Friday, April 04, 2008The Mekong Times
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
On Thursday, the SRP announced that even without an authorization from the authority, it is still determined to organize this non-violent mass anti-inflation demonstration on Sunday 06 April.
The SRP indicated in a communiqué sent to the Phnom Penh city hall that the demonstration will be joined by 5,000 people from all walks of life, and the gathering will start at 08:00 AM at Phsar Thom Thmei. The demonstrators will march to the O’Russei market, then the Olympic market, and will continue to the park located in front of the old building of the National Assembly, located next to the Royal Palace.
According to the SRP, almost 20,000 leaflets were printed and distributed along the dwellings, markets, and along the street located in front of the SRP party headquarters in Phnom Penh. The SRP leaflets stated: “The sharp increase in the prices of goods in Cambodia is due to corruption and incompetence on the part of the government.”
On Thursday, the Phnom Penh city authority prevented and confiscated the distribution of leaflets by the SRP, and it even arrested three party activists who were distributing them in Phnom Penh. SRP MP Yim Sovann said that the distribution of these leaflets is not illegal. The holding of the demonstration is the people’s right which is stipulated in the Constitution. He also said that the arrest of SRP activists is illegal and violates the people’s right, and that this is the usual practice undertaken by a dictatorship.
Yim Sovann stressed that “The SRP is maintaining its position to lead a peaceful mass demonstration to demand that the government takes measures to lower the price of goods. The government should accept this request and it should pave the way for people suffering from price inflation to hold this demonstration.”
On Thursday, three SRP MPs met with leaders of the Phnom Penh city hall to raise this issue about the planning for the non-violent demonstration. However, the face to face discussion did not lead to any decision, and the city hall is sending the SRP request to the Ministry of Interior.
SRP MP Ho Vann who met with the city hall leaders indicated: “There were 4 questions raised during the meeting for the non-violent demonstration which will be held this Sunday. The city hall does not want the SRP to hold this demonstration, but if the SRP still insists on holding the demonstration, then the city hall imposes the condition that the SRP (demonstration) should not hold its march. The city hall also ordered the demonstrators to wear signs because it is concerned that problems may occur, such as unrest and looting may take place during the demonstration.”
The conditions imposed by the city hall were rejected by Ho Vann, and he indicated that the SRP still maintains its position to hold this anti-inflation demonstration, and to ask for a raise in the salaries of civil servants and workers commensurate with the price of goods. He added that the demand to hold the demonstration is not a threat on the activities of the merchants, but it is merely a request for the government to take measure to lower the price of goods.
The SRP indicated in a communiqué sent to the Phnom Penh city hall that the demonstration will be joined by 5,000 people from all walks of life, and the gathering will start at 08:00 AM at Phsar Thom Thmei. The demonstrators will march to the O’Russei market, then the Olympic market, and will continue to the park located in front of the old building of the National Assembly, located next to the Royal Palace.
According to the SRP, almost 20,000 leaflets were printed and distributed along the dwellings, markets, and along the street located in front of the SRP party headquarters in Phnom Penh. The SRP leaflets stated: “The sharp increase in the prices of goods in Cambodia is due to corruption and incompetence on the part of the government.”
On Thursday, the Phnom Penh city authority prevented and confiscated the distribution of leaflets by the SRP, and it even arrested three party activists who were distributing them in Phnom Penh. SRP MP Yim Sovann said that the distribution of these leaflets is not illegal. The holding of the demonstration is the people’s right which is stipulated in the Constitution. He also said that the arrest of SRP activists is illegal and violates the people’s right, and that this is the usual practice undertaken by a dictatorship.
Yim Sovann stressed that “The SRP is maintaining its position to lead a peaceful mass demonstration to demand that the government takes measures to lower the price of goods. The government should accept this request and it should pave the way for people suffering from price inflation to hold this demonstration.”
On Thursday, three SRP MPs met with leaders of the Phnom Penh city hall to raise this issue about the planning for the non-violent demonstration. However, the face to face discussion did not lead to any decision, and the city hall is sending the SRP request to the Ministry of Interior.
SRP MP Ho Vann who met with the city hall leaders indicated: “There were 4 questions raised during the meeting for the non-violent demonstration which will be held this Sunday. The city hall does not want the SRP to hold this demonstration, but if the SRP still insists on holding the demonstration, then the city hall imposes the condition that the SRP (demonstration) should not hold its march. The city hall also ordered the demonstrators to wear signs because it is concerned that problems may occur, such as unrest and looting may take place during the demonstration.”
The conditions imposed by the city hall were rejected by Ho Vann, and he indicated that the SRP still maintains its position to hold this anti-inflation demonstration, and to ask for a raise in the salaries of civil servants and workers commensurate with the price of goods. He added that the demand to hold the demonstration is not a threat on the activities of the merchants, but it is merely a request for the government to take measure to lower the price of goods.
10 comments:
To all Khmer people, get your sticks and stones ready. The soon you see the troublemakers on our street, let them have it, no need to ask any question.
Hey Viet troller/pimp/parasite/plunderer @7:19PM,
You Viet troller/intruder admitted yourself to be a Viet-born and national here on KI-Media.
You Viet troller/intruder has been dumping tons of trashes here on KI-Media over God knows how long.
You Viet troller/intruder pretends to be Cambodian/Khmer speaking up for Cambodian/Khmer and giving Cambodian/Khmer a bad name.
You Viet troller/intruder trashes everybody here on KI-Media calling Cambodian/Khmer all sort of names to boast, to sabotage and to destroy Cambodian/Khmer for the benefit of you Viet intruder/plunderer....
Now, you Viet trash/troller/intruder @7:19PM calls that a debate?
Does history and now a live example of you Viet trash/troller here on KI-Media tell Cambodian/Khmer anything about the Viet's trustworthiness?
Cambodian/Khmer and the whole world know the true colors of you Viet troller/intruder/invader/plunderer full well already.
In plain and simple English, now, and again what part of you "getting the fuck out of KI-Media" don't you freaking Viet troller/intruder/pimp/plunderer understand huh?
In every civilized, democratic country demonstrations must be approved by the local government. To blame inflation and rising prices on corruption and incompetence is willfully falsifying the causes and is incendiary. This demonstration does not have a peaceful intent but is merely a political ploy and will incite the people. This is nothing but election propaganda by the SRP.
No, that is for the gorilla jungle society, no human civilized society.
Hey Viet pimp/parasite@ 12:03 AM,
You call that a debate you Viet parasite?
Oh sorry, I misread 10:06. He's right 100%.
The sharp increase in the prices of goods in Cambodia is due to corruption and incompetence on the part of the government.
USA is sliding into recession and Fed reserve there admitted for the 1st time that the economy is too slow and inevitable, Australia is copping 4% inflation far beyond their reserve bank predicted and tolerate at 2-3%.
If the increase in price of goods due to the CORRUPTION then may GOD help the world.
test of promises, test of freedom, test of changes, test of gov't's ability to handle people's demands, etc... this is just a test. who says freedom is free, everyone everywhere in the world has to fight for freedom and cambodia is no exception! i think it's a normal process that people have to fight for freedom. the churning of the sea of milk, out of this chaos comes good and great many a thing. god bless cambodia and the entire world community. oh life! c'est la vie!
song from R.E.M.: "oh life! it's bigger. it's bigger than you and you are not me. the things that i would go to..." god bless.
Bullshit, 2:30, we did that in the 70's and we all got screwed big time.
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