Friday, March 23, 2007Cambodge Soir
Unofficial Translation from French by Tola Ek
Click here to read Cambodge Soir’s original article in French
During the campaign for the commune election, we are reporting words heard at a street corner, in a market, from a seller, etc… discussing about the election. The words we are echoing here represent only the opinions of their respective authors.
In a house in the Boeng Salang district, a 12-year-old boy tries to convince his grandmother to vote for the SRP. “Grandma, you must vote and give your vote to the SRP, only this party will build infrastructures for our commune!” The boy’s aunt chimed in: “Ma, don’t listen to him. He’s only repeating what he heard.” The grandmother then spoke up: “Grandson, you should not repeat what you heard.” She then gave her opinion: “Grandson, do you know who helped me live up to now? It is Hun Sen’s CPP.” The boy did not back down, he retorted: “I don’t give a hoot because I was born after January 7 [1979]. It’s my parents who gave me my life…” And he bursts out in a laughter.
A man in his 60s just arriving in Phnom Penh from Battambang, he claims to be a CPP member and he is complaining about the candidates selected by his party. “I love the CPP, but I don’t like the candidates they are presenting in my commune. They are the same one who just completed the first mandate, now 5 years later, they did nothing for the people. They only think about serving their personal interests. For this kind of election, I would prefer to elect individuals who are other than party candidates. We would then have neutral commune councilors,” the man stressed while claiming that he knows people not affiliated to any political party but who would fit this bill very well.
A young woman browses through the brochures distributed by various political parties that are presenting candidates to the commune election: “Why do they like to print pictures of the candidates while they were younger? Take the case of the Norodom Ranariddh Party, why did the prince choose to include a dated picture of himself in the middle of the party logo?” Her young colleague answered jokingly: “The fact that they use pictures when they look younger and more handsome, that’s a technique to attract more voters!”
In a house in the Boeng Salang district, a 12-year-old boy tries to convince his grandmother to vote for the SRP. “Grandma, you must vote and give your vote to the SRP, only this party will build infrastructures for our commune!” The boy’s aunt chimed in: “Ma, don’t listen to him. He’s only repeating what he heard.” The grandmother then spoke up: “Grandson, you should not repeat what you heard.” She then gave her opinion: “Grandson, do you know who helped me live up to now? It is Hun Sen’s CPP.” The boy did not back down, he retorted: “I don’t give a hoot because I was born after January 7 [1979]. It’s my parents who gave me my life…” And he bursts out in a laughter.
A man in his 60s just arriving in Phnom Penh from Battambang, he claims to be a CPP member and he is complaining about the candidates selected by his party. “I love the CPP, but I don’t like the candidates they are presenting in my commune. They are the same one who just completed the first mandate, now 5 years later, they did nothing for the people. They only think about serving their personal interests. For this kind of election, I would prefer to elect individuals who are other than party candidates. We would then have neutral commune councilors,” the man stressed while claiming that he knows people not affiliated to any political party but who would fit this bill very well.
A young woman browses through the brochures distributed by various political parties that are presenting candidates to the commune election: “Why do they like to print pictures of the candidates while they were younger? Take the case of the Norodom Ranariddh Party, why did the prince choose to include a dated picture of himself in the middle of the party logo?” Her young colleague answered jokingly: “The fact that they use pictures when they look younger and more handsome, that’s a technique to attract more voters!”
1 comment:
PERHAPS I'M WRONG
LET SAY ONE CASE:
A FATHER(DON'T INSULT WOMAN)RAISED A CHILD TO BE A FULLY MATURE YOUNG MAN. DURING THE PERIOD, NEGELGENCE AND PHYSICAL ABUSE WERE EVIDENTLY OBSERVED. THE YOUNG MAN LATER ON DECIDES TO FREE HIMSELF FROM THE FAMILY. THE CULTURE BLAMED HIM FOR DISRESPECT THE PARENT.
THE YOUNG MAN REPLIED, "IF YOU EAT AN APPLE BUT SEEN ONLY HALF WORM REMAINING. WHAT DO YOU THINK? "
MAKE YOUR GUESS?
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