Thursday, March 19, 2009
9th March, 2009
Reported in Khmer by Khmerization
There are many reports in the past that Prime Minister Hun Sen plans to remove Mr. Kep Chutema, the current governor, and replace him with someone else.
Sources from within Mr. Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) said Mr. Kep Chutema’s replacement could be Mr. Hun Sen’s older brother, Mr. Hun Neng, who is currently the governor of his home province of Kampong Cham, or someone else, presumably Mr. Pa Socheatvong, the current deputy governor. But the reports have been dismissed in the past by Mr. Hun Sen or his officials.
Sources from the CPP added that Mr. Kep Chutema (pictured) will be given a powerless role of president of Municipal Council. The sources also said that current governors of many cities and provinces will be reshuffled to the powerless posts of presidents Municipal or Provincial Councils.
The Khmer Nation newspaper reports that, according to the CPP sources, when he heard that he will be removed from the governorship of Phnom Penh, Mr. Kep Chutema was very unhappy because it means that he will be taken out from a plum post where he can earn a lot of extra money.
The same CPP sources said that Mr. Hun Neng, older brother of Prime Minister Hun Sen, has been eyeing the Phnom Penh governorship for a very long time. The same with Mr. Pa Socheatvong, the current deputy governor. And as a result both will have to fight for the position.
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