Phnom Penh Wednesday, 29 September 2010
“I would like to request the court to drop charges against workers and the trade union leaders and to request all factories to take the workers back to work. This is a win-win resolution.”Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday made a public appeal for the courts to drop charges against workers participating in a general strike earlier this month, in a move that proved popular with labor leaders.
His appeal came after the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia ruled out a request from the Ministry of Labor that factories walk away from cases they filed against the leaders of the strikes, where thousands of workers demanded better incomes to offset the rising cost of living.
“I would like to request the court to drop charges against workers and the trade union leaders and to request all factories to take the workers back to work,” Hun Sen said, speaking at the graduation ceremony for the National Education Institute. “This is a win-win resolution.”
GMAC officials declined to comment on the statement Wednesday, but they have said in the past the factories have the right to file against the strikes, which they called illegal.
Hun Sen said Wednesday that if the court complaints went forward, the strikes would continue. He urged factories to find ways to better compensate their workers—who belong to Cambodia's top-earning industry—and he urged employees to “work hard for the gain of the companies.”
“This is a fair gesture by Prime Minister Hun Sen to take care of the workers,” said Ath Thun, president of the Cambodian Labor Confederation and a leader of the strikes.
He said around 150 workers from 17 factories had not been allowed back to work, following four days of strikes that cost factories as much as $15 million.
A Kandal provincial court official said he would hold a “legal examination” of the cases in light of Hun Sen's remarks.
Meanwhile, both managers and labor leaders have been working on improving negotiations. Both have agreed to send five members each into a commission, and they have signed off on a nine-point agreement to improve negotiations.
10 comments:
Mister Hun sen, playing the good guy, the divine dictator; On one palm he hands out bread crumbs to the poor garment workers and on the other palm he slaps a 10 year sentence on his political opponent effectively banishing him from the political scene..
When all that fails, he resorts to lobbing grenades as in 1997 and t55 tanks... for the future uprise?
cnt: jayavarman
This is a hybrid democracy where on the one hand Hun Sen tell the world that we are the freest contry in Asia but interfere with Court decision?
Khmer official sh*t their pants when Hun Sen peep.
In Khmer "ompeav neav or som oy" . In English, "he asked or he appealed".
Even VOA also used the word "appeal"
And the PM also said it in public.
So he did meant to intefere the court's work.
However, KI-Media, as a Hun Sen and CPP hater, and as always, is trying to fame the PM with the bad image.
Yes, we know that whatever HS and CPP does, KI-Media and it's clans would see it wrong.
why hybrid democracy? Dictator would be a more fiiting description.
jayavarman
I agree with 1:17.
Just report the facts and don't twist the truth.
Even if u wanna criticise, do it in the right way. Then u'll be seen as you are really wanting to help. Otherwise, u'd be seen as ... whatever but not a sincere helper.
Mr. Iron fist is a one man show. He can do anything he wanted. He is running the whole country from telling women what use for make up to how to make baby. It's reduculous ruler in Cambodia.
Why we call Hun Sen is a DICTATOR ?
Hun Sen names and replaces judges,
Hun Sen could remain PM all life long,
then, to keep their position, judges must listen to Hun Sen.
That's dictatorship and we cannot have justice under dictatorship.
HUN NOID "APPEAL" BECAUSE HUN NOID SAW UN PRESENT IN CAMBODIA.
HUN NOID IS SCARED NOW.
HUN NOID IS IRRITATING.
HUN NOID IS A KILLERS..
HUN NOID'S HANDS FILLS WITH BLOOD.
HE IS NOW A DRACULAR....
Anonymous said...
HUN NOID "APPEAL" BECAUSE HUN NOID SAW UN PRESENT IN CAMBODIA.
HUN NOID IS SCARED NOW.
HUN NOID IS IRRITATING.
HUN NOID IS A KILLERS..
HUN NOID'S HANDS FILLS WITH BLOOD.
HE IS NOW A DRACULAR....
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