Tuesday, March 24, 2009

What unity do you want to see in Cambodia?

For me, I can tell you and everyone here; unity following all those ego-centric leaders are the hell for Cambodians and their nation. Only unity following the rule of laws is the heaven for Cambodians and their nation. The rule of laws have been reborn and universally declared after the Paris Peace Agreement signed.

Column of Political Thought:
Note: this debate emerged among some Cambodians who have argued that opposition party and individual criticism to Hun Sen government will create division among Cambodians and can fragment the nation. So what division and what unity having in your thought?

Pol Pot who requested Cambodian people to unite with them to eliminate the city and rich people, King Sihanouk who appealed his people to unify with him in the forest to topple America, Hun Sen and his members who appealed Cambodian people to unify with them and Vietnamese to topple Khmer Rouge. But finally, Khmers has been losing repeatedly. Sihanouk's appeal, Khmer lost to Pol Pot's radicalization. Hun Sen's appeal, Khmers lost national sovereignty to VN. But Khmers are still good, through different fractions, we can unify to pursue Paris Peace Agreement. PPA is the flagship yoke for Cambodia. But now Paris Peace Agreement has gradually been dismissed by Hun Sen administration.

On the other hand, what unity are you wanting? Unity followed N. Sihanouk, unity followed Pol Pot, or unity following incumbent Hun Sen? You can choose and tell me one unity that you want to persuade here.

For me, I can tell you and everyone here; unity following all those ego-centric leaders are the hell for Cambodians and their nation. Only unity following the rule of laws is the heaven for Cambodians and their nation. The rule of laws have been reborn and universally declared after the Paris Peace Agreement signed.

SRP is one of the main actors to adjudicate the stipulation inscribed in the Paris Peace Accord...the stipulation encourages political plurality, economic liberalization and the bolstering the rule of laws, good governance, decentralization etc.

What unity do you mean? And what division of political plurality you mean? In your brain, political plurality will create division or unity? And what is your backup to that? To change current Cambodia to single party like Vietnam and China? Or what?

As a Khmer, an opposition party or other political parties in Cambodia will increase division in Cambodia or increase democracy? Or Cambodia should not have political criticism and leave CPP lead the country alone?

All these questions might enlighten you some way of thought, or if it is not...because it is your political bigot or cynicism or what?

KY

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Khmer people should unify for one reason to survival.
For vietnam is bad for cambodia. For example, Vietnam mistreatment khmer krom and laos nation. The same by vietnam will be upon cambodia.

For khmer to completely break away and freedom from vietnam. Khmer unity is crucial and utilizing Paris peace Accord is also crucial. Khmer must unify and demand UN to enforced the peace accord!

For Morhamed Ghandi have freed India from the Bristish Empire. So can cambodia and its true freedom if unity and khmer believe in freedom.
Khmer don't need to associate with any country who mistreated its people. We can't forget what vietnam have done to khmer krom and laos. And what they are currently doing to cambodia now.

Hun sen is no long khmer. He is happy being vietnam citizen.

Anonymous said...

Pol Pot who requested Cambodian people to unite with them to eliminate the city and rich people, King Sihanouk who appealed his people to unify with him in the forest to topple America, Hun Sen and his members who appealed Cambodian people to unify with them and Vietnamese to topple Khmer Rouge. But finally, Khmers has been losing repeatedly. Sihanouk's appeal, Khmer lost to Pol Pot's radicalization. Hun Sen's appeal, Khmers lost national sovereignty to VN. But Khmers are still good, through different fractions, we can unify to pursue Paris Peace Agreement. PPA is the flagship yoke for Cambodia. But now Paris Peace Agreement has gradually been dismissed by Hun Sen administration.

Anonymous said...

What is that? I just don't understand it. What kind of your political thought is that? You got to be more specific than that KY. It is unclear whether you are conducting survey or place the topic for a debate.

Anonymous said...

From Surya:

There is a difference, and we need to find that difference. There must be a way to bring the unity. No one should bring the country into chaos and find the unity later. It's a peaceful time now, and so the only problem now is to find the difference. Stop accusing everyone of being this or that. Stop assuming that you are the superior.

Anonymous said...

Anywhere in the world, you will see different opion and belief. Do your best to convince people your way and get the most votes!

