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Thursday 12 March 2015

National Assembly expenses under scrutiny [Well done, Mr. Son Chhay!] គណៈកម្មការ​ទី​២​រដ្ឋសភា​ទាមទារ​ឲ្យ​អគ្គលេខាធិការ​ផ្ដល់​ឯកសារ​ចំណាយ​និង​គ្រប់គ្រង

A view of the National Assembly yesterday in Phnom Penh
A view of the National Assembly yesterday in Phnom Penh. Son Chhay requested spending reports from the general secretariat of Parliament, citing irregularities in spending. Scott Howes
Son Chhay, deputy chair of the National Assembly’s Banking and finance commission, yesterday demanded detailed spending reports from assembly administrators during a commission hearing with senior members of its general secretariat.
Following a two-hour closed door meeting, the opposition lawmaker told reporters that his investigations have uncovered irregular expenses at parliament this year including the purchase of $12,000 lightning rods and the construction of a $50,000 gate.
“The loss of money at the National Assembly comes from two major sources. Firstly, spending in relation to hospitality reaches about $11 [million] to $12 million per year. This hospitality includes guests visiting our country through the National Assembly or lawmakers going on missions abroad, with $11.55 million spent, which is extravagant and no one checks,” Chhay said.
“[The] second area is spending on construction and the purchase of materials which are unusually expensive”, he continued, citing the purchase of a $35,000 flagpole, plans to buy a number of similarly priced photocopiers, and the planned acquisition of a fleet cars costing almost $100,000 each.
He said that evidence of widespread nepotism and ghost workers in addition to such questionable expenses meant the commission required clarifications from assembly secretary-general Leng Peng Long.
“I also stressed to them that stealing from the budget . . . [and] placing staff based on nepotism or bribes are crimes under the penal code,” he said, repeating allegations that assembly deputy secretary-general Mith Karen has more than a dozen family members working in the administration. Attempts to reach Karen were unsuccessful.

Cheam Yeap, the commission’s chairman and a senior CPP lawmaker, did not attend the meeting. He has reportedly disapproved of Chhay’s push to question Peng Long but could not be reached for comment about the matter yesterday.
Chhay claimed Peng Long answered during the meeting that he would have to wait for National Assembly president Heng Samrin to give him permission to pass documents to the commission that could shed light on exorbitant spending.
According to Chhay, the assembly’s budget is almost $40 million for 2015, with 1,351 workers currently on the payroll, a more than three-fold increase from 2006.
Peng Long declined to comment on Chhay’s allegations yesterday when reached by phone. He referred questions to commission chairman Yeap.
Ly Kimleng, a CPP lawmaker and the commission’s secretary, said the questioning focused on the assembly’s procurement. She confirmed that a request for documents had been made so parliament’s expenditures could be reviewed, but unlike Chhay, claimed Peng Long had agreed to provide them. “They agreed that they will provide the documents we want and what is available,” she said.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

ល្អណាស់ តែធ្វើម្តេចទៅ ច្បាស់ជាគេមិនស្តាប់ទេ ហើយពួកគេនឹងព្រួតគ្នាធ្វើបាបគាត់ហើយចាំមើលទៅ ព្រោះចំពោះអ្នកណាដែលមានគុំនិត ស្នែរហាជាតិ គឺច្បាស់ជាបានលទ្ធផលអាក្រក់មិនខាន នេះហើយខ្មែរ សុំមើលទៅ មាច ចាន់ដារ៉ា តើបងប្អូនឃើញគាត់ធ្វើអ្វីទៅខុសខ្លាំងម្លេះ បានជាត្រូវជាប់គុកដូច្នេះ ហើយច្បាស់ជាគ្មានថ្ងៃចេញទេ ព្រោះមកពីគាត់បើកកកាយរឿងយួនច្រើនពេក ធ្វើឲ្យយួវារសើបណាស់ បានវាបិទមាត់គាត់ដូច្នេះ។

Anonymous said...

Begin of Drgunzet's comment.

The ghost workers, soldiers happened rampantly during Lon Nol's era. It's well documented by the American advisers while they helped the Lon Nol's government.

It is a cultural problem which the Khmer race must fix. You cannot blame it on the Thais or Vietnamese. You must also stop inciting about chopping up other races. It's evil and murderous. Again, only Khmer race is known to openly incite chopping other human beings up. You cannot blame the Vietnamese, "They have Vietnamese agents pretend to be us, inciting us to chop people up."

Khmer race is well document to be hot head, stupid, exutremely violent naturally. You will be continued to be controlled by other superior races until your problems are fixed.

-Drgunzet-

Anonymous said...

12 March 2015 3:23 pm

Who used Khmer's heads to cook their tea ?

Wasn't it your barbarous ancestors ?

Anonymous said...

Begin of Drgunzet's comment.

I would love watch a Myth Buster episode about the Tea-Ong allegation. Let grab three Khmer dudes and try again.

According to my research, the human necks are very weak and cannot support anything. The heads will tilt side away and spill the tea pot.

To properly support, the Khmer heads had to be buried up to the ears so that the heads till not tilt, or roll around. But then there is not much ground clearance to put in the woods.

The bottom line is the Khmer made up lies to incite each others to fight the Vietnamese. That's because the Khmers are actually cowards and will not fight unless they can invoke their angers to mask away their fears.

Most brave and smart Khmer were killed in battles with the Thais. The Thais sacked the Khmer capitals again and again and again many times for hundred of years. What's left standing are the coward Khmer who ran away from the battles.

-Drgunzet-

Anonymous said...

Both are equally as bad; none are good. One behaves like barbarian the other behaves like a thug.

Anonymous said...

It's imposable to get all the answer from CPP because all the Moneys was gone and you will be get insulted from CPP and They try to cover up as they can .It's not easy to broke open that door and I encourage you to keep turning that door knop and I think one day will open .