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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, talks with U.S. Congressman Eni Faleomavaega, left, during a meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 7, 2010. Faleomavaega will oversee the hearing. (Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS)
US Subcommittee To Hold Hearing on Old Debt
Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Washington, D.C Thursday, 30 September 2010
KI-Media Note: Who's Congressman Eni Faleomavaega?
- During his visit to Cambodia with two other US congressmen in January 2009, Rep. Faleomavaega joined the CPP to celebrate the 07 January event while the other 2 congressmen chose to visit Choeung Ek memorial instead.
- Following the Tom Lantos hearing for Mrs. Mu Sochua and other Cambodian human rights activists, Rep. Faleomavaega issued a scathing remark against the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on Cambodia in 2009. He indicated that "I do not believe that holding a hearing that gives voice to the opposition party and excludes the ruling party is the way for us to proceed in affecting change in Cambodia." The congressman was in fact echoing a sentiment held by the ruling CPP.
Need we say more?
A US House of Representatives subcommittee is scheduled to discuss Cambodia's war-era debt on Thursday.
Cambodia has repeatedly sought the elimination of $300 million in debt from the Lon Nol era, without success. Prime Minister Hun Sen called it a “dirty” debt that should not be repaid.
The Foreign Affairs Committee's Asia, Pacific and Global Environment Subcommittee will discuss the debt Thursday, according to the committee's website.
According to a position paper to be given by Cambodia at the hearing, the government is seeking a wave of the debt due to a “multitude of challenges and constraints facing the country after the adverse impacts of the global economic and food crisis.”
“We seek the understanding and goodwill of the honorable members of the Congress, the US administration, and the people of the USA in granting a favorable consideration of our request for the cancellation of the related debts,” according to a copy of the paper.
Eni Faleomavaega, a Democrat from American Samoa and chairman of the subcommittee, will oversee the hearing. Joseph Yun, the State Department's deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, will be the witness.
4 comments:
That's why I like Democrate no more. I vote for Democrate Senator in my state, Democrate US congress and Obama. But now I won't do it anymore. I will ask all my friends and family member to vote Republican.
I'm wondering if Hun Sen had offerred a girl to sleep with this guy while his stayed in PP?
I never heard of that guy before .
People should mobilize to unseat this man. He does not represent American values on this issue. He should be an elected representative of a communist regime somewhere, Cuba or some place remote. Shake hands with the devil and you are not far off from being a dracula, yourself. Now sue me.
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