Obama got the most votes, because he knows more people than McCain. He got all the african, latino, white , most asian and white that runs the union to vote for him and he won. Did he actually know his opponent? sure he does, but what did he do? nothing. He just keep concentrating on his belief and making sure those people that are believing in him, will get what they want and runs the presidentcy. People that don't see the same thing as he does just have to get though for now. It's his chance to prove his best to do the job for the American people and if does it good, more and more people will continue to believe in him ,he'll get more votes and the next presidency or his second term. If he doesn't he will be out. So right now Obama is doing all he can to get the American people to where they want to be. American wants to be wealthy powerful and being able to be freed forever. Material and freedom means the world to the American people and it's a complete freedom to do thing without getting one self in trouble or hurt other people or getting control by the controlling freak government. Right now, a lot of african, latino, asian and white in the labor work force are very thirsty for the first two and not as much for the last one or may be they don't really know it,yet and it doesn't really matter. So most people seem to enjoy the ride for the moment, but don't forget that there millions and millions of other people out there that don't give a rat's poop about President Obama. You know when 2012 comes around there will be their turn to get Obama off his high seat and they probably will.

What would Cambodian people want? We want a country that we can live in peace giving our self a chance to raise our young or go about doing business and live our life freely without a hassle and intimidating. We want the same thing as the American people do, but how? There is a limit here in our country. The top roof is closed. It isn't limitless like America. We just have to do the best we can. SRP did an outstanding job fighting the bad part that the current government's practicing. That is fantastic! and they should continue to do so and SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED AT AS DISUNIFY, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, WE'LL NEVER GET ANYWHERE. EVERYONE HAS TO ACCEPT OTHER PEOPLE DIFFERENCES SOMETIMES. WE NEED TO THINK THAT THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE ACTUALLY A MIRROR TO OUR FAILURE AND SUCCESS. poeple say the most mistake that anyone can do is to eliminate someone that is different than themself and it's so true. Big big mistake and we all must believe in it. Now go out feeling fine to fight whatever you want to fight and say what ever you want to say, but please don't kill each other. Just kill the word and belief and respect other people's right to live in this world freely and regardless whatever their shape size and form. Ready set go!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I didn't mean to not accept the difference. What I meant was to find the difference, and to fix it is another problem. Difference is sometimes good for country development.

Anonymous said...

Yep, American are competing with heaven. Their homes and their lives must look like the one up there. With President Obama, they might not be able make it and that could change.

Anonymous said...

Unification is not Khmer, let alone unifying under the French Paris agreement.

Don't listen to Ah Khmer-Yuon (KY) idiot.

If we are to unify with anyone or under any treaty, it would have to be under PM Hun Sen or Indochinese Treaty, not European, US, AU, or NZ.

Anonymous said...

There number of differences between the opposition and the current government.

Just one example.

Republic & not republic and the country is under the constitutional monarchy which established by the world for us in 1993.

Why don't we keep it instead of destroying it? or trying to work it out the best from there? Why those disrespectful to the king? Some of his family member were bad. It was them. Don't sum up the whole thing. Stop connecting the dot with the vietcong and the royal family. So what if it does. Everybody has friend. Do concentrate on us and what do we want to get from here. We got land, sea, oil, gold to protect and save them for our people. Keep criticize the bad behavior and get the bad government to abondance their bad act, but don't destroy the person. Thing change and so do people. We just need some good understanding and being able to see it clearly. What do we hear? get that mf out! get him out! this and that. Really??? That easily???

Anonymous said...

8:12 pm.

Insightful thoughts!



Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Il n'est pas necessaire de faire des DEBATS vous n'etes que des Intellos comme des ACH KREAM alors pendant ce temps les jeunes générations sont ENIVRES dans dans la corruption Je vous propose d'EFFACER LA CARTE deu CAMBODGEen retraçant la nouvelle carte ayant comme frontiere le TONLE SAP entre le viet nam et la thailande et dire MERCI à SAMDACH TA cela s'appelle politiquement correct HARAKIRI POLITIQUE mais qu'est ce qui reste comme khmers au cambodge il y a combiens de VIetnamiens au cambodge Trouvez moi un khmer charismatique comme le feu et RESPECTE SISOWATH SIRIMATAK dedié sa vie par l'amour de patrie et tué par son propre cousin << cousin-ticide>> samdach Ta Le mal est fait et ce programme a été planifier par la propre femme de Sihanouk la vraie fausse khmere qui s'appelle MONIQUE voleuse de la courronne de la REINE KOSSAMAK Voila l'histoire ainsi va la vie
KHMER PHNOUK

Anonymous said...

To the poster of the comment,

Apparently, you have never lived in Cambodia before. If you did, you would better appreciate the stability and peace than to ask for something more at the moment. Nothing comes in complete package. You have to take the goods and leave the bads as you go.

