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Friday 1 August 2014

Rainsy Sends Draft Constitution Chapter to Government


Sam Rainsy (L) shakes hand with Hun Sen as Sar Kheng looks on.

BY MECH DARA AND ALEX WILLEMYNS | AUGUST 1, 2014 

CNRP President Sam Rainsy has sought to circumvent the methodical “working groups” established to finalize the details of the deal struck with Prime Minister Hun Sen last week by sending his own draft reforms to the government for approval.
Mr. Hun Sen and Mr. Rainsy on July 22 forged a deal for the CNRP’s 55 lawmakers to end their boycott of the National Assembly in exchange for an overhaul of the election commission, which the opposition party accuses of helping to rig last year’s election.
Three working groups then began negotiating the final details of the deal’s reforms, but two of the three adjourned until today and Monday, leading to accusations from Mr. Rainsy that the ruling CPP was stalling his party’s swearing-in.
He said Thursday that in order to bypass the tardy groups, he had sent Interior Minister Sar Kheng his own draft of a new constitutional chapter that enshrines the financial autonomy of a new “election organization” and gives its members immunity from prosecution.
“The final technical commissions are too slow, so we have to use a different procedure. This is why we took the initiative to write directly and expose directly on the table what we—[CNRP Vice President] Kem Sokha—and I, propose,” Mr. Rainsy said.
“The ball is in the CPP’s court, because we are waiting for a final reply. If the CPP agrees to our latest proposal…the way is cleared for our going to the swearing-in ceremony.”
Mr. Kheng, speaking to reporters at a governance ceremony at the Phnom Penh Hotel Thursday morning, confirmed he received Mr. Rainsy’s draft chapter and was reviewing it.

Mr. Kheng said the CPP was paying particularly close attention to the articles stipulating that members of a reformed National Election Committee (NEC) receive immunity from prosecution.
“In general, within this there is nothing too difficult for discussion, [but] there are two points that need to be studied in more detail,” Mr. Kheng said. “The first concerns the immunity of the NEC members. They want to have immunity like lawmakers and, in fact, in our past we have not had this outside of the Constitutional Council.”
“We need to discuss this in more detail about the true intentions of the request to have the immunity,” he said. “The second concerns financial autonomy. We have agreed to financial autonomy, in which finance comes from two sources: from the government and abroad.”
Mao Monivann, the deputy chairman of the CNRP’s executive committee and a lawmaker-elect, said he expects a result soon.
“The swearing-in ceremony, of course, can take place early next week and the rest of the other stuff… on amending the internal rules of National Assembly can be discussed after the swearing ceremony.”
CPP spokesman Cheam Yeap could not be reached.
Mr. Rainsy said he too still expects a prompt response from ruling party leaders about his draft, to allow for a possible swearing-in next week.
“We have come to the point where it is just finalizing not the details but the wording,” he said. “It’s just the wording—to be more specific and not to expose ourselves later to misinterpretation.”
(Additional reporting by Kuch Naren)

6 comments:

Bo said...

Rainsy will do anything to join the Parliament so that he can cash out his check. I know people are trying to stay united but CNRP leaders sold out and next election CNRP will be finished just likes FUNCIPEC.

Anonymous said...

be careful with this devil every words you say every step you go have to have a full documents and property recorded for your archives,his the bad one in the world that I've never seen any others nations.

Anonymous said...

សំុនិយាយបន្តិច កាលពីអាទិត្យមុន ហ៊ុន សែនបាននិយាយប្រាប់ជនបរទេសថា វាមានកូនបានទៅសិក្សានៅប្រទេសបារាំង មួយទៀតបានទៅរៀននៅ ស្រុកអាមេរិក យើងគ្រាន់តែបព្ជាក់ថាះ ពូជចោរឬមេឃាដករណ៏សំលាប់ មនុស្ស ទោះរៀនដល់កំរិតកំពូលក៏ពំុដែលមានខួរក្បាលជាមនុស្សធម៏ បានទេព្រោះឈាមជ័រវាជាមនុស្សឃោឃៅវានឹងសំលាប់មនុស្សឬក៏ក្បត់ ជាតិដូចឈាមឪពុកវាអព្ចឹាង ឯពូជមនុស្សល្អួទោះជាមិនបានរៀនសូត្យក៏ នៅតែជាឈាមមនុស្សស្លួតត្រង់ហើយចេះក្បត់ជាតិឯងដែរទោះជាស្លាប់គឺសូ៊ស្លាប់ដើម្បីជាតិ នេះជារឿងពិត សូមបងប្អូនជួយសង្កេត បើមុន នឹងរើសអ្នកណាម្នាក់ជាអ្នកដឹកនាំរបស់យើងទៅថ្ងៃមុខទៀត កំុឃើញ គេឃោសនាបន្តិចក៏ជឿគេភ្លាម ដូចជាម្នាក់ទៀតឈ្មោះ កែម វាសនា ម្នាក់នេះមួយមាត់ៗអួតតែពីហូជីមិញ ហើយព្ញុថាបងប្អូនខ្លះគាំទ្រថាវាជា តួរកុនពីមុន តើសំខាន់អ្វីនឹងតួរឯកកុននោះ សំខាន់គឺធ្វើការបំរើជាតិដ៏ ពិតប្រាកដ សូមអរគុណ ។

Bo said...

Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha by joining the” Rubber Stamp” Parliament you conceded the election lost of 2013 by taking CNRP 55 and CPP 68. The Nation al Assembly President is Heng Samrin and he will close the Assembly door and Hun Sen will punish the dogs. The real power lays with Hun Sen and his Council of Ministers. There are no real powers in the Parliament but only for shows. What you both are doing is legitimizing the Hun Sen regime. The regime is short on money to run the government and CNRP leaders gave them the lifeline and now they can borrows from Western nations. Yours actions betrays the Khmer people and the Cambodian nation. You both have no courage to face up to Hun Sen/CPP. There are no longer any trusts from the Khmer people of CNRP leaderships. For the sake of CNRP and the nation, please, please you both need to resign and let someone else with courage move up.
CNRP leaders need to stop making excuses for joining the Parliament. Some people are supporting that decision because they wanted to keep Khmer people united and needed some hope. The big question would be if the CNRP leaders sold out to Hun Sen regime could you still support them?
All Khmer check out what this traitor trying to do, per Cambodia Daily News- CNRP President Sam Rainsy has sought to circumvent the methodical “working groups” established to finalize the details of the deal struck with Prime Minister Hun Sen last week by sending his own draft reforms to the government for approval. Is this a traitor or not? Rainsy is trying to hastily join the Parliament because he sold out to CPP and he want to cashed out his check.

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Anonymous said...

I wandered people made comments above would have stood firm, if 100 million dollars throw at them.
All khmer people have genetic recessive gene of sellable and purchable personality after Angkor Wat period.