The Center for Social Development released a statement saying
Cambodia’s National Assembly is failing in its duty as a body of review
and debate. The March 25 statement said that although the government
has made significant steps towards addressing key social issues through
legislation adopted in 2007, the CSD is concerned with the lack of
oversight exercised in Cambodia’s legislature. “The structures,
procedures [and] internal regulations of the National Assembly are
tools to impede and set limits on parliamentarians’ freedom of speaking
rather [than] to facilitate meaningful speech and debate,” the CSD said
in a press release. The center also “expresses concern regarding the
apathy and/or mindlessness of many parliamentarians from the ruling
party who do not seriously, actively debate reforms.” The CSD’s
Parliamentary Watch Report is published annually.
(Sebastian Strangio)
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