It took the US hundred years to get to where it is decent to live in today's America. Stop doing your moronic and laughable comparison between today's Cambodia and the already developed Western nations. The English, American, etc... has a long list of shit on their plates that would make Cambodia's problems today like a childplay. You name it, British colonization and enslavement of Indian people to work in Africa and trade them as objects, African American slaves, the KKK, Jim's Crow, the termination of Native American people.

You need to learn the West history better if you want to compare it to today's Cambodia. It'll make you shut the hell up if you care to recall just a few of the things that the West did or are still doing.

Anonymous said...

If you voted for CPP (Cambodian People's Party):

Also known as:

Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khmer Revolution Party
Khmer Rouge Party
Khmer Krorhorm Party - គណបក្សខ្មែរក្រហម

You're support the killing of 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia.

You're support the killing at least twelve innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997 Grenade Attack in Cambodia.

You're support assassination of journalists in Cambodia.

You're support political assassination and killing in Cambodia.

You're support attempted assassination and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.

You're support corruptions in Cambodia.

You're support murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire).

You're support Hun Sen Regime burn poor people's house down to the ground and leave them homeless.


Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin was a former Khmer Rouge commanders.

Now, Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are Khmer Rouge leaders, since their leader (Pol Pot) is dead.

From 1975 to 1979, these Khmer Rouge commanders responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples in Cambodia.

From 1980 to present, these Khmer Rouge leaders responsible for killing innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997, assassinated journalists, political assassination and killing, murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire) and attempted assassinate and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.

When is the ECCC going to bring these three criminals to U.N. Khmer Rouge Tribunal?

Khmer Rouge Regime is a genocide organization.

Hun Sen Regime is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Bodyguards is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Death Squad is a terrorist organization.
Cambodian People's Party is a terrorist organization.

I have declare the current Cambodian government which is lead by the Cambodian People's Party as a terrorist organization.

Whoever associate with the current Cambodian government are associate with a terrorist organization.


Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:

Torture
Execution
Massacre
Atrocities
War Crimes
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Abuses
Assault and Battery


Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Regime had committed:

Assassination
Murder
Killing
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Intimidation
Death Threat
Threatening
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Mass Evictions
Land Grabbing
Corruptions
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Acid Attacks
Injustice
Steal Votes
Violate the Constitution


These are the Trade Marks of Hun Sen's Khmer Rouge Regime.

Under Hun Sen Regime, no criminals that has been committed murder and all other crimes within Hun Sen's government ever been brought to justice.


Information change without notice as it become available.

Anonymous said...

actually, i think having the opposition voice is essential for the growth and democracy in cambodia as long there is a method to it. khmer people should encourage to engage in constructive criticism about how we all want cambodia to head and what kind of justice and especially the fostering of the rule of laws society and the justice system. this is the kind of unity, a least in the consolidated voice because only talking and communicating openly about it will bring about real changes. i think khmer people should be encouraged to put into place a rule of laws society, meaning nobody should be above the law, particularly if they do something wrong or not doing the right things like cheated on the people who voted for them, fail to deliver their promises, tolerate impunity, tolerate injustice, etc, etc... these are the kind of dirty laundry that cambodia and khmer people do not need or want. and by all mean, do encourage all khmer people to expression their opinion and not have fear of retaliation from authority. everyone should be able to speak freely along the line of the rule of laws. yes, the rule of laws cannot be emphasized enough! this is one way that can liberate cambodia and set khmer people free of injustice, corruption, the wrong-doers, the dictator, and so on... leaders should encourage reforms in sectors or areas they see was out-dated and ineffective. and don't be afraid to remove someone who is found to be doing something against the law because a society without the rule of laws is a dangerous society. please think critically about this philosophy, the philosophy of the rule of laws. god bless cambodia.

Anonymous said...

the justice system and the rule of laws both goes hand and hand. cambodia needs a strong enforcer of law and the rule of laws. this is how civilized society exists, everyone respect the rule of laws. also, the way i see it khmer people should be educated to understand about the world at a large picture. thinking outside of the box helps too, and when speaking about justice by all mean refer to the larger society out there are there are over 190 different countries on the planet and many many different languages as well. khmer people need to be open-minded in their thinking. it is ok to learn from everyone. god bless cambodia.

Anonymous said...

KY! it is a good acticle I ever read!

I beleive that only with good laws and justice that will restore us to be a real nation again!

