Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has confidently announced that his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) will govern alone after the national election, controlling the National Assembly (NA) without the need for coalition partners, local media reported Tuesday.
Hun Sen's ambiguous statement was thought to be aimed at Sam Rainsy, who said during the 2003 national election campaign that he would not form a coalition government with Hun Sen, the Mekong Times newspaper said.
"The NA can have him, but he won't be there in the government," Hun Sen said, adding that the newly introduced "50 percent plus one" majority voting formula had made it much easier for one party alone to form a government.
Hun Sen also said no leadership positions in NA commissions will be given to parties other than the CPP, the newspaper said.
He claimed that past attempts to install members of other parties as NA commissions chairmen had failed as "they acted as opposition and did not fulfill their duty as chairmen."
He said the CPP is already prepared to take over the NA commissions, with CPP members already at the head of five of the nine commissions.
Source:Xinhua
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