17 August 2009Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by KI-Media
On 15 August, SRP MP Son Chhay criticized the government by saying that it does not have a clear policy nor a clear goal to prevent the constant rise of gasoline price in Cambodia. Son Chhay said: “The rise and drop of gasoline price depend on what the prime minister [Hun Xen] says. Sometimes, when he issues a warning then the price would drop. Recently, the prime minister said that the price of gasoline in Europe, France, increases also, then the price [of gasoline] went up further. There must be a strict policy set up, the price increase or drop on the international market varies by $3 to $5 per day, this is not a factor for the gasoline retailers to increase the price anyway way they want.” Son Chhay also said that, when the price of a barrel of oil on the international market fetched $160, the price of gasoline was 5,600 riels ($1.40) per liter, but when the price of a barrel of oil drops by half to less than $70 per barrel, the price of gasoline in Cambodia still remains at 4,200 riels ($1.05) per liter.
