21 Dec 2006
By Hassan
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Prime Minister Hun Sen has accused those who oppose his government of inciting Cambodian farmers when the price of rice drops down, and of inciting city dwellers when the price of rice goes up.
In a speech given on Wednesday, in Battambang, Cambodia’s rice basket, Hun Sen blamed the drop of rice price on the crop abundance and on OPEC cartel countries.
The prime minister said: “Normally, farmers want high price for their rice, when the price of rice rises, it causes problem to those who do not produce rice such as factory workers, teachers, government employees, soldiers, city dwellers. With the high price of rice, they are demonstrating against it, that’s what the opposition group is saying. This is a movement to incite city dwellers, hence they say factory workers, investors, city dwellers are demonstrating against the government for the high price of rice. When there is a drop of rice price, they go and incite the farmers instead, saying that the price of rice is too low and selling 10 kilograms of rice cannot even pay for a set of clothes, so now they incite the farmers. In fact, the price of rice on the International market depends on the price of oil, we cannot lower the price of oil if OPEC does not want to lower it.”
Sam Rainsy: Government wants to keep people in the dark
Sam Rainsy, opposition leader told RFA about some of the issues the government does not want people to pay attention to or to know about: “I went to meet farmers in the countryside, the farmers are complaining that right now, during the harvest, the price of rice is at its lowest, but the price of goods they have to purchase, such as gasoline, fertilizers, is extremely high. Because of corruption, the middlemen can create rain and sunshine, they can impose a lower price of rice, while transporting the same rice to sell in the cities at its highest possible price. The middlemen can create rain and sunshine only because they have money to pay bribes to corrupt government officials. Therefore, Samdech Hun Sen overlooked one factor: the middlemen, he is underestimating and he cannot grasp the situation fully.”
In a speech given on Wednesday, in Battambang, Cambodia’s rice basket, Hun Sen blamed the drop of rice price on the crop abundance and on OPEC cartel countries.
The prime minister said: “Normally, farmers want high price for their rice, when the price of rice rises, it causes problem to those who do not produce rice such as factory workers, teachers, government employees, soldiers, city dwellers. With the high price of rice, they are demonstrating against it, that’s what the opposition group is saying. This is a movement to incite city dwellers, hence they say factory workers, investors, city dwellers are demonstrating against the government for the high price of rice. When there is a drop of rice price, they go and incite the farmers instead, saying that the price of rice is too low and selling 10 kilograms of rice cannot even pay for a set of clothes, so now they incite the farmers. In fact, the price of rice on the International market depends on the price of oil, we cannot lower the price of oil if OPEC does not want to lower it.”
Sam Rainsy: Government wants to keep people in the dark
Sam Rainsy, opposition leader told RFA about some of the issues the government does not want people to pay attention to or to know about: “I went to meet farmers in the countryside, the farmers are complaining that right now, during the harvest, the price of rice is at its lowest, but the price of goods they have to purchase, such as gasoline, fertilizers, is extremely high. Because of corruption, the middlemen can create rain and sunshine, they can impose a lower price of rice, while transporting the same rice to sell in the cities at its highest possible price. The middlemen can create rain and sunshine only because they have money to pay bribes to corrupt government officials. Therefore, Samdech Hun Sen overlooked one factor: the middlemen, he is underestimating and he cannot grasp the situation fully.”
6 comments:
Fucking idiot,Hun Sen, he always dose a lot of things for our nation but not for better. It's for worse.
I promise if he is oust of power, I will voluntarily smash down every school gate bearing his name.
You know, he just build only the school gate and fix his name on it, but he announces he has built thousand of schools.
Who's going to believe; how much is your salary...
classic case of "blame others for your failure".
With all of that Ph.d Hun Sen must have gotten an A in ECON 101 as an undergraduate study. Very impressive, he feels for the farmers and teachers...
AH HUN SEN is an educated fool! He doesn't even that it is the Vietcong middleman like AH SOK KUN who is killing Cambodian economy!!!
Cambodian people never pay true price anything and actually they pay 3 to 4 time what it is really cost!!!!AH HUN SEN think Cambodian people are rich like him!!!
Fucken bastard why don't you open your fucken blind eye!!!
First of all, how could i open my eye if it is blind, doh! YEE AH LO NGORNG VI TOU!
Secondly, Cambodia is progressing fine just the way Hanoi wants it to be. My wife is youn. She can sponsor me when Srok Khmer becomes youn's land. Who is going to sponsor you when that happens. See i am smart! yee hee
Even with my one eye closes, i could see Youn's shadow goverment already in operation in Cambodia. We are just the symbolic government or you can say a puppet government - i am happy too.
From the Office of
Samdech Hun Sen, PhD. in Communism, specialising in torture, killing & killings
Prime Minister of Cambodia
(Since 1984-Current)
Protecting Khmer interests through Cyberspace. As you know I can not protect Khmer interests in Cambodia because i have only one eye and there are too many Vietcongs, I might loss my prime ministership, if you know what I mean?
^Goto Vietnam nobody cares
ALWAYS GO TO TEACH PEOPLE, BUT NEVER LISTENED TO WHAT PEOPLE SAID. STUPID. AH LNGORNG LEADER.
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