CPP Leaders Favor Jan 7 Start for KR Tribunal
By Prak Chan Thul
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Senior CPP officials said Wednesday that they would favor the Khmer Rouge tribunal beginning on a Jan 7, the anniversary of the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 by an earlier incarnation of their ruling party.
"Especially January 7 is good," CPP Honorary President and National Assembly Resident Heng Samrin said by telephone.
"It is a victory and liberation day," he said.
Cheam Yeap, a CPP member and the National Assembly's Finance and Banking Commission chairman, said the Jan 7 date for the beginning of the Khmer Rouge tribunal hearings was "only an idea of the leaders of my party."
"This is not forced, just an opinion. The court is independent," he said.
Jan 7 is celebrated each year with fanfare at CPP headquarters, and the party often reminds voters that its current leaders were among those who overthrew the Pol Pot regime.
Peter Foster, press officer for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, wrote by e-mail that tribunal staff were "doing everything we can to ensure that in the month of July the judiciary officials can begin their work."
"We are not aware of anything that would delay this goal," he wrote.
Heng Samrin also said that the Supreme Council of Magistracy selected Cambodian judges and prosecutors on ability alone, not because they were loyal to the party.
"To accuse the Cambodian People's Party is wrong. Looking for neutral people, you could not find anyone," he said.
"Such as NGOs, they are not neutral, they are also biased to this or that side a little...you cannot find an absolutely honest and independent person," Heng Samrin maintained.
Political analyst Lao Mong Hay said that government officials should not make suggestions regarding the tribunal process.
"Such directions and comments by politicians can only contribute to destroying the independence and hence credibility of the Khmer Rouge tribunal," he wrote in an e-mail.
"Especially January 7 is good," CPP Honorary President and National Assembly Resident Heng Samrin said by telephone.
"It is a victory and liberation day," he said.
Cheam Yeap, a CPP member and the National Assembly's Finance and Banking Commission chairman, said the Jan 7 date for the beginning of the Khmer Rouge tribunal hearings was "only an idea of the leaders of my party."
"This is not forced, just an opinion. The court is independent," he said.
Jan 7 is celebrated each year with fanfare at CPP headquarters, and the party often reminds voters that its current leaders were among those who overthrew the Pol Pot regime.
Peter Foster, press officer for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, wrote by e-mail that tribunal staff were "doing everything we can to ensure that in the month of July the judiciary officials can begin their work."
"We are not aware of anything that would delay this goal," he wrote.
Heng Samrin also said that the Supreme Council of Magistracy selected Cambodian judges and prosecutors on ability alone, not because they were loyal to the party.
"To accuse the Cambodian People's Party is wrong. Looking for neutral people, you could not find anyone," he said.
"Such as NGOs, they are not neutral, they are also biased to this or that side a little...you cannot find an absolutely honest and independent person," Heng Samrin maintained.
Political analyst Lao Mong Hay said that government officials should not make suggestions regarding the tribunal process.
"Such directions and comments by politicians can only contribute to destroying the independence and hence credibility of the Khmer Rouge tribunal," he wrote in an e-mail.
3 comments:
The date for the trial is not important, but the credibility and independence of the judges is the most important part for this trial. We are the killing field survivors, want to see a fair and impartial verdict for this historical tribunal.
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What is up with that Midget Negrito dude Heng Samrin? Hahah. Even Hun Sen stole the prime ministership from the dude. What an incompetent lackey of Hanoi. Hahahaha. One can readily tell how lowly this Negrito midget really is whenever he has to host the VietCongCaks from Hanoi. The midget used his two hands to shake the dirty shit-wiping hand of the VietCongCaks. It seems like the midget like to grab the VietCongCak's you-know-what. Hahhaha. Now the midget even suggests when the KR Tribunal should commence, f*ck off incompetent fool. Hahhah. Aint you and your fools tried the KR since way back in the day already. All former Khmer Rouge personnel holding key government positions should be broght to trial. That includes Heng Samrin first and formost. I thought this midget already retires, but what is up with him coming back to do a job that he can't even perform. Even his comment and the way he speak the language are indicative of his mental confusion and stupidity. Hahhaha.
Hey good to have the trial start on the 7 of January, SO when the CPP forces us to take a day off we can selebrate something else. not to wach the kiss their master behind, it siscussing!
And all Cambodian that force to make belive as CPP, can anjoy the day without gilt.
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