Hun Sen labels immunity plan ‘insult’ to CPP

Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed a proposal from a former Funcinpec Party senior official to create a law granting former prime ministers immunity after their mandates, calling the idea an “insult” to him and his ruling CPP.

Lu Lay Sreng, Cambodia’s former deputy prime minister and a former senior official of the royalist Funcinpec Party, issued letters to the premier and CNRP leader Kem Sokha last week suggesting that the National Assembly pass such a law. Mr Hun Sen granted an exclusive interview to the government-aligned Fresh News website in response, denouncing the idea as an “insult” and a “mischievous” way to make citizens believe he has committed wrongdoings.

“It is a serious insult to the Cambodian People’s Party, hinting that the party is preparing to lose [in the 2018 general election],” Mr Hun Sen told Fresh News in a report published on Saturday. Mr Hun Sen went on to say that Mr Lay Sreng, now aligned with the CNRP, floated the idea with ill intentions, hoping to make citizens believe he has broken the law.

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