By Pen Bona Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
Sam Rainsy lost his parliamentary immunity on Monday 16 November for inciting Svay Rieng villagers to uproot demarcation stakes along the Vietnamese border. His message was clear: Hanoi stole Cambodian lands.
“It’s not because we have border disputes with Thailand along the west that we should forget our eastern border with Vietnam.” That was the message that the opposition leader sent to his compatriots at a time when all the news media are focused on the border dispute in the Preah Vihear area. To Sam Rainsy, Cambodia “lost a portion of its territory to the benefit of Vietnam,” however, according to him, the government did not react with the same tenacity it did against the Thai government.
On 25 October, during a Kathen procession he led to Wat Ang Romdenh Pagoda, located in Svay Rieng province, Sam Rainsy travelled to a village neighboring with Vietnam. With the help of a small group of villagers, he uprooted demarcation stakes. To Sam Rainsy, these stakes are located “inside Cambodian territory” and they encroach on rice fields belonging to local villagers.
However, for the government and the provincial authorities, Sam Rainsy’s initiative seriously compromised the work performed by [Var Kim Hong’s] committee in charge of border dispute resolution with Hanoi and the latter did not take long to react. Nguyen Tan Dung, the Viet PM, asked that measures be taken against Sam Rainsy so that such initiative will never take place in the future, and that the relationship between the two countries would not suffer from it.
Meanwhile, the Svay Rieng authorities sued the opposition leader at the provincial court, accusing him of “destroying public properties.” On Monday 16 November, Sam Rainsy who is currently in France, saw his parliamentary immunity lifted in order to allow the court to consider his lawsuit case.
Unconditional reaction
On the same day, about 100 opposition activists gathered in front of the National Assembly to protest the decision by the parliament which is dominated by the CPP MPs. “Sam Rainsy did not commit any mistake. He only protected the country’s interests,” a 50-year-old woman shouted. “We are sad and ashamed to see our National Assembly making such a decision,” Yim Sovann, SRP MP and SRP spokesman, indicated. “This is the proof that our institution is not protecting the territorial integrity of Cambodia,” he added.
In a joint communiqué, 26 SRP MPs firmly protested the lifting of their leader’s immunity. “This action violates our country’s Constitution and it shows that the Cambodian government is only putting in application the orders issued by the Vietnamese government,” the MPs said.
The SRP MPs took the opportunity to remind the elected officials the oath they took when they started their duty: “Each elected official swears in front of the King and the representatives of the monks to protect the country’s territorial integrity,” they underscored. “Under this context, Sam Rainsy, as a MP, is only showing his solidarity with the farmers who were victims of land-grabbing by the Vietnamese authorities.”
Furthermore, Chan Savet, an investigator for the Adhoc human rights group, deplored the fact that the National Assembly made its decision without prior investigation. “The lifting of a MP’s parliamentary immunity is a serious issue and it cannot be decided in such an abrupt manner. Furthermore, the MPs have other issues more important that this to resolve,” Chan Savet said.
As for Sam Rasinsy, he issued a communiqué in which he presented himself as “a messenger and spokesman for the people” that the government intends to destroy.
Unacceptable provocation
During a press conference organized on Monday 16 November at the Council of Ministers office, Var Kim Hong, chairman of the committee in charge of border dispute resolution, called Sam Rainsy’s initiative as being “serious and unacceptable provocation.” “He uprooted posts installed by experts from both countries, before taking them to Phnom Penh. It is an act that is against the law,” he told reporters.
An upset Var Kim Hong added that Sam Rainsy’s initiative could legitimize the border demands made by Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand’s PM, in the Preah Vihear area. “Sam Rainsy’s actions through his contest against the eastern border agreements, are comparable to the claims made by Abhisit in the west,” Var Kim Hong barked.
According to Var Kim Hong, border delimitation with Vietnam is a long process. “At the start, we projected to complete this work within 2009, but for now, we are more leaning toward 2012,” he explained while stressing that, as Khmer, he tried as best to protect the Kingdom’s territorial integrity.
Lack of information
Border issues remain a sensitive topic for Cambodians. For more than one year, the government never ceases to react with virulence to the territorial protests made by Bangkok. Most of the time, Cambodians support their leaders on this issue, but the Phnom Penh regime remains tight-lip when it comes to the border with Vietnam. Committees from both countries worked for several years to jointly install border posts, but some experts are doubting their work. “I wrote to Samdach Heng Samrin, the president of the National Assembly, to set up a joint committee of experts to check on the spot the installation of border posts with Thailand and Vietnam. But, I never receive any reply to that,” Phnom Penh SRP MP Son Chhay deplored.
