PM, Sokha Spar over Road Toll

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Khmer Times/Ros Chanveasna and Jonathan Cox

Political leaders from both parties have once again taken their grievances to Facebook as they fight to take credit for the decision to remove the tolls on National Road 4. On Friday, deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha posted a video in which he claimed that the opposition pressured the government into removing the tolls on the highway. Prime Minister Hun Sen retorted yesterday, calling Mr. Sokha’s claim “propaganda.”

In January, the government took over management of National Road 4, which runs from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, from AZ Holdings Co. and removed the 2,800 riel toll on the road. It was the most recent of several populist moves that included the removal of the inheritance tax on real estate and the removal of the requirement for a driver’s license to operate vehicles under 125cc. In his speech Friday, which he posted on Facebook, Mr. Sokha took credit for the end of tolls on National Road 4. “If the CNRP had not been formed, maybe National Road 4 would still be a toll road,” he said.

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