Prime Minister Hun Sen warned his party’s top brass to avoid nepotism and cronyism as they finalised re-appointments of provincial, district and municipal officials – which will take place in May.
Speaking to graduates from the Royal School of Administration, the premiere cautioned that he, personally, would be reviewing the lists with an eye toward such corruption.
“The Ministry of Interior will verify the list and . . . I am only the person to sign [for an appointment],” said Hun Sen. “Anybody who dares to write a letter to me [asking for help to intervene in a position] – I will keep on the blacklist.
“All civil servants have to stop the culture of intervention,” said Hun Sen. “In my life, I have stepped up into power by myself, not though nepotism.”
Such problems were not strictly the domain of the CPP, he noted. “[Former SRP lawmaker] Mao Monivan bought his seat of deputy president of HRP,” said Hun Sen.
Speaking by phone after the speech, Monivan called the words a cheap tactic aimed at dividing the newly formed Cambodian National Rescue Party.
“It is the CPP’s strategy for defaming the dignity of the newly formed CNRP ahead of the
national election, but it is not
effective, because only the people will judge which party practices nepotism,” said Monivan.
Executive director of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia Koul Panha called the tit-for-tat attack aimed at the opposition par for the course and doubted such claims affected the electorate.
Last month, CPP party officials announced that Hun Sen’s son, son-in-law and at least four children of high-ranking government officials would run as lawmakers in the upcoming election. The announcement was met with raised eyebrows by some political analysts, who suggested the move was a means of consolidating power within the party.
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