(1) No Pressure to Come Meet Prime Minister; Whoever Joins the CPP Blamed to Be Puppets or Vietnamese; Huge Rice Field, Use Lot of Seeds, Harvest Big Yield; Individual with Cambodia’s National Identity
This is not a coincidence, but an arrangement, and there is an agreement between those who have to come, i.e. I have to come from Phnom Penh, but also those volunteers who sincerely wish to come with the desire to meet up together. This morning, while stepping off the plane, I saw (on social media) nephews who say that “(the fact that they are coming to this meeting is because of) pressure from anyone.” This means that there has been saying that the fact that people come to this meeting was because of oppression or/or deal cutting. Maybe we should end using this language at some point because it is a serious insult to conscience or civil rights. Under whose pressure or threat that all of you are coming here? That is not the case not only for the people living abroad in a democratic country, but even the Cambodian people, the Royal Government has no right to oppress (them to do this or that) […]
I do not understand how those who came to live in the so-called democratic land can still use this language. It could be because it is their ways. It is neither the way of Hun Sen, nor of the CPP. Take for instance in here, people may leave, for example, if they do not like to listen, either they do not attend, or come and do not have to enter, or enter and want to leave, then it is their right? But sadly, some people coming from our country to live abroad (inaccurately considered) whoever joins the CPP – intellectuals, doctoral students – puppets, or all Vietnamese. They blame them of low value for being with the CPP […]
Days now, there are announcements to launch a protest against me. I also wanted to know how many there are on the 14th (December) would come out. Maybe today we have already filmed our group, and on December 14th, we go filming their demonstration. How many of them will there be? As far as I know, in the United States, in Europe, and in Geneva, that never happened. That place is the place for protest, but it never happened. I do not know why? I wanted the person who claimed to protest to come out and lead the demonstration against me by himself/herself […]
As for our gathering here, we have, according to the Ambassador, over 2,000 partcipants. Let us remember that behind the nearly 2,000 people, how many more are there? They have their families. Taking rice cultivation for comparison. When you grow big rice, when you have a large land, use lots of seeds, you also harvest big yields. Smaller farms and fewer seeds, it yields less too. In fact, the recent CPP commune/sangkat election result scored more than 74% of the votes. The size of the CPP is also big, and when it comes to having children, we 74% will have more and their children will come to voting age in great number too. In that case, you are still 20% forever, and I am still 70% forever, because that is what it is. Children never go against the fathers […]
Thank you for all the support and your efforts, the elderly, the disabled, children and infants, to travel long distance under the cold weather to show your spirit of love for the motherland. I am just an individual, but I bring with me Cambodia’s national identity. This is an acknowledgment of the leadership role that you brothers/sisters come from a distance to meet. I am grateful and excited in my heart. This has ascertained that no matter where we Khmer go, we are still Khmer. In a way, blood is thicker than water. This means that although water can dissolve blood, still blood is thicker than water. No matter what country you come to, no matter what country you are in, but the spirit of Khmer is still Khmer […]
(2) Cambodia’s Vaccination Blossoming Flower Approach; Covid-19 Drives the Growth of Digital and Information Technology in Cambodia; More Than 2 Billion USD Spent on the Fight against Covid-19 and the Need to Help the Victims; 17 Over 40 Political Parties Contested in Commune Elections; Myanmar Issue May Take another Five Years
… I want to highlight three important issues for our brothers/sisters today. First, the fight with Covid-19, which is not a small issue, this is very big, especially when it comes to human life, fighting with invisible enemies. This is a difficult task for poor countries in Asia, while in the early stage of Covid-19, media in advanced nations predicted disasters for (lack of high standard medical and health resources of) Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Bangladesh […]
In that combative effort, the two main measures that we have set out and that we have succeeded in are – firstly, the health measure that we orally remember – the 3 Dos and 3 Protection Measures. It is what our brothers and sisters are doing here, and still do – wearing a mask, washing your hands, and keeping a distance. The three protective measures are to go to no crowded places, do not go to closed places and do not touch each other; and secondly, we are canvasing the vaccination efforts. Cambodia’s vaccination rate so far is more than 95%, an unusually high rate. It is true that our country is poor, but the Royal Government is investing to solve the problem of Covid-19 by not allowing people to go without vaccines or paying for vaccinations […] Vaccination measures in Cambodia is also taking a different approach to many. We applied what we term “blossoming flower approach” and not “the equity approach.” Some countries provided vaccination based on equity distribution […]
