Bun Rany Slams CNRP During Red Cross Event
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife Bun Rany on Saturday used a Cambodian Red Cross flood relief event in Pailin province to denounce the opposition CNRP’s three-day rally and marches in Phnom Penh last week as part of an effort to “cheat” the people of Cambodia. Ms. Rany, who has been president of the Red Cross since taking over from the wife of ousted First Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh in 1998, was in Pailin to distribute supplies to about 2,188 victims of recent flooding that has killed 168 people nationwide and left more than 50,000 displaced throughout the country over the past month. … “Every day they are cheating the people to get power—for instance if they give him the presidency of the National Assembly, he would accept it quickly,” Ms. Rany said, in an apparent reference to CNRP President Sam Rainsy. Ms. Rany explained that she thought the opposition’s efforts to organize the marches in Phnom Penh, during which tens of thousands joined in calling for a change in government, would have been better focused on helping victims of the flooding. “They say they seek justice for the will of the people but now the will of the people is that they need rice, so why don’t they help out there?” she said, telling people they can only rely on her husband’s long-ruling CPP for help. … Mr. Rainsy, the CNRP president, said that he thought the CPP was exploring alternative ways to attack the CNRP after Mr. Hun Sen’s position was hurt in the wake of its shock losses at the election. …
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/bun-rany-slams-cnrp-during-red-cross-event-45988/
