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Institutional Reforms or Leadership Change?

KhmerTimes/Chheang Vannarith

A Cabinet reshuffle is expected this year after Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that if there were no quick and effective reforms, several cabinet ministers would be removed. The Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Agriculture have been rated as the lowest performers, but other ministries require systematic reforms as well. Ministers are being given a clear choice: institutional reforms or leadership change.

Rating and ranking the performance of government ministries is a welcome move. However, two sets of questions arise: what kind of institutions and/or mechanisms should be developed to objectively and scientifically evaluate ministries and what criteria, benchmark, and elements should be used to make assessments?

Public opinion obviously matters. The recipients of public services are well aware of the shortcomings and weaknesses of public institutions. If the government is willing to deepen reforms, it needs to establish an institutionalized feedback and complaint system.

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