BY MECH DARA | FEBRUARY 5, 2015
At least 80 of the 306 new members of the CPP’s expanded central committee are members of the country’s military or security forces, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday in a statement, which says the promotions are meant to secure the loyalty of security forces.
At the ruling party’s three-day congress, which ended on Sunday, the CPP announced that its central committee had been expanded from 268 to 545 members, a move that the party said was meant to breathe fresh life into the party after its worst election performance since 1993.
But HRW noted in its statement that the vast majority of the new names on the committee are veterans of the ruling party and include “virtually every important national, regional, and provincial officer and official with command authority over security forces.”
The total number of central committee members with operational command over security forces has grown from 36 to 116, the statement says, noting that such officers are required by law to maintain neutrality in their work.
“The CPP statute and Internal Rules requires that Central Committee members ‘effectively organize and implement’ party policies and decision in realms for which they are responsible,” it says. “Adhering to both Cambodian laws and CPP rules would create a conflict of interest for security force commanders.”
However, Mok Chito, a deputy national police commissioner who was among those added to the central committee, said he would not let his work for the party interfere with his work for the state.
“There is no law banning the armed forces from joining the party…just not to use working time to serve the party,” he said.
Military police spokesman Kheng Tito, whose boss Sao Sokha has been an outspoken proponent of the use of security forces to suppress the opposition CNRP, also dismissed the notion of bias among top-ranking security officers.
“For both the opposition and ruling party, when there is illegal action we will take action to stop it. For legal action, we will protect it,” he said.
2 comments:
Dear Khmer people, don't be naive to this strategy of the Yuon dogs CPP . They start to strengthen their colonial machine, to enforce the colonial plan of their boss now . Yuon control them very tight, they don't let the ruling puppet to lost the political grip in this Khmer country at anytime . The new recruit member have been select and approve by their pear and prudent approve by the high enemy spies insider . To control this land until the end of colonial plan they need new energetics, clean brainwash to start and put foot hole in this slave organization . This is the most scare, but tactical of the mindset from Yuon invasion, that Khmer like Khmer or patriots Khmer need to pay more attention and re-enforce yourself, and protect our country, from this vicious political strategy .
Ah Kwack Hun Sen,
Before accusing others Khmer people as secessionists, you must look at yourself first Ah Roleuy.
You are the worst Khmer traitor who apprehended Penn Sovann for protecting Khmer interest.
You are the one who planned the secession after losing the 1993 election.
Go back to your old job of taking care the buffaloes or cows and steal people's chickens. Khmer people are so fed up with you Ah Runteas Banh Hun Sen.
93 years old woman
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