By Ky Soklim
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
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A MP from the ruling party found the rationing as a mean to finance the increased military budget for the 2009 fiscal year.
Cheam Yeap, the CPP MP and chairman of the National Assembly committee for economy and finance, proposed to the government to reduce certain “non necessary” expenses in order to increase the country’s security.
“We must decrease the cost of gasoline and telephone usage in other ministries in order to increase the budget for the Defense and the Interior,” Cheam Yeap said on Thursday 20 November during a forum on the 2009 budget which was attended by MPs and civil society representatives.
Cheam Yeap indicated that Hun Sen has the right to rearrange the budget in order to assure the country’s defense. He also said that some of the weapons used by Cambodia are out of date, before quoting: “to have peace, we must prepare for war.”
This is nothing new, since the conflict started between Thailand and Cambodia, the Cambodian government plans on increasing the national security spending.
The 2009 budget plan will be brought to debate on the floor of the National Assembly which was elected in July of this year. The total budget planned amounts to close to $1.8 billion, i.e. an increase of 28% from the 2008 budget. In this budget, the defense spending is increased by 60% because of salary increase for soldiers and police officers.
Cheang Vun, another CPP MP and chairman of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs committee, supported this budget increase. However, he hoped that the government will not set aside the agriculture sector which encompasses many of the poorest people in the kingdom.
Cheam Yeap, the CPP MP and chairman of the National Assembly committee for economy and finance, proposed to the government to reduce certain “non necessary” expenses in order to increase the country’s security.
“We must decrease the cost of gasoline and telephone usage in other ministries in order to increase the budget for the Defense and the Interior,” Cheam Yeap said on Thursday 20 November during a forum on the 2009 budget which was attended by MPs and civil society representatives.
Cheam Yeap indicated that Hun Sen has the right to rearrange the budget in order to assure the country’s defense. He also said that some of the weapons used by Cambodia are out of date, before quoting: “to have peace, we must prepare for war.”
This is nothing new, since the conflict started between Thailand and Cambodia, the Cambodian government plans on increasing the national security spending.
The 2009 budget plan will be brought to debate on the floor of the National Assembly which was elected in July of this year. The total budget planned amounts to close to $1.8 billion, i.e. an increase of 28% from the 2008 budget. In this budget, the defense spending is increased by 60% because of salary increase for soldiers and police officers.
Cheang Vun, another CPP MP and chairman of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs committee, supported this budget increase. However, he hoped that the government will not set aside the agriculture sector which encompasses many of the poorest people in the kingdom.
14 comments:
How about those rich generals - are they going to be richer with the increase budget? That is what we should worry about. An example is the ADB's rice distribution.
The government is killing us - the tax payers.
What would the budget for - pay pilot training? Buy used F16 like the Thai did or buy Lexus - please list Mr. Government.
I don't know if Hunsen also look at the comments we post on KI media. Should anyone inform him of the site so that we can debate with him.
There's a huge huge termite eating up around 40% of national budget allocated to the Ministry of Interior.
Maybe it's time everyone should know his name. He's known as the arrogant selfish bastard of MOI. He's the head of MOI's Finance Department and his name is Dul Koeurn. That son of a bitch is the reason why Khmer national police officers act like thieves and beggars. We police officers have lost all dignity because of this greedy bastard and his cronies stealing all the money. He controls everything from gasoline distribution within MOI to procurement. He's been doing this for years now and has made himself a multi-millionaire. Even the guards standing infront of his house hold position of police lieutenant. Sar Kheng is also part of the problem. Ever wonder why he's being driven around in a $500,000 Mercedes?
Now with his rival Hok Lundy out of the way, he will even steal more!
Here he comes, 5:27PM!
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Hello, Hello, Hello everyone. Let me introduce myself. My name is Hun Sen. Yes, that's right, I am your PM Hun Sen! Now shut up and let me finish …
I am not a gentleman and I did kick a number of opposition politicians out of the office, but I have to do it – not just to save my ass but also to prevent the country from falling into civil war.
I try to run the country as smooth as I can so that you all can enjoy little things that life has to offer. When was the last times we have the country relatively calm this long? I was hoping that by keeping the country stable, you would have the time and opportunity to learn and strengthen your technical or professional skills, or develop some businesses to improve your living standards. Damn, I am disappointed. A lot of you either waste your precious times singing and dancing at the Karaoke clubs, or cursing me instead of working to improve your living conditions. See you're not cursing me. You are cursing yourself…
I let many of you going abroad to learn some new and practical ideas or skills. Damn again, many of you come back home just as ignorant as you were when you left the country…
I did not expect to rule this long. But since neither you nor your self-proclaimed smart political leaders can work together and come up with a better plan to unseat me, I think I will just sit down and enjoy the premiership another three decades….
Now stop whining like a spoiled child and grow up like a mature person. Go home and learn some useful/practical skills for your own benefit. If you love the country as much as you claim, spend some of your spare times to do some volunteer works for the sicks or poor peasants. Don't forget to study English too. Some of you write so bad that even a guy with grade seven education like me wants to throw up.
Now your turn … Oh wait. Rainsy, bring me the receipt of the transaction I paid you and your cronies to attend the last parliamentary swearing-in inauguration. I need to shred it before someone sells it to Phnom Penh Post.
how can you feed army if you cannot feed the population.
hamona hamoot
10:51PM that's amusing, I didn't know there's a psychosis disorder in the forum. You couldn't get to Hun Sen, and you cracked.
All of us according to Erickson's Child Development Stage at one point have imaginary play buddy.
10:51PM, I see that you have DIGRESSION CRISIS. I'm sorry, child.
12:14AM
You’re wasting your time if you try to impress me with your fancy words, Mr. big shot. You should use your not-so-high IQ brain to publish research paper or scientific finding in American or English medical journals. May be, your knowledge does not meet the minimum standards required by those institutions, so you come to impress people in this forum instead.
Relax 5:14AM. Have some sense of humour, it's good for your blood pressure.
yes, it's called the gov't accountability, my dear!
Those high-levelgovernment staffs are wasting so much money on the fucken cell phone bills, and gasoline bills, that came out of the taxpayer, those bastard should pay for their own shits!! The state must stop paying for these fucken Highlevel people, all they do making call to them bitchs at the club, and send out Lexus/Humm to pick up them bitchs?? what a stupid government!! crooked mother fucker..!!
'Prepare for wars' How many Cambodians like this word?
Please comment!
Good perspective MP Cheam Yeap,you are one of the best in cpp government.We need more people thinking like you and do like you nevertheless groups or parties.viet and thais they are ready to put Cambodia down.First thing we have to do is to crack down corruptions an we prepare for war.
You voted for them, and you complain already ?
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