When asked if in the past year they had discussed politics just
30% of Cambodians surveyed said yes.*
10% had participated in a meeting on political or social
matters.
6% had contributed time to an NGO and 2% time to a political
party. Just 3% gave money to a social organization and 2% to a political party
during that time.
62% said they wanted no involvement at all with matters
political.
When commenting on political matters is, for many, a daily occurrence
in the west, that 70% of Cambodians claim to have had no such discussion in a
year seems incredible.
Fear is the most likely reason they keep quiet. That and the
fact they are resigned to being unable to change little about their country.
*Source: Perceiving
and Fighting Corruption in Cambodia
A
quantitative and qualitative survey in five provinces
February 2007
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