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Source: Kampuchea Thmey
Source: Kampuchea Thmey
Prime Minister Hun Sen (pictured) blasted the opposition's proposal to put the national army under the control of the king in place of the current arrangement where all troops are under the tight control of the ruling Cambodian People's Party, reports Kampuchea Thmey.
On 6th March, Son Chhay, MP from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, floated the idea that the king should be given full control of the army to make the army truly neutral.
Speaking to disabled veterans in Ta Ken Koh Sla commune in Chhouk district of Kampot province on 8th March, Prime Minister Hun Sen blasted such suggestion as ignorant of the role ofthe king under the constitution.
He accused the opposition of wanting to turn the Cambodian monarchy into a Nepalese monarchy which has been abolished recently, in an apprarent threat to abolish the monarchy shall it not be subservient to him. In the past, Mr. Hun Sen had several times threatened to abolish theCambodian monarchy whenever the current king Sihamoni or ex-king Sihanouk were reluctant to approve his policies.
The Cambodian constitution stipulates that "the king reigns but shall not rule". However, in a separate article of the same constitution, the king was described a "the commander-in-chief of the armed forces".
On 6th March, Son Chhay, MP from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, floated the idea that the king should be given full control of the army to make the army truly neutral.
Speaking to disabled veterans in Ta Ken Koh Sla commune in Chhouk district of Kampot province on 8th March, Prime Minister Hun Sen blasted such suggestion as ignorant of the role ofthe king under the constitution.
He accused the opposition of wanting to turn the Cambodian monarchy into a Nepalese monarchy which has been abolished recently, in an apprarent threat to abolish the monarchy shall it not be subservient to him. In the past, Mr. Hun Sen had several times threatened to abolish theCambodian monarchy whenever the current king Sihamoni or ex-king Sihanouk were reluctant to approve his policies.
The Cambodian constitution stipulates that "the king reigns but shall not rule". However, in a separate article of the same constitution, the king was described a "the commander-in-chief of the armed forces".
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