EU officials question committee on budget

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Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton

European Union representatives yesterday met with the National Assembly’s commission on finance and banking to ask about oversight of Cambodia’s national budget, which has long been the subject of criticism for its lack of transparency.

According to EU Ambassador George Edgar, the EU officials met with the commission members at the assembly in the morning and were given a presentation by the commission’s chairman, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap.

After the presentation, EU officers quizzed the commission about its oversight role in budget preparation and budget execution, said Edgar, who declined to comment on the commission’s capacity.

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