Friday, July 11, 2008

Pi Nis Pi Nous - The headless snake and woman: Not among the winners!

08 July 2008
By Ka-set
Unofficial translation from French by Tola Ek
Click here to read the original article in French
Click here to read the original article in Khmer


Heard in the office of a Khmer-language newspaper: Journalists were discussing among themselves about the uncertain future of the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) and Funcinpec. “The NRP is like a headless snake, its president is nowhere to be seen! How can people have confidence in this party?” one of the reporters asked. “How about the Funcinpec? It’s like a sponge, filled with holes, and it’s also a puppet! Furthermore, it presents a woman [Princess Arunrasmy] as a PM candidate. A woman PM in Cambodia? It’s unthinkable!!!” another journalist said. A third one commented on the CPP strategy: “Now, the SRP is not only criticizing the CPP, but it also criticizes other parties. Meanwhile, the CPP looks at the tigers fighting and killing each others, waiting to eat the cake all by itself!”

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