Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Three political parties said that they have no plan to tax farmers if they win the upcoming July general election. These declarations were made by the three opposition parties after Hun Sen claimed on Saturday that the opposition parties declared that the will raise the salary of civil servants by forcing farmers to pay tax on their farmlands. The Cambodia Daily reported that SRP, NRP and HRP officials all claimed that their respective parties have no plan to tax farmlands. Mrs. Mu Sochua, SRP deputy Secretary-general, said the SRP never entertain any strategy of taxing farmers. She said that this is (Hun Sen’s) strategy to intimidate voters. Kem Sokha, HRP president, said that his party has no plan to tax the poor. Muth Chantha, NRP spokesman, said that land tax that his party is focusing on is the tax levied against concession lands given out by the government.
