SAM Rainsyសហស្ថាបនិកគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ

វេទិកាសំឡេងសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ស្តីពី “ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ ប្រហារ​រដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ ដេីម្បី​​បន្តអំណាចខ្លួនឯង” / Why did Hun Sen so hastily push for this week's amendment to the Constitution?

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១៦ កក្កដា ២០២២ / 16 July 2022

វេទិកាសំឡេងសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ស្តីពី “ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ ប្រហារ​រដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ ដេីម្បី​​បន្តអំណាចខ្លួនឯង”។

Why did Hun Sen so hastily push for this week's amendment to the Constitution? The amendment is designed to get around the national assembly when Hun Sen decides to replace himself with his son Hun Manet after the legislative elections in July 2023.

Until now, when a new prime minister is named, the president and the two vice presidents of the national assembly recommend a candidate to the King.

After the amendment, it will be the party with the largest number of seats in the national assembly (the Cambodian People’s Party, CPP, led by Hun Sen) who will make this recommendation of Hun Manet to the King, without going via the assembly.

Hun Sen fears that his succession plan will fail because he does not know who the president and the two vice presidents of the national assembly will be after July 2023.

Even if the president comes from the CPP, Hun Sen doesn’t trust anyone except himself . . .

As for the two vice presidents, one of these is bound to come from the opposition Candlelight Party in view of the communal election results this June in which Candlelight scored 22%. Hun Sen knows he can’t afford to take any chances.