Criticism, But Democratic Progress Too: ExpertBy Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
28 July 2009
With the government facing recent criticism over its democracy development, the head of the Khmer Institute for Democracy, Hang Chhaya, said Monday the government was making some progress.
“I say it is progressing, because the government has established a decentralization system to offer more power to local authorities,” he said, as guest on “Hello VOA.” “This is a good deal to solve the issue and develop democracy in Cambodia.”
Meanwhile, he said, the multilateral system of government put in place by Untac in the 1990s has proceeded through four terms of government.
Still, Cambodia faces problems that need solving, he said. Poverty, for example, has not improved compared to other countries.
Hang Chhaya’s remarks follow a period in which the government has faced calls from international and local groups to improve its democracy record, with one opposition journalist in jail, a second folding his paper to avoid jail and two opposition parliamentarians facing government defamation suits.
The leading opposition, the Sam Rainsy Party, announced this week it would change its strategy, moving away from protests on the streets and cases in the courts to contest the ruling party.
“It’s good to find some way so that it’s not stuck,” Hang Chhaya said Monday.
The Khmer Institute for Democracy was now trying to provide more advocacy and education to people to help them understand democratic principles, with outreach to rural and urban populations.
“I say it is progressing, because the government has established a decentralization system to offer more power to local authorities,” he said, as guest on “Hello VOA.” “This is a good deal to solve the issue and develop democracy in Cambodia.”
Meanwhile, he said, the multilateral system of government put in place by Untac in the 1990s has proceeded through four terms of government.
Still, Cambodia faces problems that need solving, he said. Poverty, for example, has not improved compared to other countries.
Hang Chhaya’s remarks follow a period in which the government has faced calls from international and local groups to improve its democracy record, with one opposition journalist in jail, a second folding his paper to avoid jail and two opposition parliamentarians facing government defamation suits.
The leading opposition, the Sam Rainsy Party, announced this week it would change its strategy, moving away from protests on the streets and cases in the courts to contest the ruling party.
“It’s good to find some way so that it’s not stuck,” Hang Chhaya said Monday.
The Khmer Institute for Democracy was now trying to provide more advocacy and education to people to help them understand democratic principles, with outreach to rural and urban populations.
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Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
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Executions
Massacres
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Human Abuses
Assault and Battery
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Assassinations
Assassinate Journalists
Assassinate Political Opponents
Murders
Killings
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and others military official on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Remove Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Under Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed all of these crimes above within Hun Sen Khmer Rouge government have ever been brought to justice.
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Hun Sen Death Squad
Khmer Rouge Regime).
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