Hun Sen's Promise To Let Son, Other CPP Elite's Children Enter Politics Hailed

Hun Father & Son Co.

29 Nov 07
By Chuop Praha
Moneakseka Khmer
Translated from Khmer and posted online

Last Tuesday megalomaniac Prime Minister Hun Sen the Great claimed that his children and those of important high-ranked Cambodian People's Party [CPP] officials will join the political scene as a team in the very near future. This declaration by Hun Sen was made during a graduation ceremony at the National Education Institute when he emphasized that there should be no worry, for his children and the children of the CPP elite will join the political scene as a team.

On this occasion, megalomaniac Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly announced, "I would like to send my words back [to detractors] that these young men are not going to enter politics one by one. If they join the political scene it will be as a team. The children of CPP officials, if they enter politics, they will do it in a big team. You just wait and see." Moreover, Hun Sen used the crudest and most awful terms against the person who proposed that the prime minister's term should be limited.

Sam Rainsy, leader of Cambodia's famous opposition party, voiced his welcome to megalomaniac Prime Minister Hun Sen's above assertion. He said with emphasis, "I would like to congratulate him because even the son of a murderer, of a nation's destroyer, or of a dictator if he is well educated surely will have more progressive ideas than his father, and our country consequently will certainly be better off."

Many circles supported Sam Rainsy's view because if the children of murderers, strippers of the national assets, or dictators are well educated they will not commit bad acts as their fathers did.

A non-governmental organization official spoke on condition of anonymity noted that the strategy of the CPP has long been prepared through the intermarriages of the children of important, high-ranked officials in order to consolidate and keep their power for a long period of time. The strategy that the CPP elite are conducting is similar to the structure of the Khmer Rouge regime: when the husband controls of the men's unit, the wife must also control the women's unit and their children the children's units.

The same NGO official further said that the CPP elite have strengthened the alliance within their midst through intermarriages of their children in order to consolidate their power. Hun Sen's eldest son, Hun Manet, is making public appearances through humanitarian relief activities to help the poor, which is an initiation method for him before entering the political scene through a compact family network. However, we should not forget that power is not the exclusive property of any group or party, and despotic leaders normally are condemned far and wide once they fall from grace.

Also on Tuesday, megalomaniac Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened to use the Anti-Corruption Law [ACL] against political party leaders with dual nationality at this time when the ACL is still stuck somewhere. To these days, it has not been known where the draft ACL really is after Hun Sen created the so-called "Anti-Corruption Unit" and appointed his adviser Om Yentieng to be its chairman.

According to some unofficial sources, the draft ACL is still in the hands of the Ministry of Inspection controlled by former Female Comrade Men Sam-an, member of the CPP permanent committee. Other sources hinted that the draft ACL is stuck at the Cabinet of the Council of Ministers controlled by Sok An, father-in-law of one of the megalomaniac prime minister's daughters.

Monitors of Cambodia's political situation have predicted that when the ACL comes into force, it is not the political leaders with dual nationality who will be worried. On the contrary, it is megalomaniac Prime Minister Hun Sen and the other high-ranked CPP officials that have committed corrupt acts of stealing from the nation and destroying the country who will be worried. As a matter of fact, Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition party, has long been prepared to declare his assets while Hun Sen and other high-ranked CPP officials have never dared to talk about it.

Where has Hun Sen's wealth come from for him to build thousands of schools named after himself in his populist campaign? Hun Sen must answer this question when the ACL is enforced. If Hun Sen fails to clearly explain the sources of these millions of dollars, the national and international circles would think that Hun Sen has committed acts of corruption in looting the nation and stripping its assets.

Analysts said that concerning the children of the CPP elite joining the political stage as a team or in series no one would oppose it because this is a right guaranteed by the Constitution. And moreover it is a very good thing for the CPP elite's children who are highly educated to enter the political scene because the learned people are not as bad as the ignorant leaders. Ignorant leaders might continue to cling to power without shame. The well-educated people would not dare to behave in that manner.

The analysts have concurred with Sam Rainsy's remark that the children of the murderers and strippers of the national assets, the children of the destroyer of the country, and the children of the dictators if they are well educated have more progressive ideas than their fathers, and the country consequently would be better off under their leadership. Therefore, if Hun Sen is bold enough to let his son and the children of other CPP officials jump into the political fray as a team, then he will really see the light.