06 March 2013
By Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post
Prime Minister Hun Sen warned voters participating in the upcoming national elections in July that if they fail to keep his Cambodian People’s Party in power, he will cancel planned development projects. (sic!)
Speaking to approximately 4,000 students, villagers and Buddhist monks at the groundbreaking ceremony for a road-widening project on National Road 6A in Kampong Cham province, he also said that a loss could put at risk even the tools and supplies that the CPP contributes to the populace.
In particular, he placed several ongoing bridge projects in Stung Treng and Koh Kong provinces as well as the capital’s Chroy Changva II bridge on the post-election chopping block.
“I am sure that if people no longer need me … I have no reason to help you [people] in the future, but I believe that people will not give up existing achievement within their hands as the opposition party has never done anything for people,” he said.
Son Chhay, an opposition lawmaker speaking on behalf of the newly formed Cambodia National Rescue Party, called the comments in the speech a scare tactic intended to garner more votes.
He added that he had never heard of a single government that froze development projects in response to a shift in power.
“In general, there is no country in the world that cancels its existing government projects if it loses in an election, and the message made by premiere just intimidates voters,” Chhay said.
If the Cambodia National Rescue Party were to take control, he said officials would take a look at existing projects to ensure all of them are being carried out transparently.
Lao Mong Hay, an independence political analyst, agreed with Chhay, and said that a change in leadership would probably not result in a mass cancellation of construction work.
“This is a threat and intimidation. It looks too stupid to cancel the existing national development project [when you lose in an election],” Mong Hay said.
Koul Panha, executive director of local election monitor the Committee for Fair and Free Elections in Cambodia, said it was not unexpected in the run-up to an election for parties to start pushing their political platforms and advertising their achievements.
6 comments:
Itmean you're not Khmer, if cant be Khmer's leader you don't give a dawm on people, these after 30 years of Khme's leader and stealing of "Bilions of $$ from people, oppressing people, sale your country border to vietnamese in exchangen for to stay in power. Now said if people don't want you any more by not vote for you, and then you have nothing to do with Khmer people any more, you're sicken individual, pathetic. note: do not dream you're a live after you will loss election, do not count on your vietnames father come to rescue you,instead he wills kill you in one year, you're worthless to him now, and then Khmer people will bravo!
IT'S A SIGN OF AH KWACH AFRAID OF LOSING HIS POWER
His power is coming to an end soon.
If there was no CPP our Khmer should be better 10x. Khmer People still poor and no education. Land taken by force from poor people. Rich is slaving poor Khmer people. Cambodia is nothing just got tall hotel,condo and apartment. CPP decept and lying to khmer people. Nothing but old fashion corruption.
NO CPP, NO EVICTION, NO DEFORESTATION, NO YOUN, NO HUNGER.
Khmer don't fall into this same trapped every election. You are doing this to yourself. Be wise who you elect. The next five years will either bring prosperity or suffering and lost. So, you choose:
CPP = Suffering towards death
KNRP= Prosperity, hope, happiness, jobs, and kick out the illegal immigrants (YOUN).
It doesn't make sense! Simply put - when the CPP loses, it has no more powers; so where is it to decide whether or not to continue the development (which is then under control and management by the CNRP)?
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