark corner will remain if there is just one party operating."
The National Election Committee has said four political parties will contest the council elections: the CPP with candidates in all 24 provinces, the main opposition Sam Rainsy Party with candidates in 23, the Norodom Ranariddh Party with candidates in seven, and Funcinpec with candidates in five.
In his speech at the ministry, Prime Minister Hun Sen said the government had last year spent US$57 million on commune council development projects. He said $82 million was earmarked for the reform program in 2009.
"Although we were flooded with work in 2008, we were still able to deliver support to communes and sangkats, and to coordinate the projects of various development partners through the smooth implementation of the decentralisation and deconcentration policy," Hun Sen said.
Ke Sovannroth, the secretary general of the SRP and an MP, said decentralisation had transformed local government across the Kingdom since the first commune elections five years ago, but said political discrimination - particularly against the SRP - remained an obstacle.
She said some CPP activists put their party's political interests ahead of their willingness to cooperate with SRP councillors.
The country's 11,353 commune councillors will vote on May 17 to select the members of newly created district, provincial and municipal levels of government - key planks in the government's decentralisation efforts.
Sar Kheng, who is also minister of the interior and head of the government's decentralisation committee, told provincial governors and police officials that the success of decentralisation would require the participation of all four political parties.
"Mixed composition at the local level will bring new ideas.... Fourteen days after the council elections, the new councillors from the four political parties will take their positions, and therefore we should not make any obstacles for any reason," Sar Kheng said at the gathering at the Interior Ministry onThursday. "A dark corner will remain if there is just one party operating."
The National Election Committee has said four political parties will contest the council elections: the CPP with candidates in all 24 provinces, the main opposition Sam Rainsy Party with candidates in 23, the Norodom Ranariddh Party with candidates in seven, and Funcinpec with candidates in five.
In his speech at the ministry, Prime Minister Hun Sen said the government had last year spent US$57 million on commune council development projects. He said $82 million was earmarked for the reform program in 2009.
"Although we were flooded with work in 2008, we were still able to deliver support to communes and sangkats, and to coordinate the projects of various development partners through the smooth implementation of the decentralisation and deconcentration policy," Hun Sen said.
Ke Sovannroth, the secretary general of the SRP and an MP, said decentralisation had transformed local government across the Kingdom since the first commune elections five years ago, but said political discrimination - particularly against the SRP - remained an obstacle.
She said some CPP activists put their party's political interests ahead of their willingness to cooperate with SRP councillors.
15 comments:
STOP OU ENCORE ET C'EST LA QUESTION MUGAGGBE OR NOT MUGAGGBE
Rule of law: 50%+1=Boss..
Mr. Sar Kheng is right; diversity is the best way to bring about well balanced developments... like everything else in this world. Too much of one thing isn't good for you. Right now CPP dominates everything in Cambodia politics, sometimes they resort to evil tactics to stay in power... like a mature man bullies a little kid. I just wanted to see Cambodia is being set in the right path and getting the best for the people as a whole. The CPP is in power now, whether they wish to put Cambodian people above their party and a group of their people or not is up to them... only time will tell; but I am afraid not based on their history.
Sorry, we do not have checks and balance system in Cambodia.
Poor countries have no need for Check and Balance. None of them has it.
Don't say sometimes. . . . It should be said 100% of the time Dr.( Dog roar) Hun Sen has managed (not resort ) to grab absolute power alone.
Ah Hun Sen do you grab your own balls all by yourself or let bonary do it too?
when it comes to talking about on-the bed-performance, they both share it equally!
Sar Kheng is more to people side. He is very nice and popular now. Hun Sen is scare that Sar Kheng got more popularity.
Khmer/border
Dear E.H. Sar Kheng,
I wish you would be the prime minister, then you would do a better job than Hun Sen!! Hun Sen is a stupid leader, closed minded head!!!
You are so right to work collaboratively with diversity that is the best for our country. Thanks for sharing your believe.
Koun Khmer
The main point of government decentralisation is to cut out all local decisions and local developments from central government. Therefore all future elected local officials should work with the consultation with their local people and not from central government anymore. All local government developments will be made by the clairvoyance of their local people and they will stop saying that their development was under the leadership of sidech decho Hun Sen. Areak Prey
In this world, one man can't rule forever or one nation. Some one else will kick the shit out of the other.
Hun sen, or hanoi will see its day coming for them.
Hun SEN always has nightmare about this guy taking his seat!!
Go Sar Kheng speak for people of cambodia, NOT DR/PhD/PM/CPP-Hun Cent.
Hanoi will do anything to stop from happening!Just like borders issues....
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