Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Prime Minister Hun Sen asked Keat Chhon, the minister of economy and finance, to review the amount of money available to raise the family allowance for government officials. Eng Chhai Eang, SRP Secretary-general, said this gesture was aimed at winning votes in the upcoming election only. Eng Chhai Eang told The Cambodia Daily that this raise was done to attract popularity and votes from government servants. He said that even with a triple raise, the family allowance for government servants is still too low to live with. He said that the allowance money is not even sufficient to buy bran ("kantuok" in Khmer) to feed a pig. Khieu Kanharith, spokesman for government rejected Eng Chhai eang’s accusation, and he said that the raise of the allowance has nothing to do with the election. He said that the government never raised this allowance since 1987. Currently, the allowance money for the wife a government worker amounts to a meager 3,000 riels ($0.75) per month, and each children receive an allowance of 2,500 riels ($0.63).
4 comments:
Remember about the land from last election and what next?
smart move by a political party. i like this!! any increase in salary is better than not!! but, please keep giving cost-of-living allowances to teachers and other gov't workers every year when see fit according to the economy, not just to buy votes. because will see your good deeds without much effort.
It's a shame how this government running the country. Why they deprive Cambodian people for decent wages for so long and now that they do it, it has to be a few months before the election time. This government is only interest in short sugar coded to get your votes; then they will disband you.
Hey, we have the right to try to get the votes too, you know? There is nothing wrong with checking to see if we got spare changes for that.
If you were concerned with the people well being, why didn't you send in the cashes, instead of spray shits all over the places as you usually did.
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