Opposition Calls PM's War on Land Grabs a Front
Mean Veasna
VOA Khmer
Washington
06/03/2007
Prime Minister Hun Sen's campaign against land-grabbers is a political tool to get ruling party votes at the ballot box in April's commune elections, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday.
His criticism came after the prime minister’s declaration of war Sunday on those who steal land from the poor and warnings of bloodshed for those who resisted.
Land grabs, where high-ranking military and government officials take land from the rural poor and sell it off, are becoming increasingly political ahead of elections.
“If [Hun Sen] wants to do good deeds, why hasn't he addressed it before, why talk about it now, when it is close to the election?” Sam Rainsy asked.
The remarks were designed to sway the voters as part of the CPP’s election campaign, he said.
Rights workers also expressed skepticism of the Cambodian leader’s latest promises.
“This is a politician’s politics, especially when the election is near,” Thun Saray, Ad Hoc's human rights director, said.
Yeng Vireak, Director of the Community Legal Education Center, said he has heard these pledge many time before.
"It’s not enough because [Cambodians] are still angry and they still cry,” he said.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith asked Hun Sen’s critics to wait for his next step.
His criticism came after the prime minister’s declaration of war Sunday on those who steal land from the poor and warnings of bloodshed for those who resisted.
Land grabs, where high-ranking military and government officials take land from the rural poor and sell it off, are becoming increasingly political ahead of elections.
“If [Hun Sen] wants to do good deeds, why hasn't he addressed it before, why talk about it now, when it is close to the election?” Sam Rainsy asked.
The remarks were designed to sway the voters as part of the CPP’s election campaign, he said.
Rights workers also expressed skepticism of the Cambodian leader’s latest promises.
“This is a politician’s politics, especially when the election is near,” Thun Saray, Ad Hoc's human rights director, said.
Yeng Vireak, Director of the Community Legal Education Center, said he has heard these pledge many time before.
"It’s not enough because [Cambodians] are still angry and they still cry,” he said.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith asked Hun Sen’s critics to wait for his next step.
4 comments:
Hun Sen's subterfuge has no creditability at all. His voice is blowing in the wind as people are still crying and tearing.
CPP's opara is always playing before the election.
However, CPP is most optimistic aware that they will win the vote because everything is already mechanized by Vietnam.
lolzz ah sva sam rainshit is talking lolzzzz cheyo ..!!! Srewed refugie party ... lolzz
If you said Mr. Sam Rainshit is bad, but your Youn agent, Ah Kwak Pnek, is the worst, dude. Mr. Rainsy is Cambodia hero and he fights for the poor, not like your Youn agent. Your agent only fucking around to smoke cigarettes and sleep with someone's wife or young lady. He should be a farmer. How can you get a guy who used to be a peasant to lead the country? No wonder what is the outcome from your leader is to grab people's land, kill people, signed land to Youn, corruption from bottom to top, intimidate people, fucking girls, and brings all Viets to live freely in Cambodia.
He's damned if he does, he's damned if he doesn't...wHAT can he do ? you moron....
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