The Supreme Council for Consultation and Recommendations says crimes by local officials must end. Facebook
The Supreme Council for Consultation and Recommendations, which is made up of 16 political parties, has urged the government to look into inaction and illegal activity by corrupt officials that the council said is leading to a dual legal system.
The claim was made in a press release following the Council’s meeting at the Prime Minister’s office on Wednesday and chaired by the president of the Khmer Rise Party.
It claimed that the effectiveness of law enforcement is not universal to all, making it clear to the public that there are two sets of standards.
It said the government and law enforcement officials at all levels have abused their power and committed wrongdoing without any punishment.
“The issue facing the justice system is a lack of attention to solving the problems of the people as some public administration officials are involved in their own interests, which encourages them to protect themselves from malpractice,” it said.
The Council said after studying the facts, the law and the evidence, it submitted a report to Prime Minister Hun Sen that claimed directives to authorities to solve problems have proven “worthless”.
“In this case, we looked at directives that had been entrusted to the Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection. Only two directives have been received and resolved with transparency, fairness and quickly,” the Council said.
It also said that uncertainty in the directives was the main reason for institutions being able to escape going by the fact that the Council had found that officials did not resolve issues according to applicable law, distorted the facts of the Council’s study and committed obstruction.
Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin told The Post on Thursday that the Ministry of Justice had met several times with the Council.
He said he had no response to the Council’s accusations and was unaware of any reason for such a judgment. He asked that the Council file cases that it felt were unfair, inaccurate and had two standards and work directly with the ministry to find a solution.
“For those working in the field of justice itself, we want to be clear about who committed the crime and which officials committed offences and did not receive punishment. Then we can find a solution.
“If the Council just says things in general without any specifics, we don’t know how to respond,” he said.
The president of the Khmer Rise Party, Sok Sovann Vathana Sabung, defended its press release saying he used to file cases to the relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Justice, but the results were unacceptable.
“Particularly when the government decides to issue directives to relevant institutions to solve an issue, there are very few cases that have been successfully resolved transparently,” he said.
