PM Hun Sen warned that his critics would be struck by lightning if they dared to suggest his leadership was plunging the country into poverty
- From: Chim <ChimS1@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:50:46 -0700 (PDT)
PM says his critics will be struck by lightning
Tuesday, 08 September 2009 15:02 Meas Sokchea
PRIME Minister Hun Sen warned on Monday that his critics would be
struck by lightning if they dared to suggest his leadership was
plunging the country into poverty.
Speaking at the announcement of the General Population Census of
Cambodia 2008, the premier defended his record.
"[They] say Cambodia is getting poorer and poorer, but aren't they
afraid of being struck by lightning?" he said, insisting he had led
the country back to wealth since the fall of the Khmer Rouge.
He challenged dissenters to swear their statements were true - or risk
the wrath of nature.
"[People] who insult [the January 7 liberation], they are still alive
because of who?" Hun Sen said.
"If you dare to say it and be struck by lightning, go ahead."
Opposition politicians dismissed the rhetoric, saying poverty levels
could not be ignored.
"We have 14.5 million people [in Cambodia] and 6 to 7 million of them
are poor," said Yim Sovann, spokesman for the opposition Sam Rainsy
Party.
Kem Sokha, head of the Human Rights Party, said the government had
failed to provide for its people.
"[Hun Sen's regime] is better than Pol Pot's time, that is true, but
it does not conform to people's needs," he said, referring to food,
shelter, employment, education and health care.
"These five points, our government has still not met successfully. Let
[the prime minister] swear: Can he do it?"
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