Our biggest concern at the (Covid-19) time was the closure of schools where nearly 4 million of our students had had to study online. (Learning online) however provides opportunities […] Covid-19 continues to drive the growth of information technology in Cambodia. Digital has been growing fast, and in some case, there have been assessments that it is advancing at least three years ahead. According to the Ministry of Education, (digital growth) can (be considered to have moved fast) 10 years ahead […]
To avoid the problem of declining poverty rate, the Royal Government has decided to release about US$ 40 million per month to support about 700,000 families (or over three million population). Some factories and hotels have to suspend workers. Workers who have been suspended by closing the factory, we give them US$ 70 per person/per month, where the government provides USD 40, and the factory provides USD 30 […] for those working in hotels, they only get the USD 40 support from the Royal Government […] I can conclude that we have released more than 2 billion USD of our savings to meet the needs of the fight against Covid-19 and the need to help the victims […]
The second outstanding event in 2022 is the well-organized commune/sangkat elections, which is a step towards the 2023 national elections. This is for us a regular democratic process […] the Cambodian Constitution does not allow the Prime Minister to dissolve the National Assembly […] It has been termed “Parliament has five years legislature term. The parliament cannot be dissolved before the mandate unless the government is dissolved twice in 12 months.” Therefore, it offers no power to the Prime Minister to dissolve the National Assembly before the mandate […], and in the election law, it is stated that every five years, on the fourth Sunday of July, elections must be held. Therefore, each political party is able to prepare for 5 years for elections. The winner is ready to win, the loser is ready to compete to win […]
For commune/sangkat elections, we do not exceed the deadline. We announce the election date at least six months in advance. Commune/Sangkat elections went well with no violence or intimidation. There are about 40 political parties, but only 17 political parties contested in the election […] a good election is a democratic process. We have just completed the registration of voters, which takes 45 days a year to review more registrations, with almost half a million people new voters. Some registrants have been removed because some are dead […]
What is the third event? That is the ASEAN Chairmanship. This year’s ASEAN Chairmanship has some many issues of complexity at the same time. Though there have been lot of things, but we also did well to demonstrate our trust and ability as a responsible member and chair. This year, seven more countries signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia in Phnom Penh, bringing ASEAN partners up to 50 signatories […]
I can proudly say that our officials in all areas are capable of doing the job, which I termed “We Khmer can do the job.” The Minister of Foreign Affairs, along with concerned Ministers, and the Senior Officials have been able to hammer out 101 documents in this event. We had had concerns that countries in animosity with each other were going to have a hard time with each other […] on numerous issues like the Russia-Ukraine unfriendly situation, the South China Sea, which has become less tense because the matter is being in the handling mode. We are doing a rather good job on the South China Sea Code of Conduct (COC). There are also two parallel meetings – the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and the Foreign Ministers Plus meeting […]
Some have insulted me (on handling Myanmar issue). I know. I do not need to name […] that’s alright […] they said I was ruining the situation in Myanmar. I can predict that Myanmar will take at least five more years (to resolve the issue) […] I am nearing the end of my mission. The ASEAN Chair Special Envoy can no longer travel to Myanmar. Let the new ASEAN chair envoy take the course […]
(3) Sanction Is a Door that Closed on Both Sides; No Longer a War between Russia and Ukraine alone; Market Economy but with Guidance; Salary Increase from January 1, 2023; Will Work as a Team
… On one front, we initiate action of interventions to help poor people with low incomes but cope with the rising time of commodity prices. On another front, we also assist the people affected by the floods. We may release more funds to intervene on this issue. As we are talking about the Covid-19 issue, along come the global economic problems, put people in Europe in serious challenges. Now those in Europe may be worried. I was joking with (Charles) Michel, President of the European Union, whether I should bring along firewood when I come to Belgium […] the issue of excessive sanctions has also shaken the global economy. Continuing and worsening war is a story, but sanction is another. As I said in Davos, sanction is like a door that closed on both sides – as one side could not leave, the other side could not enter too. Europe imposes sanctions on Russia (by) stop buying oil, and fixing the would-buy price of Russian oil. Russia just ignores and stop selling or unless payment is made in Russian Ruble, or Russia will just turn off the gas […]
I heard that in German supermarkets, they now sell firewood. What is the situation in the next few months of winter season like? […] this war is no longer one between Russia and Ukraine but between NATO and Russia or Europe and Russia. Whatever happened does not affect only Europe. It affects us too […] when the price of oil rises, so does the price of coal, and our electricity costs too. We are facing losses, but the (Royal) government does not allow increase in the price of electricity to withstand the loss. If you dare to raise prices, it is very dangerous for the livelihood of the people whose income is declining, while transportation costs rising is a bigger thing. Factories are paying more for electricity.
