and there you have it
The Associated Press sums up this past week's donor meeting in Cambodia:
Foreign aid donors have pledged US$601 million (euro500 million) in development aid for Cambodia this year, despite concerns that the government has done little to curb endemic corruption.
The donors said, however, that they were encouraged by what they described as conciliatory gestures made by Prime Minister Hun Sen toward his political opponents.
After all, you can't let them out of jail unless you put them in there first! Just a little lesson for any of you prospective dictators out there.
US Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli adds, "There's an increasing sense in Washington that things are going the right way in Cambodia, so we want to encourage that."
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Just saw this in The Phnom Penh Post. Ambassador Mussomeli again:
"There are some civil society groups that are not happy. They feel like this has all been a ploy and we'll be back to the same old thing in a couple of months with people being arrested and corruption still not resolved. But we need to give the government the benefit of the doubt that they really are making an genuine effort to address political openness and corruption."
They got the benefit of the doubt last time too. And the time before that. How's that new leash feel, ambassador? Fits you real nice.
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