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| NatASS The 2011 budget, totaling $2.4 billion, allocates military and security spending of $304 million, including $190 million for the Ministry of Defense. (Photo: by VOA Khmer) |
Phnom Penh Friday, 26 November 2010
“The sectors of the government considered a priority, like the Ministry of Agriculture, received 1.8 percent of the total expenditure.”
With a day of mourning for the Diamond Bridge tragedy behind it, the National Assembly took up debate and passed next year’s budget, approving an increase of nearly half a billion dollars.
The 2011 budget, totaling $2.4 billion, allocates military and security spending of $304 million, including $190 million for the Ministry of Defense. The Interior Ministry received $114 million, health $169 million, and education $223 million.
Ouk Rabun, secretary of state for the Ministry of Finance, told lawmakers his ministry would accept recommendations from the National Assembly on “better public finance management.”
The main opposition, the Sam Rainsy Party, said it did not support the budget, claiming it had misplaced funding priorities.
“The sectors of the government considered a priority, like the Ministry of Agriculture, received 1.8 percent of the total expenditure,” Yim Sovann, a spokesman for the party, said. The ministries of rural development, land management and water resources each only receive 1 percent of the total, he said.
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Regardless of where budgeting priorities lie, the most urgent task facing the nation and law-makers alike still involves the structuring and reforming of public institutions in order to ensure that public funds filter down to their designated targets like soldiers, nurses, teachers, farmers etc. instead of being diverted by ministry officials and their associates in the private sector.
Is this not obvious enough to even the man in the street without expertise in public financing, or honorary PhDs?
By all means be ruthless, be firm and be decisive, but above all, be just and in tune with public welfare, letting your words match your actions, or there will be no end to tragic stampeding in other spheres of national life.
Set up independent audit commission(s) to study and scrutinise public accounts/books at all levels of government and public administrative bodies; dismiss rotten and incompetent officials, holding them accountable before punitive legal measures, not superstitious oaths, or in deed making Deputy Prime Ministers of them!
All things start with the top, so making scapegoats of a few public figures will not solve the cancer of official graft, negligence and incompetence. Once enough people realise this, the whole apparatus of any public, governing system loses its facade of integrity and legitimacy, and thus its eventual death is not avoidable.
School of Vice
School of Vice,
Your comment is very well said!
Anet Khmer
Some big question marks:
1.Has it been any plan to save people' life in a massive crowd such as this big event?
2.Was there any communication between the two sides of police on the bridge on how to evacuate the people?
3.Why did the two sides of police stop people from letting them to escape from one side or the other side?
4.Didn't cambodia have some helicopters to rescue people in distress situation?
Hi School of Vice - Welcome back!
Yes, I agreed with you on this point - "the most urgent task facing the nation and law-makers alike still involves the structuring and reforming of public institutions". Institution is matter to build any civilize society and to manage and serve the citizen and provide security and protect national interest!
As one can see the incident of the stampede..there is a lact of strong foundation of institution that hold individual responsibility. In addition if one look at the Koren's event - just four Korean died, it Minister resigned - which show that he took full responsibility of his inability to protect the people.
We will see how much Hun Sen's power come to play in this event. Will he be able to ask those responsible to resign their post. If he will not - this is only to show that dictatorship style of running the country continue to pick up strenght...thus, Koun Khmers watch out...these dictors will use entire nation resources as their play ground to abuse and the rest of Khmers people just being the slave to Sen's regime....
Wake up...don't be complastion...don't allow the incompetant leader to continue to manage your our Khmer nation...
say all u want bat vitnamization happen real in cambodia. who wil do somthing to change this course of politic?
Krum Ah cpp is khmer killer! khmer's blood sucker ! they 're devils !
The national assembly should reserve some special budget from the 2.4 billion to help those victim families of the 22 November stampede. The 2000 dollar contribution for one life is a joke. It is way way cheaper than a dog's life in America.
Net Ass is a joke..no one there kown or care about the nation budget. All the big people worry about is how much is that big house and Lexus cost...
Look at the amount that had been allocated. With the total of a quarter of national budger is going to military, security, and Ministry of Defense. This major sectore is to make sure that they keep protect the incombune govt. in power. By the way , how many ghost soliders are there? In additon, just look at how well the police were trained to protect the citizen during the stampede????
Ouk Rabun - he is mister yes man! Actually all the CPP are the "yes men and women" to Mr. Sen...fellows - you guys give to much power to this one eye's man. Soner or later...you will pay the heavy price,not only your life, but also your country....better wake up now than later....
National Assembly Passes $2.4 Billion Budget ?
And most of these passed budget has gone to military .
The question is why Hun Sen regime spent so much money on military while there is no war in the country.
The answers is Hun Sen need a lot of money to pay as high salary for millions of Yuon solders in Hun Sen polices, MP, solders uniform who been living in Cambodia over 30 years to support and suppress if any kind of demonstrators against Hun Sen regime from Khmer people.
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