PM Calls On Land Ministry To Review Construction Permit Process

In response to the complaint of the slow process in obtaining construction permits, the Cambodian Prime Minister on 29 July called on the land minister to review the process.

“Some construction sites work illegally because officials refused to approve them [construction permit], so [land minister] needs to look at this,” Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said at the Morodok Techo National Stadium during his inspection of the site yesterday.

The statement came after three cadastral officials from the Pursat provincial Cadastral Survey Department were arrested over corruption issues associated with the refusal to grant construction permit.

While recalling the collapse of the building in Sihanoukville which killed and injured many workers due to construction failures and a lack of a construction permit, Samdech Techo Hun Sen called on the Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) to review their work.

“Places without law [permit], when asked to investigate the place [illegal], did they ask for our permission,” Samdech said, “illegal construction, if they ask but we did not answer, and they insist to construct, that is part of our fault, we did not answer them when they asked for the permit”.

According to the World Bank Doing Business Report 2019, dealing with construction permits in Cambodia must undergo 20 procedures and takes up to 652 days. However, the report has highlighted that dealing with construction permits has improved in 2019 compared to 2018, but Cambodia earns only 44.23 over a 100 score scale regarding the permits. (Read more)

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