Hard-hitting Global Witness Report
on
How Cambodia’s ruling family are
pulling the strings on the economy and amassing vast personal fortunes with
extreme consequences for the population.
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| From Global Witness Report |
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has been in power for more
than 30 years and has purposely blurred the distinction between private and
public interests. The CPP has skillfully structured their top political leaders
and financial elites to run the political and business affairs of the party and
the country. They appoint their children (next generation) as the future
leaders to control significant state institutions and business cooperates
ranging from armed forces to youth, mass media to major businesses. Such
leadership leads to rampant corruption, nepotism and abuse of power in the
country.
Basically, the term “neo-patrimonialism” would best describes
the leadership of the CPP government because the powerful political leaders and
financial elites continue to use the state resources, political power and
authorities to leverage their personal wealth and social statuses and they
provide the voters with the material incentives as their personal gifts with
the hope for political support.
Since the children of current political leaders are appointed by
their parents to run the system, young people in Cambodia in general would be
very hard to be successful in their political ambition until the fact they are
ready to honestly join and serve the system.
“Interestingly, young Cambodians have increasingly discussed and vocally criticized the unfair and unjust practices in the society such as prevailing corruption, nepotism and power abuses since the last national election 2013,” Ou Ritthy, a political blogger based in Phnom Penh, tells TIME. “The young become the hopeful agents of political change in Cambodia and the ruling party is likely to lose the upcoming national elections 2018 if the electoral management is free, fair and genuine.”
Responses from Hun Family Members:
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