In memory of the 27^th Anniversary of the Constitutional Day

"… the Constitution is the supreme law of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Laws and decisions of state institutions must be (formulated and implemented) in accordance with the Constitution .... fully respect the constitutional monarchy, liberal democracy, pluralism ..."

Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
Facebook Page, 24 September 2019.

[...] Upon receiving schedules of returns and transfers of Cambodian blue berets organized by the United Nations, this morning, I changed my decision to request no rescheduling of the rotations. The schedules set by the United Nations allowed us to organize quarantine with ease in preventing importation to Cambodia of Covid-19 pandemic [...]

Samdech Techo Hun Sen,
Facebook Page, 18 August 2020

• […] I admire this long-vision of Oknha Ly Yong Phat for choosing to invest in this area. Not many people could have thought on this issue of building roads, bridges, which later the state bought up to help reduce costs of transportation and travelling of our people [...]

• […] You can see in here, we sit in distance from one another and we do not shake hands. We also have our faces protected by masks. This practice is not the way practiced only in Cambodia but the world over since the pandemic impacts is far more devastating to human than the ones caused by World War I or World War II [...]

• […] Lately infected cases in Cambodia has jumped to over 100 bringing the total infection to 273 cases from not even 100 in April. One thing is clear that there has not been infection or transmission in community. That is why we decided to allow our people to take holiday [...] we continue to observe the three battles so far – to prevent imported cases, to prevent local community transmission, and to provide the best treatments […]

• […] I proposed to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation during the Cabinet meeting last Friday to contact the UN Secretary General to consider our request to postpone rotation of UN peacekeeping troops in the coming days. We will have over 400 of them on rotation turn [...]

• […] We are asking Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines for understanding of Cambodia’s measures to cancel flights from the three countries as lately the infection rates have been very high. We are asking for understanding from our friends [...]

• You may check for Comfrel Facebook Page in which they run a posting asking people to take part in its poll about whether arresting a person (relating to border issues) was a respect or a violation of law and right. While in three hours the poll will close, 22% of respondents agreed it was a violation of law and rights. However, 78% said it was not a violation of law and right. I hope that Comfrel and Foreign Radios broadcasting in Khmer Language will share this finding [...]

• [...] one choice was to observe the borderline in the maps and offer the village of Samdech Heng Samrin to Vietnam […] another choice was we moved the village of Samdech Heng Samrin inside Cambodia to observe the borderline, and find him a new land. While another choice, we redraw a new borderline where the village of Samdech Heng Samrin, about 500 hectares, is locating inside Cambodia and find a similar size elsewhere for Vietnam [...]

• [..] Along the Cambodian-Vietnamese border, Vietnam will have to provide Cambodia a size of 2,000 hectares and I have already commanded that once the land offered, we must place them under supervision of the provincial authorities and they must be categorize as land for social concession given to army and border police [...]

• […] While we were trying to get microfinances and banks be flexible in time of Covid-19 difficulties, there was a movement from abroad for people inside the country (1) to withdraw money from banks to collapse banking system, and (2) to deny payment obligation. In response to their tricks, I declare that whoever followed their chieftains and deny obligation to pay to microfinances and/or banks must face with confiscations [...]

• […] I declared at Put Sar commune, where I talked about state intervention in digging main canals for rice fields […] that “harvesting rice in watered rice field is better than having none to harvest.” The theory is still applicable […]

• I thank Australia, […] who, started with the Labor Party winning elections, declared it no longer recognized the Khmer Rouge at the United Nations […], while NGOs from Australia came into Cambodia […] and contributed in field of agriculture […]

• […] Minister of Agriculture, HE Veng Sakhon, just whispered to me that “in the first six months of this year, we already exported over one million tons of paddy rice from Kompot, Takeo, Kandal, Prey Veng and Svay Rieng provinces that are sharing border with Vietnam” […]

• […] the speed of rice production has far exceeded investments in processing and export. As far as export is concerned, we must ensure that rice are dry […]

• […] we have potentials that are already in display and that are going to present themselves in the time to come as I was hinting in 1985 […] at the province of Preah Sihanouk about transferring our development from extensive to intensive ways or to increase feeding capability of existing land areas […]

• […] people could cancel their trips, their purchases of new clothes, or cars or motorbikes, but they could not stop eating. Hence, […] we must turn this crisis into opportunity for Cambodia to expand market for export of food items […] not only rice but also cassava flour, mangos, bananas, etc. […]

Samdech Techo HUN SEN ,
a Visit to Prey Kabas district of Takeo province to learn about the country’s
agricultural progress and a get-together with local farmers, 21 July 2020.