Monday, June 01, 2009

Law Passed with Weak Protection of Rights of People with Disabilities; SRP'S Recommendations Rejected Without Debate

29-May-2009
Source: SRP

LAW PASSED WITH WEAK PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
SAM RAINSY PARTY'S RECOMMENDATIONS REJECTED WITHOUT DEBATE

President of the National Assembly, Samdech Heng Samrin rejected request from Members of Parliament of the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights Parties to discuss recommendations by the Sam Rainsy Party during the debate on 29 May, 2009 on the draft Law on Disabilities.

The draft law was passed the same morning with little debate by MPs from the ruling party and its satellite parties as MPs from SRP and HRP walked out after the president of the National Assembly failed to provide copies of SRP recommendations for discussion.

SRP recommendations to the draft Law on Disabilities provide full measures to protect women and children with disabilities from violence and exploitation which the government draft law fails to address. Furthermore, SRP recommendations stipulate the rights to own land and provision of decent employment, housing and free health care and edcuation for people with disabilities.

SRP recommendations were well prepared three months prior to the debate with wide consultations with people with disabilities and local organizations working with people with disabilites.

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4 comments:

vergin girl said...

good news of this site

Anonymous said...

I think we should propose a new university in Phnom Penh (or on the outskirts of the capital), and name if after the popular "PPU." The new university shall be named the "People's Party University."

What do you think, Manat?

PPU

Anonymous said...

ah heng somrin kor doch ah hun sen dae . they were all communist . whatever you do is wrong unless you are with them.

Anonymous said...

god bless cambodia and all our khmer people.