Sar Kheng Says ‘Change’ Needs to Go Beyond New Names

Officiating a ceremony on Friday to welcome the country’s new minister of post and telecommunications, Interior Minister Sar Kheng reminded the audience of government officials that the public expects change—as was demonstrated in their election support for the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). Mr. Kheng, who was until recently most notable for his decades of silence inside the CPP, has come to the forefront of the ruling party, and its political message, since the CNRP’s stunning gains in July’s national election. … According to Mr. Kheng, there are two issues facing the ruling party, reform and changing form, neither of which can be achieved quickly. “We cannot do it in one day or two days, and we also cannot finish it in one year. But, the first demand is to change form, and this is a problem,” Mr. Kheng said, explaining that changing something just for the sake of change was not as important as deeper change. Change should not “focus on changing people. We can change some [ministers], which is normal, but we need to change the form of management and leadership,” he said. Mr. Kheng also had some words of advice for incoming minister Mr. Sokhon, calling on him to ensure that Cambodia’s post and telecommunications sectors developed in terms of information technology and penetrated deeper into rural areas to “give a modern service that is effective and suitably priced in the country.” …

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