CPP Parliament Approves Two Ministers, 2014 Budget

21 December 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Budget / Economic policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Industry and Handicraft / Ministry of Mines and Energy
Alex Company / Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cham Prasidh / Cheam Yeap / CNRP / Commission on Economy Finance Banking and Audits / CPP / Heng Samrin / Hun Sen / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts / Ministry of Mines and Energy / Ministry of Tourism / Ministry of Women's Affairs / National Assembly / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Suy Sem

CPP lawmakers including Prime Minister Hun Sen unanimously voted Friday for their party members, Suy Sem and Cham Prasidh, to become heads of the newly created Ministry of Mines and Energy, and the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, respectively. The 67 ruling-party parliamentarians present also approved 15 other secretaries of state for jobs at five ministries: the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. … The CPP members of parliament also unanimously approved the $3.56 billion draft budget for 2014 without debate, as well as approving a law on a government guarantee to pay the private company Alex Corporation, which signed a contract with the government on November 5 to build a 198 km-long power transmission line along National Road 4. The results of Friday’s votes were a foregone conclusion as only members of Mr. Hun Sen’s CPP are currently in the National Assembly. … The CPP’s Mr. Yeap, who is also chairman of the Assembly’s Commission on Economy, Finance, Banking and Audits, said that the payment guarantee signed on Friday was the 14th such deal with private companies that are constructing coal-fired power plants and hydropower dams in the country. The Government Payment Guarantee with the Alex Company promises that the company will be paid even if Electricity du Cambodge does not use the electricity lines, or in the case of political “force majeure” (an extraordinary event or act of God). … The construction of the transmission poles will affect about 500 homes located on 107,555 square meters of residential farmland, he added.

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