That is why I have said over and over again with Electricité du Cambodge (as well as) with the Ministry of Mines and Energy asking for the price of electricity to be pegged and the Ministry of Commerce to mediate. Although we are operating the module of market economy, but there must be some guidance, otherwise take the opportunity to increase/decrease oil prices […]
The Royal Government will also increase the salaries of retired civil servants of the Armed Forces from January 1, 2023. We missed a salary increase two years in a row, and it is now high time to raise salary. So far, we have tried, although not all, to increase pension for those who retired earlier […]
It is wrong to use “the Hun family or clan” as an enemy […] you need to know that there are a lot of “Hun clans” intellectuals. Just around me, there are 10 intellectuals […] my grandchildren are becoming intellectuals too. Many are in good terms with the “Hun family” all over the country. Setting a goal to get rid of “the Hun family” is a strategic mistake. If you can defeat the CPP, then you can dig the roots of the “Hun family.” Do not imagine that someone in the ranks of the CPP to uproot the “the Hun family”. They are not foolish enough to commit suicide like your group. Do not imagine that Sar Kheng will seize power from Hun Sen. Do not foster such hope. Sar Kheng is now acting Prime Minister […]
Even when Yang Saing Komar joined the CPP to contribute to the development of the agricultural sector, mainly focusing on the rice sector, many blamed and insulted him and belittled RGC’s efforts regarding solving the 12 points issue. There can be no Secretary of State or Minister, without a government, to succeed in such a task. We gather the wisdom of all the people who are able to work us a team. You may watch the football team, and we have to learn from the football team that no one player can/should play alone, dragging the ball down/up […]
(4) Three More Bridges to Be Built; We Can Now Host SEA Games; If Germany Is Not Wrong (to Arrest Those Attempting a Coup), then Hun Sen Is Not Wrong (to Have Done So); Before Democracy, Ones Have to Keep the Peace; Trade No Independence and Sovereignty for Aid or Favor; Do Not Look at Cambodia as a Country alone but a Member of ASEAN
… We will have to build three more bridges in the near future. We will launch the groundbreaking ceremony for the first bridge across the Mekong River at Kratie province … either on January 2 or January 6 … The second bridge, officially approved and signed on December 9 (2022), will connect Phnom Penh (and Areykasat) … where there will be two cable-stayed crossings – one from the Old Market park across the Tonle Sap and land at Chroy Changvar, and another goes up from Chroy Changvar, crossing the Mekong River, to land at Arieksat … and we will build another bridge … connecting National Road No. 1 to Lvea Em across the Mekong and connecting with the expressway that goes all the way to the Vietnamese border … I have delegated the release of 200 million dollars (to build that bridge) […]
These are all projects to stimulate economic growth. A country needs water, road, electricity and human resources in order to develop. We send students to study in Switzerland/France, generally speaking, whoever gives us scholarships, we accept all of them […] these students have come to welcome their leader. They have to accept that these people are not being (oppressed) […] they insult us […] to be honest, do not be afraid, one meal together is not a matter of concern. There are this number of people, having a meal together is nothing wrong […] January 14 (2023) I have to meet thousands of journalists and continue to meet with sportsmen to encourage them to prepare for next year’s SEA Games. Big competition in Cambodia […]
At the moment, some grandchildren who are athletes/players. Let’s see who would go help participate in the competition. If you decided to go, you got to train from now […] Khan Chesda competes for Cambodians. She is in the United States and she competes for Cambodians. We in France, if there are good people to join the training team, you are welcome. Let me tell you the truth, we could have hosted the games a long time ago, but I begged understanding of other ASEAN partners that we needed to save up for roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, canals. Well, I would like to suggest that the ASEAN countries do it first […] now we have achieved our goals and China has helped this USD 200 million stadium. It is not that modern, but we have what other do as well […]
A country is not perfect in every way […] who comes from Germany? These days, were there arrests really of people who may want to launch a coup attempt? (Yes). Why is there – in a democracy rooted in the post-World War II – attempt at a coup in 2022? Why did the Germans have to arrest that person? Cambodia, obviously, some are even attempting to arrest me. Why don’t I arrest you? […] you plan to enter the country to inspire your supporters to topple Hun Sen, and to arrest Hun Sen with weapons. On this note, there is nothing wrong with Hun Sen arresting you. If Germany says it is not wrong (to arrest those attempting a coup), then Hun Sen is not wrong (to have done so) […] the Cambodia’s position is quite similar to those of France and the position of Germany on the Russia-Ukraine issue meaning that we do not block the dialogue. Let us just ask the question, why (a country of deeply rooted democracy) from 1945 until now, there appeared to have an attempted coup. In Cambodia, their efforts were real, their plan was real, as they even set a date to topple the RGC on December 29, 2013, which then lead to human death, why should we not do […]
Democracy is the way, but before there is democracy, ones have to keep the peace. Now who would go to the polls in Ukraine? No one would ever go to the polls in strayed bullets. That is why we try to keep the peace while there are people who try to destroy the peace […] they just do everything so that the Cambodian economy collapses, and call every country to cut aid […] just do whatever you wanted to and cut whatever you wanted to cut. In coming to Europe, I forbid my officials from asking for any favors in return. I have already said that I cannot trade independence and sovereignty for any aid or favor […] exports to Europe increased by 18%, amounting to more than 4 billion USD. You favor our country, we rejoice, and if you do not favor me, I do not know what to do […]
We respect that the (ASEAN-EU) relationship will be strengthened and we also wanted a fruitful outcome that will reach the level of the ASEAN-EU Free Trade Agreement. I always remind respected people from Europe that they should not look at each country in ASEAN just as one country. As in the case of Cambodia, please do not look at Cambodia as a country alone but Cambodia is a member of ASEAN. If Cambodia does not agree, it means that the agreement cannot be issued […] it is for this reason that I have tried to bring Cambodia into ASEAN […]./.
