By Ka-set
Unofficial translation from French by Luc Sâr
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Along the markets and cafés, during recess and in the streets, Cambodian people talk about politics, without any taboo restriction, and with such an eloquence that politicians would envy them. Up until 27 July, Ka-set will report freely and with sarcasm words heard during the election campaign, collected directly “pi nis, pi nous” (here and there).
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Party popularity depends on … the quality of the glue they use
A Phnom Penh woman reported: “On the first day of the election campaign, the walls of my house were plastered with CPP posters which I immediately tore them down under the unhappy eyes of those who posted them. Today, it’s the SRP which came to plaster their propaganda on my walls. This time, it took me 25 minutes to take them down! This means that the SRP’s glue is of better quality than the CPP’s! I am waiting for the HRP’s turn to compare the quality of their glue and I will decide to vote for the party which posters stick the best!”
Political miracle or how to increase the number of seats
The following was heard through various claims made by various political party leaders. Very gifted in increasing their promises, will the political parties be able to do the same for their number of seats at the National Assembly? If one were to believe the various party leaders, the upcoming MPs will have to perform some miracles. CPP MP Cheam Yeap maintained that his party will obtain exactly 82 seats at the National Assembly for the upcoming 27 July election. Kem Sokha counts on the election to obtain “at least 50 seats” for his party’s candidates. Khem Veasna, the head of the Alliance for Democracy, expects to obtain 5 seats, whereas Ban Sophal of the Society for Justice Party which has a more modest ambition, is certain to obtain at least one seat in Battambang. The tally from the above number of seats amounts to 138 MPs, whereas the National Assembly only counts 123 seats. Now, if we were to add the number of seats expected by the SRP – who believes that it will be a major winner – the Funcinpec, and the NRP, the number of MPs at the next National Assembly will be quite crowded. However, since the seats in the newly inaugurated National Assembly building are rather large, with some loss of elbow room, they can surely squeeze in all these MPs. In this manner, the enemies could become close neighbors…
To react to these “reports” or if you want to express your opinions, please forward them to us at the following email address: redaction@ka-set.info
Party popularity depends on … the quality of the glue they use
A Phnom Penh woman reported: “On the first day of the election campaign, the walls of my house were plastered with CPP posters which I immediately tore them down under the unhappy eyes of those who posted them. Today, it’s the SRP which came to plaster their propaganda on my walls. This time, it took me 25 minutes to take them down! This means that the SRP’s glue is of better quality than the CPP’s! I am waiting for the HRP’s turn to compare the quality of their glue and I will decide to vote for the party which posters stick the best!”
Political miracle or how to increase the number of seats
The following was heard through various claims made by various political party leaders. Very gifted in increasing their promises, will the political parties be able to do the same for their number of seats at the National Assembly? If one were to believe the various party leaders, the upcoming MPs will have to perform some miracles. CPP MP Cheam Yeap maintained that his party will obtain exactly 82 seats at the National Assembly for the upcoming 27 July election. Kem Sokha counts on the election to obtain “at least 50 seats” for his party’s candidates. Khem Veasna, the head of the Alliance for Democracy, expects to obtain 5 seats, whereas Ban Sophal of the Society for Justice Party which has a more modest ambition, is certain to obtain at least one seat in Battambang. The tally from the above number of seats amounts to 138 MPs, whereas the National Assembly only counts 123 seats. Now, if we were to add the number of seats expected by the SRP – who believes that it will be a major winner – the Funcinpec, and the NRP, the number of MPs at the next National Assembly will be quite crowded. However, since the seats in the newly inaugurated National Assembly building are rather large, with some loss of elbow room, they can surely squeeze in all these MPs. In this manner, the enemies could become close neighbors…
6 comments:
Pssssstttt.... HRP, use spot weld and you will get her vote.
Ka-Set, it's not Here and There; it is From here From there; or About this, About that, dude.
Thank Ka-set for sharing. You cracked me up!
See? Fucking politicians are annoying. Suit them, suit them, suit them. Stand tor your right to be free of their propaganda and abuses.
i like the title: "pi nis, pi nous" (here and there) in khmer. god bless cambodia and our beautiful khmer people.
yes, pi nis, pi nous can also mean this and that as well as in gossipping or talking in general about anything and everything going on in cambodia. it's kindna like the foreign correspondence club of cambodia or something along that line. a good name for a blog title. i mean it's simple. god bless.
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