So the SRP behaves as if the US is the "chao hvai" (boss) of Cambodia ehh, d'ohh!! What a shame!!
Pheng Kim Ving On Aug 20, 6:14 pm, cppamerican cppamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > SRP defends letter mailed to US leaders > The Phnom Penh Post > Friday, 20 August 2010 15:03 Meas Sokchea > > LAWMAKERS from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party say a lack of > responsiveness on the part of the National Assembly has forced them to > petition United States congressmen on the issue of corruption in > Cambodia’s emerging extractive resource sector. > > SRP spokesman Yim Sovann said the party would hold a press conference > today to highlight what he described as the ineffectiveness of the > National Assembly as an institution of accountability after it failed > to respond to queries – many relating to the oil industry – from the > opposition. > > He said the parliament had only answered a small proportion of the > queries recently submitted by the SRP. > > “Of 100 letters, the government could answer only 23 percent, and > whenever the letters were based on a pretext the [government] could > not explain, they did not answer,” he said yesterday. > > In a letter to addressed to 22 US congressmen last week, the party > praised Washington’s recent tightening of financial regulations on > domestic resource extraction companies operating abroad but warned > that Cambodia was still “ripe for disastrous extraction of our oil > reserves”. > > “The use of our country’s natural resources has been nothing short of > tragic,” said the letter, signed by the SRP’s 26 lawmakers, including > self-exiled party President Sam Rainsy. > > Oil, gas, and mining companies registered with the US securities and > exchange commission were forced by legislation enacted in July this > year to publicly disclose all payments made to foreign governments on > an annual basis. > > The SRP letter drew sharp criticisms from government officials > yesterday, who said the party had scored cheap political points at the > expense of Cambodia’s interests. > > “This is a political cause for the SRP. For internal issues under > Cambodian law, they should not ask for intervention from foreigners,” > said Tith Sothea, spokesman for the Press and Quick Reaction Unit at > the Council of Ministers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
