Hugo Chavez (L) and Hun Sen (R)By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
18 February 2009
Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy sent a letter of congratulations to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, mocking Prime Minister Hun Sen’s apparent desire to stay in power.
Chavez won a referendum on Sunday that will allow him to run for office with no limits.
In an open letter issued Monday, Sam Rainsy thanked Chavez for winning the referendum—by 54 percent of the vote—and said the victory reminded him of Hun Sen, who has been in power since the 1980s.
“Like you, our prime minister wants to stay in power forever, or at least—he says—until he reaches the age of 90,” Sam Rainsy wrote. “He has been in power since the early 80s, and we would have to be patient with him for another 30 years. But unlike you, he doesn’t bother at all to seek to know whether his people want him to remain at the head of their country for so long, possibly for two (lost) generations.”
Cheam Yiep, a lawmaker for Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party, said Monday Sam Rainsy should struggle harder to win future elections, but he was free to say what he liked in letters.
Cambodia’s next national elections will be held in 2013, and Hun Sen has openly declared he plans to run for prime minister again.
Chavez won a referendum on Sunday that will allow him to run for office with no limits.
In an open letter issued Monday, Sam Rainsy thanked Chavez for winning the referendum—by 54 percent of the vote—and said the victory reminded him of Hun Sen, who has been in power since the 1980s.
“Like you, our prime minister wants to stay in power forever, or at least—he says—until he reaches the age of 90,” Sam Rainsy wrote. “He has been in power since the early 80s, and we would have to be patient with him for another 30 years. But unlike you, he doesn’t bother at all to seek to know whether his people want him to remain at the head of their country for so long, possibly for two (lost) generations.”
Cheam Yiep, a lawmaker for Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party, said Monday Sam Rainsy should struggle harder to win future elections, but he was free to say what he liked in letters.
Cambodia’s next national elections will be held in 2013, and Hun Sen has openly declared he plans to run for prime minister again.
7 comments:
A mocking bird tastes a sore loser nectar.
The reason ah kwak Hun Sen can stay in power
Because he can stole the people votes.
No referendum is needed. All surveys indicated everyone want PM Hun Sen to lead forever.
Yeah you Viet leech @5:57, go eat shit and die!
Truly an educated westerner. The more the educate the more left or right brain swell.
mocking or not.. you are a politician... man...
"Look, think, before you do thing"
S Sach, USA
If we were to hold a referendum, I have no doubt that we will do much better than Chavez at 57/43. The problem is referendum is not free; plus, it's a waste of time because Ah Scam Rainxy will never except the result anyway. So what is the use?
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