Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Fox and The Grapes

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

"THE FOX AND THE GRAPES"
Jean de La Fontaine's fable

A fox, from Gascogne or from Normandy,
we don't know,
almost dying with hunger, going around
saw a vine-branch with grapes on
so beautiful and ripe to all appearances,
that he thought of reaching and eating them.
But after uselessly jumping and jumping
As the vine was too high for him to reach
He had a second thought,
“They're sour, I can see it,
These grapes are good just for loirs and squirrels!”
I leave for you what I can't have.

(Jean de La Fontaine)

Miffed Cheam Yiep: The CPP didn't buy any SRP defectors ... it just offers them juicy positions

Cheam Yiep: SRP defectors are not cattle that can be bought or sold

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

One CPP MP considers that (defecting) SRP officials are not cattle that can be bought and sold. At a time when some SRP officials are defecting to join the CPP, opposition leader Sam Rainsy accused the CPP of using money to lure his party officials in order to win in the upcoming July 2008 election. This attack by Sam Rainsy was retorted by Prey Veng CPP MP Cheam Yiep who said that Sam Rainsy’s accusation is his right, but that Sam Rainsy must look around him to see whether his party officials who are MPs and activists are cattle-like goods. Cheam Yiep told the Kampuchea Thmei newspaper that in his statement, Sam Rainsy seems to look down at officials of about the same rank as he is. Cheam Yiep added that the CPP is doing all it can to win the upcoming election, and there was no money to buy any officials. He said that he can guarantee his claim. He asks Sam Rainsy to show proof to his statement and not to slander others.