Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Scapegoats

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

CPP are well-known for hypocrisy and they are very tricky Stage-Setters.

Whatever stage they did set are to frame others and frabricate evidence. They have learned a lot from the Vietamese Masters. They dare even to kill their relatives to make their invention of stories seem real to cover up their true intention.

Their Viet Masters are happy.

Street Cafe Politician

Anonymous said...

Heng Peov said Sacrava aka Heng Bun Heang is one of them. He said can you tell Heng Bun Heang is not Khmer's name.

Anonymous said...

Srok khmer reside in US say ……………
It has been the lesson learned all well from the genocide regime, alias Pol Pot regime (as I suggest since Khmers should not call “khmer rouge soldiers anymore, but Pol Pot soldiers in attempt not to divide Khmers anymore). The point I want to make here is Khmers can prevent this regime returning back in Cambodia by using this strategy “prevention better than cure”—I mean we Khmers in this technology era, which we can spread and share flow of information rapidly, can dig in the sources or root causes of political aspects or leadership styles leading to such regime or Zimbabwe-styled regime in the future.
And below is my analysis of one-man-state leadership style, which I think is practiced by the current khmer gov.t:
1) The characteristics of this leadership are that the leaders grip the state power so tightly. The leaders control the media, news network and every information network to secure that people will listen to what they want people to listen. Their mindset is to hold tight to power by trusting their reliable several people around them, “BUT NOT THE STATE INSTITUTIONS.” Cambodia is the good example to prove these characteristics. The current leaders of CPP show trust and demand trust from only several individuals---and it is noteworthy that it is ONE OF THE PROMINENT SOURCES OR ROOTS OF RAMPANT CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA (b/coz the leaders’ trust is heavy, so usually as long as the current leaders don’t see the corruption as threat to their power, the current leaders namely cpp leaders will let their subordinates to corrupt to feed them so that their subordinates will stay loyal and help defend their power griping.)

2) Their mindset and attitude of this totalitarian regime are that “THEY WILL ALLOW ANY PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN ONLY WHEN THEY CAN CONTROL”. To prove, some people may still wonder why like the well-known corruption at schools is never curbed or why the responsible people do not care to take measures to improve the situation. The answer is simple “IF PEOPLE BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE OR ANALYTICAL, THE CURRENT GOV.T BY THE LEADERS WITH VERY LEAST NATIONAL CONSCIENCE or since they didn’t receive proper education and was installed in power by a Vietnam—will never allow this phase of development to slip away from their control. Put it simple, if people develop wisely and intellectually, the current cpp leaders will view this development AS OUT OF CONTROL b/coz they are dumb or better put in words “LOW-EDUCATED, VISION SHORT-SIGHTED, INCAPABLE AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEREBY SERVE ONLY THEIR CLANS AND ASSOCIATES OR EVEN SERVES THE ALIEN COUNTRY AS LONG AS THEY CAN STAY IN POWER AND THEIR CLANS’WELL-BEING IS SECURED, THOUGH WILDLY AND UNCIVILLY.”

3) Next let us explore consequences of such leadership style: Very good example should be from Zimbabwe where Mugabe believes himself that “he will drag the fate of his country down with him.” People in Zimbabwe lead miserable lives but will the leaders like Mugabe and in Cambodia the current leaders let the people live loose from their grip of power?

If only the leaders care people’s well-being, serve people’s interests and enhance the state’s institutions capacity for functioning and operation, establish state mechanisms&policy to boost quality of human resource (Like Singapore or western European countries), Khmers will not worry about the return of Pot Pot regime or any deepened&complicated miseries that cannot be solved. BUT WHAT IF THE CURRENT LEADERS DON’T? SACK THEM AND ERODE THEIR POWER BY EMPOWERING INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE POWER SO THEIR POWER WILL SLIP FROM THEM SUBSTANTIALLY.

From Srok khmer reside in US

Anonymous said...

Dear Srok khmer reside in US:

That's an interesting article. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Best wishes,

Chanroeun

Anonymous said...

Easily said than done.

Anonymous said...

The Government has classified many oversea organizations such as, Cambodian Freedom Fighter (CFF) led by Chhun Yasith, Khmer People Committee for Freedom (KPCF) in Washington State, led by S. Thommeak Raingsey , and consirable Cranston, Rhode Island, US-based CACJE led by Suon Serey Ratha are on the terrorist list groups.

Anonymous said...

To From Srok khmer reside in US,

I am not against you, your idea is interesting!
HOWEVER, why do you copy the same comment for all forums? each does not relate each other!