DPA
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday joined calls for members of the country's royal family to keep out of politics.
The comments by the leader of the self-named Sam Rainsy Party followed similar calls by National Assembly President Heng Samrin on Tuesday.
"I want to see Cambodia with a strong and noble monarchy respected by all people," Rainsy told reporters outside the National Assembly after an anti-corruption forum.
"I want Cambodia to have a monarchy like in Thailand, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Japan and so on. In those countries their people pay very high respect to the monarch and to the royal family.
"However, most countries have a stipulation for this respect - members of the royal family are not involved in politics. In the countries I have just mentioned, we never see the names of princes or princesses as politicians.
"For people to respect the royal family, the royal family must not participate in politics. If you want people to look to you as the symbol of national reconciliation and national dignity you must not dabble in politics."
He said it was unseemly for royalty to publicly criticize people, and it was also uncomfortable for others to criticize royalty, but that this was unavoidable in the rough and tumble of political life if royalty insisted on being a part of it.
"My party and I myself want every Cambodian to respect our royal family (so) royalty must be out of politics," he said.
In disarray internally and under attack from the CPP in particular, the royalist Funcinpec party, of which around a dozen members of the National Assembly and Senate have royal titles, has appeared increasingly marginalized in recent months.
Although former king Norodom Sihanouk once abdicated to rule the country as a politician, in recent months he has repeatedly said he will not get involved in politics again.
The constitution dictates that the Cambodian monarch reigns but does not rule. However, lesser royals have been heavily involved in politics in recent years and his former advisor, Prince Sisowath Thomico, has just set up a new party he hopes will contest commune elections scheduled for January.
In March, the president of the royalist Funcinpec party, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, resigned as head of the National Assembly after the dominant Cambodian People's Party (CPP) pushed through a new voting law which allowed motions to be passed with a simple majority instead of needing a two-thirds vote as previously, effectively making the coalition between those two parties redundant.
On Tuesday, Heng Samrin of the CPP was critical of royal MPs not turning up for work and suggested they find other careers outside of politics. Royal members of parliament include Ranariddh's daughter and Sihanouk's granddaughter Princess Norodom Rattana Devi and Ranariddh's aunt, Princess Norodom Vicheara.
The comments by the leader of the self-named Sam Rainsy Party followed similar calls by National Assembly President Heng Samrin on Tuesday.
"I want to see Cambodia with a strong and noble monarchy respected by all people," Rainsy told reporters outside the National Assembly after an anti-corruption forum.
"I want Cambodia to have a monarchy like in Thailand, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Japan and so on. In those countries their people pay very high respect to the monarch and to the royal family.
"However, most countries have a stipulation for this respect - members of the royal family are not involved in politics. In the countries I have just mentioned, we never see the names of princes or princesses as politicians.
"For people to respect the royal family, the royal family must not participate in politics. If you want people to look to you as the symbol of national reconciliation and national dignity you must not dabble in politics."
He said it was unseemly for royalty to publicly criticize people, and it was also uncomfortable for others to criticize royalty, but that this was unavoidable in the rough and tumble of political life if royalty insisted on being a part of it.
"My party and I myself want every Cambodian to respect our royal family (so) royalty must be out of politics," he said.
In disarray internally and under attack from the CPP in particular, the royalist Funcinpec party, of which around a dozen members of the National Assembly and Senate have royal titles, has appeared increasingly marginalized in recent months.
Although former king Norodom Sihanouk once abdicated to rule the country as a politician, in recent months he has repeatedly said he will not get involved in politics again.
The constitution dictates that the Cambodian monarch reigns but does not rule. However, lesser royals have been heavily involved in politics in recent years and his former advisor, Prince Sisowath Thomico, has just set up a new party he hopes will contest commune elections scheduled for January.
In March, the president of the royalist Funcinpec party, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, resigned as head of the National Assembly after the dominant Cambodian People's Party (CPP) pushed through a new voting law which allowed motions to be passed with a simple majority instead of needing a two-thirds vote as previously, effectively making the coalition between those two parties redundant.
