Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
30 October 2007
Stability with "dictator, corruption, a devastated nation, poor citizens" was not the stability his party sought - Opposition leader Sam RainsyCambodia has between 20 to 30 years of stability ahead, thanks in part to King Norodom Sihamoni, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday, in a nod to the third anniversary of the monarch's coronation.
Hun Sen said that because he was born in the Year of the Dragon and King Sihamoni in the Year of the Snake, the two could provide stability for the nation.
Cambodia's economy has grown since Sihamoni's accession, Hun Sen pointed out.
"Throne stability, this is very important," Hun Sen said. "When a crown crisis happens, Cambodia will have a problem."
"The dragon and the snake are OK, and they have the same elements," he said. "The dragon defends the snake, and the snake defends the dragon," he said. "It is OK, they can co-exist."
Rights activists credited democracy and pluralism for Cambodia's relative stability.
However, Thun Saray, head of the human rights group Adhoc, said that security depends on "strong democratic institutions" not "one individual."
"Speaking frankly, stability in Cambodia is because of the democratic process, and the participation of other parties," Koul Panha, director of the election monitoring group Comfrel, said. "And The international associations have played an important role."
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said stability with "dictator, corruption, a devastated nation, poor citizens" was not the stability his party sought.
8 comments:
"Stability with "dictator, corruption, a devastated nation, poor citizens" was not the stability his party sought" - Opposition leader Sam Rainsy
Yep, and we all know exactly what the SRP sought?
Gentleman
It has been clearly stated by Human rights group as well as Camfrel, Peace and stability are ensured by participation of all parties adhering to our national constitution.
Denial of the constitution will require the international community hounored the Paris Peace Agreement,to further assist cambodia.
More than twenty years that cambodia has worked so hard to reach democratic process.
The king should be more assertive on implementation of our constitution by all political parties, to ensure safety and prosperity of cambodians.
Neang SA
Stability my ass.
Every body can do as well as Hun Sen , except Pol Pot who is the worst man in the world.
4:15, Peace and stability are not ensured by participation of all parties of robers and thieves like the SRP. That will be the end of our nation.
The day for stupid Cambodian leaders to make decision base on superstition are over! I have no doubt that the down fall of Hun Sen will be his false belief of some outdated superstitions!
The decision making on the well being of Khmer people and nation should be base on real fact, real data, and real scientific research, and of course base on intelligence how Khmer leaders go about in manipulating those data to achieve the maximum affect for best result!
Doing politic base superstition and false belief will only make Cambodia doom in hell!
There's no such thing as scientific politic, fool.
Dictatorship must be remove after election 2008. He needs mouth wash perhap.
Good, let's tell that to Ah Sam Rainsy.
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