Hope those so call themselves leaders understand it!

Anonymous said...

Unity in Cambodia is when all Cambodians, whether you are over-seas Khmer, Khmer kandal, Khmer surin, Khmer krom, Khmer of Chinese descent, mixed-Khmer, whatever...come together without being jealous of one another, without being greedy, without wanting to take power away from the other person and without judging one another as who is more pure Khmer than the other.

Khmers need to understand that is is and was our heritage of fighting with one another and our disunity that had allowed our neighbors or enemies to become opportunistic and take advantage of our inability to unite and fight as one great power.

Honestly, we can blame the "Siem" and the "Yuon" all we want, but the truth is, it was our greed, our jealousies and our need to take power away from one another that created our downfall.

Right now, Cambodia still physically exist with its land and water that still remains. Our history and heritage still remains. We still remain as a people! We haven't yet perished from the face of this earth nor are we erased from the continuity and awareness of history.

We still have hope. But this window of opportunity to succeed and keep hope alive doesn't last forever. Understand our past, know what we have at the moment and by coming together and letting go our animosities for one another, we can certainly face a better tomorrow.

Anonymous said...

11:37PM

No one has tried to imitate or copy the achievement of British or America to install in Cambodia.

The debate in here is simpler than your deep knowledge of Western politics: do we want Hun Sen and his administration to lead Cambodia following the rule of laws, or following the ego-centric style?

Anonymous said...

unity of all khmer people doesn't only mean physical unity, it can also mean be supportive of all khmer people and interest everywhere; it means protect all khmer national interest both overseas and at home in cambodia; it means educating one another what is right and what is wrong; it means encouraging all khmer to speak khmer influently and be proud of khmerness; it means empowering khmer people in every way and helps to enhance khmer identity abroad and at homeland as well; it means teach foreigners about khmer way, khmer culture, khmer tradition, khmer cuisines, khmer custom and etiquette, etc, etc..., the list goes on and on... however these aren't the only things, encourage all khmer children to study hard and stay in school and avoid dangerous situtations and take risk too; encourage all khmer to learn some foreign languages like english, french, chinese, japanese, korean and some other worldly languages... god bless cambodia.

Anonymous said...

You got to be blind, 1:17. At any rate, PM Hun Sen is our leader, and anything he says, go. That is the rule of law. Get the picture?

Anonymous said...

we unite because of common language, custom and etiquette, tradition, identity and so on. encourage all khmer sometime adapt/adopt new thinking, mentality, especially if it is benefit for cambodia and khmer people. encourage all khmer to love each other and be tolerable of each others' mistakes, problem, misunderstanding, and to adopt forgiveness by embracing our personal religion or by becoming better educated and so on... unity can mean a lot of things, just like development which don't necessarily mean just the economy, it can also mean better healthcare system, better education, better infrastructure, etc... don't take things for granted, think in other ways and forms as the universal is limitless. when we learn or allow ourselves to think openly in terms of worldly, then there infinite ways as nothing is set in stone as they say it, meaning everyting that we might take for grant is changeable like the direction of the wind, and of course we have to learn from everybody. we should live in a country that see no color, see no status like in the bad, old days, but instead worship the rule of laws like we would worship our personal religion. god bless cambodia.

Anonymous said...

THANK YOU KY FOR RAISING THE ISSUE TO REFLECT UP ON OUR PAST AND OUR LEADERS AND OURSELVES TO CLOSELY LOOK AT VARIABLE UNITY.

FIRSTLY WE OUGHT TO FOCUS ON CONFLICT OF INTERESTS. ANY GROUP LIKE FAMILY,SOCIAL GROUPS, POLITICAL FACTION SHOULD CLEARLY IDENTIFY GOALS OF COMMON GROUNDS.

FINANCIAL INTEREST IS THE TRIGGER OF THE CONFLICT.CONSTRUCTIVE EGO HELPS ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS. TO AVOID THE CONFLICT,HUMAN RIHTS HAS TO FOLLOW.RIGHT TO LIVE AS A HUMAN NEEDS FOODS, CLOTHINGS, SHELTER, MEDICATION. REAL BUDDHIST SHOULD KNOW THAT.

FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IS BASE ON FAIR INTENTION AND IDEAS.
TO CLOSE GAP OF SOCIAL DIVISION IS THE KEY TO PROMOTE BETTER LIVING.
KEY TO THIS IS TRANSPARENT TAXING SYSTEM WITH CHEAP COMPUTER THESE WILL HELP REVENUES FOR BETTER GOVERNANCE. ETHICS AND REAL SALARY WILL HELP ERADICATE OF OUR WELL KNOWN < WORLD CLASS CORRUPTIN>.
CORRUPTION IS BY MEAN OF CHEAT, PHANTOM NUMBER CRUNCHING THROGH GLOSSY REPORTS AND ABUSE OF PUBLIC POWER. REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT PUBLIC POWER HAS BEEN PRIVATSED AND ABUSED. AND KING SHOULD KNOW THIS, ARTICLE 8 AND 9 OF OUR CONSTITUTION. OUR KING HAS SOCIAL ROLES TO PLAY, FOR BETTER SOCIAL INFRA-STRUCTURE.AN ACTIVE KING MAKES BETTER CAMBODIA, OTHERWISE CAMBODIA KINGDOM IS ONLY A LEVERAGE FOR NEW COLONIALISM. AS MONARCHY, KING SHOULD GIVE DIRECTIONS FOR THE PROGRESSES OF CAMBODIA, AND PRIMINISTER PLANS AND IMPLEMENT TO ACHIEVE THOSE DIRECTIONS.

POLITICS IS ONLY TACTICS FOR OUR BETTER LIVING, BETTER STANDARD FOR AT LEAST THOSE FOUR BASIC NEEDS ARE MET BY CAMBODIANS. THERE IS NO WESTERN OR EASTERN POLITICS IF YOU TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY. PLENTY OF DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES IN BUDDHISM, IF WE CARE TO HAVE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE STUDY OF HUMANITY IN BUDDHISM.

UNDER PRINCIPLE OF 2, OUR LEADERS OUGHT TO BE GUIDED BY SCIENTIFIC PROESSES AND CIRCUMSTANCIAL EVIDENCES. WHEN LEADERS ARE BLINDED BY EGO AND HUMAN DESIRES, THEN WE ARE ONCE AGAIN DRIVEN TO HELL ON EARTH.

MAY I REMIND OUR COMPATRIOTS THAT OUR SKILL KNOWLEDGES IN MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, ELECTRICITY, NATURAL PHENOMINA ARE PROMPTED BY PRINCIPLE OF 2. LIKEWISE IN OUR STUDY OF HUMANITY REGARDLESS WHETHER WESTERN, EASTERN...IDEOLOGY, AFTER ALL WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEING.

NATURE AND NURTURE ARE OUR LIVE DEPENDENT, PLEASE DO NOT DESTROY ANY BY OUR IGNORANCE.

NEANG SA

Anonymous said...

5:22AM

Anything blowing out from Hun Sen's mouth is the rule of law?

It is incredible. Many top world's leaders such as Hilter, Stalin, Lenin, Moast and Pot Pot...their words are the rule of laws.

Words blowing from the top leaders according to the rule of laws are very useful one...but words from top leaders without abiding the rule of laws..those words are devastative.

Like Neang Sa elaborated the important of good words (Dhamma words) from the leaders, not the hell or evil words from those evil leaders.

Cambodia has been enough for her experience of self-egoistic leaders. The rule of laws should be the last alternative choice for incumbent Cambodian leaders (including Hun Sen too?)

Anonymous said...

cambodia needs to restore mutual respect for each other and civilized society again since the stupid KR destroyed all of that. cambodia needs a renaissance. perhaps, we are just asleep now, but we need to wake up again to reclaim our place in the world arena like in the good, olden days before the ignorant KR regime took over! let's empower khmer people and way. god bless cambodia.

Anonymous said...

What we need, is a unify government that can understand us better. Us is poverty, us is sick or illness with no medicine and treatment, us is having no job, us is having no clear future, but working in the factory or some low paying job to no end, us is food & job starving, us is being steping over by the rich and heartless people, us is being negledged and abandonced by our own government or at least majority of us did go thru hell by them, us is able to live a better life than we are today, us is live in peace with other people that will unified to be Khmer.Us is being able to embrasse to the new world order, us is being able to get along with the civilized world, to be able to stand up on our own, us is being freed and independent from foreign inteference, us is to live our own lives with dignity, us is able to find true justice to the victim of any kind of abuse, us is everyting any human would want to be better. Until then, none of us or our wanting and needing will be settled and to be a better government, these are what you need to know.

Anonymous said...

Gov, you need to get your fat behind out there to see what it is like to be poor and miserable. You need to see and know that these are your very citizen. You have governed them and this is the result of your job!an F grade! and what are you going to do about it???!!!