On Tuesday, Heng Samrin of the CPP was critical of royal MPs not turning up for work and suggested they find other careers outside of politics. Royal members of parliament include Ranariddh's daughter and Sihanouk's granddaughter Princess Norodom Rattana Devi and Ranariddh's aunt, Princess Norodom Vicheara.
18 comments:
Oh ! come on you guys!
The King is not involve in politic that is good enought! to be respected.
Why the rest of royal blood should be barned from politic? Cambodia need all brains we have to involve in helping the country, that call democracy!
If we barned royal blood next we barned khmer, than chiness, so only the Viet can do politic in Cambodia so Cambodia will be in peace and all Cambodian can be respected?
In 1997 befor the coup Ah Hun Sen said stay out of politic if you dont want to be killed (something like that)That the most stupid speak he ever made, that the fucking communis idiology shit!
Every body have right to involve in politic not only one person or one group!The country belong to all Cambodian in or outside the country!
And politic need not to be kille or disrespect you fool! because you crazy and want absolud power , or stolle from the society that why we disrespect you , you son of a bitch!
If monachy to be respected, all Cambodia royal blood should not alowe to do politic?
Should we kill Pol Potdaugther if he found guilty?
Shoul we put Hun Xen children and grand children to jail someday if he found guilty of killing, massacre, corruption, treason and so on and on, and on, and on!!!!!
CAmbodian said You hair is on your own had. That mean you respond sible for your own doing no body else. It is a commone law in the whole universe!
Do you understand stupid, viet damage brain Heng Sarim, Hun Sen and all you shit eaters!
How can Cambodian royalty quit because there are so many money and beautiful women involve here!ahahah!
I am not talking about the Cambodian royalty quitting or getting out of politic anytime soon and I am talking about the Cambodian royalty that continue to hang on to Cambodian politic to enjoy the luxury of life where a very few high Cambodian elites can dream of!
The problem of Cambodian royalty can be summed in two simple questions! The question is do you want to be famous or Do you want to be rich?
I guess Cambodia royalty had chosen to be rich but not to be famous! I would choose rich too and why be famous when you have nothing to eat!ahahhaah!
Being rich,I have all my need... my good wines, my beautiful women,my personal fancy cars with different styles and colors,my fancy yatch or boat, my fancy airplane that can fly to Paris for breakfast, my big castle with a very big garden, my countless bulters and maids to serve day and night! Man! I never thought for a moment that being rich, you can get over everything even if average people can curse me a thousand times aday! Life is good for being rich and don't like any devil tell you that rich is not a way to go!
Politcs is trick, unfaithful, sometime immoral, and distasful, thus all royal family members should stay away from politics in order to gain full respect from the common people.
If the royal family want to be in politica, they should give up thier title and all the perks that comse with it. Just be a normal citizen, then they can be in politic. Otherwise, they need to stay out.
POLITIC IS PART OF LIFE YOU FOOL! IF YOU GIVE UO POLITIC THAT MEAN YOU GIVE UP LIVE, FREEDOM, AND DIGNITY.
ONLY CORRUTED POLITIUCIAN WHO USE TRICK, UFAITHFUL, AND SUCK!
I AGREE WITH YOU 500 RIEL FOR EQUALITY!
DON'T LET AH VIETCONG AND ITS DOG TELL YOU LIE.
GET UP AND BE INVOLVED IN POLITIC!TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY AND RACE FROM THE OPPRESSION OF THE MONTER VIETNAMESE, CHINESE COMMUNIST AND THEIRS KILLING DOGS, AH HUN SEN AND HIS SHIT EATERS!
WAY TO GO MR.SAM RAINSEY! THEY ARE ROYALTY. WHAT OTHER TITLE WOULD THEY WANT? TAKE UP HUMANITARIAN WORK OR BE A PHILANTROPIST IF YOU WANT RESPECT AND LOVE ROYALTY!
Do not fall in the power shirty trap! Politic is for every one not for royalty, cpp,fucinpec, or srp only!
You gay keep everything for yourself, next going to be revolution.
only death man should not care about politic!
Whish you'r all traitors death!
