(Photo: Ly Meng Huor, RFI)Australian Parliament teaches parliamentary role to Cambodian MPs
Thursday, September 03, 2009
By Ly Meng Huor
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Australian Parliament experts shared their experience on the efficient oversight role to Cambodian MPs. During the 2-day presentation which ended on Thursday, Australian Parliament experts showed the important role of the parliament in the oversight of the government action. Nevertheless, an independent observer indicated that the Cambodian parliament does not have the ability to fulfill such a role.
Dr. Brendan Nelson, an Australian MP, and Ian Harris, Secretary of the Australian Parliament, indicated the Parliament plays an important in role: it forces the government to be responsible to the people. [In this manner,] the government policy and action would also be efficient. The parliament must also ensure that the government fulfills the needs of the people, i.e. the voters.
During the 2-day presentation, Ian Nelson, an Australian MP with a record of 13-year office mandate, provided in-depth knowledge on the techniques used to efficiently oversee the government’s work. These techniques include the discussions on draft laws and the review of state budgets, as well as the questioning of the government on the National Assembly floor, etc…
Nevertheless, Mar Sophal, an independent observer, indicated that the role of the Cambodian National Assembly has significantly degraded during this 4th mandate, when compared to the previous mandates. He indicated that non-ruling parties saw their freedom of expression tightened and MPs have difficulties sending their written questions to the government, and when they could, only a small number of these questions are answered by the government.
Nevertheless, Ian Nelson noted that Cambodia is a young democracy, and that it is a good start and that it could bring in good development in the future.
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Land Eviction by CCP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEZb59cZUiY&feature=fvw
I wonder, those monkies of the CCP MP willing to learn from the Australian MP or not.
The Aussies should bring the Kangourus to teach the Khmer MPs how to Jump.
Waste of time and money!
I agree with 11:19 AM. At the end, none of CPP MP will commit to their duties as they have learned from the Aussies, but listen to their master instead. Their positions are much more important than their duties to serve Cambodian people.
It cost only national budget for teaching them and it is also to late. Why? because Onkel OH theorie is better that the west theorie. They have emough from communism Viet, it is complicated to brush it up. After this Land to be second Kampuchea Krom then maybe they have white eyes and disappointed. But all thing is too LATE.....
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Tortures
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
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leader of the Free Trade Union
Attempted Assassinations on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Attempted Murders on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders members and activists of Sam Rainsy Party
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 the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leader of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
HEY!! IF THEY KEEP USING "HOL" FOR DECORATION,WHAT CABODIAN WOMEN HAVE FOR DRESSING?????????
TO THE LAZY DECORATORS:
TO USE THE WOMEN CLOTH FOR DESIGNE WITH OUT DIFFERENTIATE THE PARTEN! IS TO ELEVATE KHMER CULTURE OR TO STOP KHMER WOMEN TO DRESS TRADITIONALY?
WHY DON'T YOU DECORATED PLACE WITH WOMEN UNDERWEAR?
Aussie sang good songs to hard hearing MPs. Later on those MPs will ask each others I don't get it, tell me what Aussie was talking about.
Aussies said Cambodian Dumb heads MPs, I did my part and get lost.
This is westerner politicians always said to trouble regions
"why don't you guys get along each others" or " when we give them people will use them "
hey, that's your personal opinion! i think teaching khmer officials the western way of government is good for cambodia system and future. plus, the western people don't think like that. education is always invaluable or priceless for cambodia. thank you australia for showing you care for humanity and cambodia. cambodia can learn from everybody out there. god bless cambodia.
not only teach, they all share the knowledge with each other, too. we all are god's children. thank you australia. we love australia. god bless cambodia.
They're not losing their livelihood, They're losing their corrupt livelihood.
We made $1.00 a day just eat and die. We don't have any tv, karaoke, liquor, computer, internet, toy, bike, car, moto, laptop, running water and etc.
Our toilet would be digging dirt spot by spot for our poop around our shack. We worked sunrise till sunset and 7 a days a week to feed our whole family.
WORK, EAT, SLEEP, AND DIE..........
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