Crisis? What Crisis, Asks PM

Cambodia is not in crisis, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen, who in a speech on Sunday said the opposition party’s insistence that the country was in the midst of a political storm was confusing the King. During a visit to workers in Sihanoukville to commemorate International Labor Day yesterday, the premier claimed that while members of an unnamed opposition party had told King Norodom Sihamoni that Cambodia was in crisis, this claim was not true.

“May they look at themselves who are travelling around,” Mr. Hun Sen said. “So, if they are travelling around, it means that they don’t have any crisis, so they are just making sound to keep people awake.” Although no names were mentioned, it was thought the prime minister was referring to Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Sam Rainsy, who has been living in self-imposed exile in France since warrants for his arrest were issued last October.

“You also cheat the King. It’s not enough for you to cheat the Cambodian people. Why do you want to cheat the King? Do you think the King has his own eyes to see what is happening?” Mr. Hun Sen added. Last Thursday, 53 members of the CNRP sent a letter to King Norodom Sihamoni, asking His Majesty to intervene in the political situation in Cambodia, which they said was in a critical state.

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