YOU BE NICE 3:40AM!
You are AN adult, can reason thing out to be a proper human being. Don't make us call you dog or animal. You might get lucky enough to go down and be THE FIRST PERSON TO SEE THE DEVIL!
That would goes to every official that's active now, we should ousted them now. Because they called themselves "Sdech" or Samdech, either way -- I abhored them all.
One suggestion for the legislature, make everyone that BREATHES O2 -- make them equal. Lets give anyone a title of Sdech or Samdech.
Sincerely,
Sdech Oiy.
6:23AM I call you a fucking dog you evil youn slave.
any thing to stop a person or a group from doing politic is communis idear and you all fucking evil!
Fellow comment-givers
Too hard to read too strong words in some comments. Please be a bit more polite to each others rather than insulting because we are giving comments and your commens can be viewed by all people over the World. I think the author of the article and also the owner of this website expect us to post up comments in a hope that they would contribute in finding better ways for the building process of democracy and social order in our society.
So please put your hatred anger aside and continue to exchange your comments in a cultured manner.
Thank you for your undestanding.
A retired Khmer citizen
Ask the families of people who had been killed.
Don't you want to know the feelinig behind the idea to olsfashion!
Yes be polite until onother 3 millions die?
To 9:54
The devil is waiting for you! hurry! Crazy animal. Why don't you read the word right above you comment? nice is it? Sdech ouch!
This is what I don't understand! So AH HUN SEN and Mr. Sam Rainsy want the Cambodian King and Queen out of politic and be neutral! This is the most stupid idea that I had ever heard of!
First, the Cambodian King and Queen are part of Cambodian institutional leadership whether these King and Queen are promoting bipartisan or neutral politic they have some responsibilities for the well being of Cambodia and Cambodian people!
Second, the Cambodian king and Queen can never be neutral because Cambodian King and Queen can't just follow anything what the Prime Minister says! For example, AH HUN SEN force the Cambodian King against his will to sign illegal treaty with the Vietcong! Cambodian King and Queen can't allow themselves to be misled or betrayed by the Prime Minister!
Third, Cambodian King and Queen have to right to resist any injustice installed by the invading enemy or puppet government! For Cambodian King and Queen to remain neutral or to cooperation with the invaders are comitting treason against Cambodia and Cambodian people!
Cambodian King and Queen have absolute right to impose law and order(not martial law!)between waring party.
If Cambodian King and Queen were to remain neutral, they can no longer take on responsibily for the nation and the people, therefore, they became useless creatures and needed to be abolished!
Cambodian people need to tell all the bad and corrupted politicians and traitors to quit politic! This is a more reasonable approach!
I THINK, EVERYBODY MEANT THE KIDS, THE GRANDKIS AND KING AND QUEEN'S RELATIVES TO STOP CAMPAIGNING AGAINST AN ORDINARY KHMER PEOPLE. iT JUST DEOSN'T LOOK RIGHT.
DOESN'T THE ROYAL FAMILY KNOW WHO THEY ARE?
CAMBODIA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY HAVING THE ROYAL FAMILY FORM A POLITICAL PARTY AGIANT THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
THIS MISTAKE STARTED TAKING PLACE EVER SINCE NORODOM SIHANOUK ABDICATED THE THRONE TO BECOME A PRIMINISTER. iT WAS A BIG BIG MISTAKE.
WHAT THE ROYAL FAMILY SHOUL DO IS FORMING A STRONG WATCH GROUP TO LOOK AFTER THE THRONE, TAX, OIL, LAND AND SEA ETC... AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND BRING THOSE CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE.
THE COURT ROOM SHOULD BE INDEPENDENCE AND UNDER THE ROYAL WATCH DOG. NOT THE STUPID PRIMINISTER!
THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS EVRY RIGHT TO LOOK AFTER KHMERS'INTEREST. THAT IS ALSO A PROPER ROLE THAT THE ROYAL FAMILY SHOULD DO. STOP BEING PARANOID ABOUT AH VIETCONG!!!!!
TELL THEM TO GO TO HELL!
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED US TO TELL YOU?
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