In Effeminate Tones, Hun Sen Lampoons Opposition Politicians

In Effeminate Tones, Hun Sen Lampoons Opposition Politicians

 

The Cambodia Daily | March 28, 2014

 

[Our suspicion that Hun Sen is a clown is confirmed once and for all.]

 

Prime Minister Hun Sen used the opening ceremony of a dam in Pursat province Thursday to act out a scene of biting political satire by pouring scorn on promises from the opposition CNRP to simultaneously reduce food prices in markets, while increasing prices paid to farmers.

Speaking at the opening of the 120-megawatt Stung Atai hydropower dam, Mr. Hun Sen broke in and out of character as an effeminate man touring markets and making political promises. 

“Some people take the opportunity to benefit on two fronts at once,” the prime minister explained. Then he introduced the effete political activist.

“They go to the markets and ask ‘How expensive is a kilo of milled rice?” Mr. Hun Sen said in a whining tone, before resuming his normal voice to confirm with an aide that the rice costs about 2,000 riel per kilogram.

“And they say ‘Euy! It’s too expensive, our elderly people will die! It’s very expensive. 2,000 riel per kilo? If I lead government, I will make only 1,000 riel per kilo, grandmothers and grandfathers,’” he said mockingly.

Mr. Hun Sen subsequently shifted scene to the countryside.

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