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Anyone who has dealt with the Ministry of Interior as I have over many years will see this move as typical of the authoritarian control mentality. This is precisely what applies and will apply more for other laws such as the ones regulating NGOs and Trade Unions. I recall one incident where my local NGO had informed the MoI of a change in the Chairman of the Board of the NGO - hand-delivered and sent by registered post. The MoI official ruled that as the MoI had not explicitly approved the change in writing, it was not valid. I did discuss this with top officials who promised to investigate and other issues, but nothing more was heard. I also made the point that while Cambodia chose to operate with a partial political party-based administration - instead of a neutral professional civil service - it would always fail to satisfy principles of natural justice in such matters.
Mar 30, 2017 07:24 AM
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