Original report from Phnom Penh
16 September 2008
Opposition leaders dismissed threats made by Prime Minister Hun Sen Monday to withhold salaries and National Assembly committee seats if 29 lawmakers boycott the new government's swearing-in ceremony later this month.
Hun Sen told reporters Monday that opposition lawmakers who fail to swear in on Sept. 24 will be denied their salaries and lose their positions on the National Assembly's nine committees.
Those positions will be given to Cambodian People's Party lawmakers, he said.
"I told [CPP Secretary-General] Say Chum if the opposition parties don't join the swearing-in ceremony, we cannot wait for the participation from the opposition," Hun Sen said. "I asked Say Chum to choose nine members for each committee from the CPP. When the opposition does not swear in, it will have no validity, so [lawmakers] cannot get their salary."
Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha said Tuesday they will not abandon their boycott stance.
"We aren't afraid of losing our positions and our salaries," Sam Rainsy said. "But we are afraid of losing justice, democracy and the will of the people, as well as the interest of the nation and the people."
In the previous National Assembly, the opposition Sam Rainsy Party held two chairs of National Assembly committees, Foreign Affairs, held by Son Chhay, and Defense, Interior and Inspection, held by Yim Sovann.
In the upcoming National Assembly, the CPP will hold all nine chairmanships, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yiep has said.
Kem Sokha, president of the Human Rights Party, which won three seats in July's election, said his lawmakers-elect were not afraid of "threats by the prime minister."
"The salaries and the positions do not belong to the prime minister, so Hun Sen cannot decide about this," he said. "The people have voted for us to get the posts and the salary from people's taxes."
Hun Sen told reporters Monday that opposition lawmakers who fail to swear in on Sept. 24 will be denied their salaries and lose their positions on the National Assembly's nine committees.
Those positions will be given to Cambodian People's Party lawmakers, he said.
"I told [CPP Secretary-General] Say Chum if the opposition parties don't join the swearing-in ceremony, we cannot wait for the participation from the opposition," Hun Sen said. "I asked Say Chum to choose nine members for each committee from the CPP. When the opposition does not swear in, it will have no validity, so [lawmakers] cannot get their salary."
Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha said Tuesday they will not abandon their boycott stance.
"We aren't afraid of losing our positions and our salaries," Sam Rainsy said. "But we are afraid of losing justice, democracy and the will of the people, as well as the interest of the nation and the people."
In the previous National Assembly, the opposition Sam Rainsy Party held two chairs of National Assembly committees, Foreign Affairs, held by Son Chhay, and Defense, Interior and Inspection, held by Yim Sovann.
In the upcoming National Assembly, the CPP will hold all nine chairmanships, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yiep has said.
Kem Sokha, president of the Human Rights Party, which won three seats in July's election, said his lawmakers-elect were not afraid of "threats by the prime minister."
"The salaries and the positions do not belong to the prime minister, so Hun Sen cannot decide about this," he said. "The people have voted for us to get the posts and the salary from people's taxes."
13 comments:
The CPP behavior is pure devilistic, and pure bully.
He dare only speak and treats his people and not his neighbor vietnam or thailand.
What a cowardice government.
Just go Hun xen.
You have Power to do. you do on Cambodian why you are afraid Thai. Just go !!!!!
K. serey
SRP and HRP don't blink.....this is a matter of principle......we support your stance. The thieves Hun Sen and his NEC will see their day in hell. Enough is enough....it's about time we go for a broke.....don't give in to this threat, stand tall.
If you don't work, you don't get paid. There is no Free Lunch.
Ah Chhke Hun Sen is the last Khmer leader to oppress its own people for serving
a Foreign, Vietnamese interest. His name and his family will be documented in
our Future Khmer History.
Here is my wish to him:
. I wish someone will assassinate Ah Chhke Dachtlay for Ah Youn Hanoi.
. CPP internal members will kicks him out of the party
. Die of lung Cancer
. Die of drug addition
. Someone will shoot him in the head in a very close range. Could be his wife,
Bun Ranny coz she wants to fuck with Ah Hock Lundy
. Have a stroke and become paralyzed for the rest of his life
. Plane crash and die as an animal
. Lethal injection or secretly poision by Vietnamese secret Agent when he
become useless dog
. Fatally car accident
. Drown in his wife's pussy
. Hus Sen is the first person to be killed once his CPP party is crumbled
. Choke & Die as an animal during night time sleeping
. Heart Attach while screeming at opposition party
. Mutilated killed by a suicide bomb explosion assassination
. His life is miserable anywhere he goes
. He will be welcome by curses and hatred
. This traitor should be sentenced to death in a cruel way, so khmer new
generation can live peacefully
I bet Ah Chhke Hun Sen will die in one of my curses.
Go to Hell You Hun Sen Traitor !!!
In any job, if you don't come to work, they will give the job to someone else. It doesn't matter who voted for you.
Who said the opposition party didn't want to come to work? This is a form of protest by the opposition party in the wake of Cambodian massive election fraud committed by AH HUN XEN government!
You fucking coward asshole shit!
Yes, I want you to go, but remember your fucking fortress will be totally destroyed by their modern weapons, and there's nothing you or your clans can do to stop the Thai.
The representatives of the sam rainsy's party that do not lend oath it same day that all the others representatives make a mistake serious disciplinary.
These faulty representatives will lose their salaries for 18 months and they will be deprived of all the commissions.They will not be summoned to the national assembly for the legislative work, they must look for to inform itself themselves on the order of the day of the legislative work because they are very minority and their votes do not count.
These faulty representatives will be deprived by way of disciplinary penalty of all the rights granted to the other representatives.
These faulty and rebellious representatives must undergo a special treatment as they deserve it.
Even though some royalists made some mistakes, how can we exclude them from politic?
Sisowat had about 40 registered wives and 300 concubines. Norodom also had 36 registered wives and hundred concumbines. King Monivong has 200 concumbines. Soramarith has 20.
Sons and grandsons of Sisowat and Norodom have about 5 to 10 registered wives.
Daughter and grand daughters of Sisowat and Norodom have about 3 to 4 husbands.
In conclusion, there are more than 2,000 royal family members.
They are not going to give up easily.
Well, if you fail to show up at work, 12:49, you can kiss your job goodbye whether you want to come to work or not.
It would be foolish for the opposition party to have any concern about losing their low paying salary job!
May I remind that it is Cambodian people who voted for the opposition party to the job! And AH HUN XEN has no right to take away any job from the opposition party!
AH HUN XEN is only strong with the opposition party and he always threatens the opposition party! But with the foreigner like the Siam and AH HUN XEN put his tail between his leg!ahahhahhahhahhah
I dare AH HUN SEN to take away the job from the opposition party! Go AH HUN XEN go! go! go! go do what you want because you own Cambodia and Cambodian people! I never thought Cambodia has become AH HUN XEN personal property!
Low pay, my ass. Those idiots get an equivalent of over 300k/yr in the US for doing shit.
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