A Change of Guard

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Tuesday 25 August 2015

‘Bored’ of Advice of the West, Hun Sen Praises His Own Leadership


Hun Sen said his policies have moved Cambodia from a “planned economy” to a free-market one after decades of civil war, making it an attractive place for investors.
VOA Khmer
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures as he delivers a speech during his presiding over an inauguration ceremony for the official use of a friendship bridge between Cambodia and China at Takhmau, Kandal provincial town south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015.

“If I can’t discern change, or change the process, would I have been able to stay in power for more than 30 years?” 

         Hun Sen.

School of Vice: What can one say, except to paraphrase a well-versed quote and attribute it to Hanoi: 'This is our Hun Xen in whom we are well pleased'?!

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Hul Raksmey, 24 August 2015
PHNOM PENH—

Prime Minister Hun Sen addressed a dinner of powerful businessmen Saturday night, claiming he could be a “professor” to Western leaders, who are beginning to bore him with their advice.

Hun Sen said his policies have moved Cambodia from a “planned economy” to a free-market one after decades of civil war, making it an attractive place for investors.

“I am really proud of the policies of the party, as well as my leadership, which has been responsible for the executive body for over 30 years,” Hun Sen told the attendant tycoons. “I understood clearly that you all would deposit your money abroad or would use your money to buy homes abroad, ignoring investments here.”

Instead, his policies have grown the wealthy class, increasing business activities, Hun Sen said. This has made him “bored” with advice from countries of the West, he said. That includes the outgoing US ambassador, William Todd.


U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia William E. Todd gives a speech during a repatriation ceremony to honor the recovery of possible remains believed to belong to missing U.S. military service members found in Kampong Cham province.

“I met with the US ambassador before he left Cambodia,” Hun Sen said. “When he was talking with me, he talked a lot about change. I then said to him: ‘Don’t forget whom you are talking with. Your Excellency is truly talking with a professor who can teach you or the president of your country or other prime ministers on change.’”

“If I can’t discern change, or change the process, would I have been able to stay in power for more than 30 years?” Hun Sen said. “I’m bored with some of the advice provided by some countries to Cambodia.”


The US has failed to control political change in the Middle East, where the Islamic State is on the rise, Hun Sen said. “I told [Todd] that ISIS is able to conduct its activities over there because the US can’t control change in Libya, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Ou Virak, head of the think tank Future Forum, said it is true that Hun Sen has had a long rule, but Cambodia is not a model for any other country. It is plagued by human rights abuses and reliant on donor nations.

“If we wanted Cambodia to be a model country, and the leader’s experience of this country to be learned by others, there would have to be a lot of reforms,” he said.

Cambodia has shifted from getting financial support from the West to receiving aid from China, but that does not mean Cambodia can stand on its own, he said. Still, it is true that in order to change, the country relies on Hun Sen, he added.

3 comments:

Kim Ea said...

His speech look so good and please with those blood thirsty crook business with out need to do hard work .Khmer said Tvoeu Num min bach mean msao .or Tvoeu sre min bach sap pouch srov . When this fascist spread theory of their well manage of Khmer political or business to the world, it seem to me like dog who get mentally unstable,and start to chase and bite his own tail .the question we Khmer want to asking him, How many years your government begging money from super world for survival ? how many billions donation year by year they offer free to sustain the stability of this trouble country? but so far we Khmer know, this billion instead of leverage khmer suffering, you turn around and enrich all your cronies,did i say here is true ? How many abuse of power in part of your government to facilitate or take away you view from the country process in favor of this criminal dear friends of syndicate support group ? for 30 years with billion help to sustain your political stability, and right now your claim all of that as your sole success ? it is a real insane beyond believable .All of you including medium or low ranking in this administration cheat, steal by manipulation or direct grab from donation or charity and become rich or super rich. Now you say because of your smart maneuver this country doing very well and you want to teach the world leader who's donate a lot in the past 30, to learn back from you ? it's so ridiculous and laughing farce . Even high school students know better than you .

henry said...




Hun Sen is standing on termites’ mound in a vast plain of Cambodia, but he feels like he is standing on top of ‘Mount Everest.’

This delusional man does not fit to be any country PM. Period.
Do his Western educated children have any shame about their father talking like a stupid drunk, or they just go with flow even though they know that he is messed up in the head?



Unknown said...

30 more years Hun sen will be a goht or evil but he still want to be prime minister it will be a dangerous gosht or evil