Thursday, May 31, 2007Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the prime minister position cannot be begged for, and the king does not have the right to offer it either if the population does not vote for it.
Hun Sen raised this issue during a diploma distribution ceremony to Norton University students on 30 May 2007, held at the National Institute of Education.
The issue raised by Hun Sen seems to be related to his desire to reveal a story invented by a political party to defame him. Hun Sen said that it was just too much: last 12 May, the day when Hun Sen visited King-Father and Queen-Mother, the date coincided also with a group of people [NRP officials] who visited King Sihamoni to ask the latter to pardon a person who was sentenced by the court [Ranariddh].
Hun Sen added that this is merely a coincidence, but they (NRP officials?) created a problem by saying: ‘Samdech (Hun Sen) went to ask King-Father and Queen-Mother to help him preserve his prime minister position.’ Hun Sen also said: ‘The east interferes and the west pressures,’ later on, they said it directly: ‘The US pressures Vietnam, Vietnam pressures Hun Sen to leave his position,’ and another guy said: ‘when in need, he knows how to seek help from the king.’
Hun Sen told King-Father that: “I don’t ask for anything, if the CPP does not win, I cannot be the prime minister either, because the prime minister position cannot be begged for, and the king has no right to offer it either.”
Hun Sen criticized those who organized such strategy, those who made such comments, and he wondered how can this type of individuals be selected as political party leaders. Hun Sen added that the constitution clearly stipulates that the king shall appoint a person issued from the wining party as the prime minister, but if there is no winning, how could one become a prime minister? Hun Sen said that the Vietnamese pressures to have Sok An installed as the prime minister, and for Hun Sen to become the president of the National Assembly, but Hun Sen refused this imposed condition, that was why he (allegedly) went to ask King-Father for help.
Hun Sen raised this issue during a diploma distribution ceremony to Norton University students on 30 May 2007, held at the National Institute of Education.
The issue raised by Hun Sen seems to be related to his desire to reveal a story invented by a political party to defame him. Hun Sen said that it was just too much: last 12 May, the day when Hun Sen visited King-Father and Queen-Mother, the date coincided also with a group of people [NRP officials] who visited King Sihamoni to ask the latter to pardon a person who was sentenced by the court [Ranariddh].
Hun Sen added that this is merely a coincidence, but they (NRP officials?) created a problem by saying: ‘Samdech (Hun Sen) went to ask King-Father and Queen-Mother to help him preserve his prime minister position.’ Hun Sen also said: ‘The east interferes and the west pressures,’ later on, they said it directly: ‘The US pressures Vietnam, Vietnam pressures Hun Sen to leave his position,’ and another guy said: ‘when in need, he knows how to seek help from the king.’
Hun Sen told King-Father that: “I don’t ask for anything, if the CPP does not win, I cannot be the prime minister either, because the prime minister position cannot be begged for, and the king has no right to offer it either.”
Hun Sen criticized those who organized such strategy, those who made such comments, and he wondered how can this type of individuals be selected as political party leaders. Hun Sen added that the constitution clearly stipulates that the king shall appoint a person issued from the wining party as the prime minister, but if there is no winning, how could one become a prime minister? Hun Sen said that the Vietnamese pressures to have Sok An installed as the prime minister, and for Hun Sen to become the president of the National Assembly, but Hun Sen refused this imposed condition, that was why he (allegedly) went to ask King-Father for help.
4 comments:
Greate he is cracking! Kept the speculation flow, If you can get a dictator to crack this way, you've done and excellent job
That to give him uperhand, now he Fight again Vietnamese after give alot of land to Vietname?
BullShit!
Why not SarKeng instead of his inlaw?
why waste time to listen to Ah Kwak former Khmer Rouge's talking shit.
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