CPP lawmakers vote to create new ministries

13 November 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / Law and judiciary / Law making process / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Civil Service / Ministry of Industry and Handicraft / Ministry of Mines and Energy
Cheam Yeap / Chheang Vun / CPP / National Assembly / Pich Bunthin

Lawmakers from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party yesterday unanimously voted to pass legislation which will create three new government ministries. Sixty-six CPP representatives voted to create a Ministry of Public Function, which will oversee the affairs of civil servants. The MPs also followed through on a floated plan to split the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, creating two separate entities: the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts. Cheam Yeap, a senior CPP lawmaker, said splitting up the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy would enable officials to get more work done. …

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