Rainsy not swayed by ‘e-premier’

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Meas Sokchea

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy took to Facebook yesterday to criticise the government’s recent embrace of the same social network, describing it as “demagogy in action”.

Ever since officially endorsing his own Facebook profile last September, Prime Minister Hun Sen has put serious effort into the medium, making several of what he has characterised as “gifts” to the electorate – such as the cancellation of unpopular toll road contracts – saying he got the ideas from Facebook.

In February, he sent a letter to government ministries asking them to monitor citizens’ complaints on his profile and address those that fell into their remit.

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