On his end, Var Kim Hong denied that he is hiding information. According to the latter, the opposition MPs can follow up on the work under the reservation that they respect the agreed upon procedures. “I already spent 4 hours in front of the MPs to tell them about the current negotiations with Vietnam,” Var Kim Hong claimed. Nevertheless, to independent observers, a better communication between the government and the opposition should help ease the tension.
“It’s not because we have border disputes with Thailand along the west that we should forget our eastern border with Vietnam.” That was the message that the opposition leader sent to his compatriots at a time when all the news media are focused on the border dispute in the Preah Vihear area. To Sam Rainsy, Cambodia “lost a portion of its territory to the benefit of Vietnam,” however, according to him, the government did not react with the same tenacity it did against the Thai government.
On 25 October, during a Kathen procession he led to Wat Ang Romdenh Pagoda, located in Svay Rieng province, Sam Rainsy travelled to a village neighboring with Vietnam. With the help of a small group of villagers, he uprooted demarcation stakes. To Sam Rainsy, these stakes are located “inside Cambodian territory” and they encroach on rice fields belonging to local villagers.
However, for the government and the provincial authorities, Sam Rainsy’s initiative seriously compromised the work performed by [Var Kim Hong’s] committee in charge of border dispute resolution with Hanoi and the latter did not take long to react. Nguyen Tan Dung, the Viet PM, asked that measures be taken against Sam Rainsy so that such initiative will never take place in the future, and that the relationship between the two countries would not suffer from it.
Meanwhile, the Svay Rieng authorities sued the opposition leader at the provincial court, accusing him of “destroying public properties.” On Monday 16 November, Sam Rainsy who is currently in France, saw his parliamentary immunity lifted in order to allow the court to consider his lawsuit case.
Unconditional reaction
On the same day, about 100 opposition activists gathered in front of the National Assembly to protest the decision by the parliament which is dominated by the CPP MPs. “Sam Rainsy did not commit any mistake. He only protected the country’s interests,” a 50-year-old woman shouted. “We are sad and ashamed to see our National Assembly making such a decision,” Yim Sovann, SRP MP and SRP spokesman, indicated. “This is the proof that our institution is not protecting the territorial integrity of Cambodia,” he added.
In a joint communiqué, 26 SRP MPs firmly protested the lifting of their leader’s immunity. “This action violates our country’s Constitution and it shows that the Cambodian government is only putting in application the orders issued by the Vietnamese government,” the MPs said.
The SRP MPs took the opportunity to remind the elected officials the oath they took when they started their duty: “Each elected official swears in front of the King and the representatives of the monks to protect the country’s territorial integrity,” they underscored. “Under this context, Sam Rainsy, as a MP, is only showing his solidarity with the farmers who were victims of land-grabbing by the Vietnamese authorities.”
Furthermore, Chan Savet, an investigator for the Adhoc human rights group, deplored the fact that the National Assembly made its decision without prior investigation. “The lifting of a MP’s parliamentary immunity is a serious issue and it cannot be decided in such an abrupt manner. Furthermore, the MPs have other issues more important that this to resolve,” Chan Savet said.
As for Sam Rasinsy, he issued a communiqué in which he presented himself as “a messenger and spokesman for the people” that the government intends to destroy.
Unacceptable provocation
During a press conference organized on Monday 16 November at the Council of Ministers office, Var Kim Hong, chairman of the committee in charge of border dispute resolution, called Sam Rainsy’s initiative as being “serious and unacceptable provocation.” “He uprooted posts installed by experts from both countries, before taking them to Phnom Penh. It is an act that is against the law,” he told reporters.
An upset Var Kim Hong added that Sam Rainsy’s initiative could legitimize the border demands made by Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand’s PM, in the Preah Vihear area. “Sam Rainsy’s actions through his contest against the eastern border agreements, are comparable to the claims made by Abhisit in the west,” Var Kim Hong barked.
According to Var Kim Hong, border delimitation with Vietnam is a long process. “At the start, we projected to complete this work within 2009, but for now, we are more leaning toward 2012,” he explained while stressing that, as Khmer, he tried as best to protect the Kingdom’s territorial integrity.
Lack of information
Border issues remain a sensitive topic for Cambodians. For more than one year, the government never ceases to react with virulence to the territorial protests made by Bangkok. Most of the time, Cambodians support their leaders on this issue, but the Phnom Penh regime remains tight-lip when it comes to the border with Vietnam. Committees from both countries worked for several years to jointly install border posts, but some experts are doubting their work. “I wrote to Samdach Heng Samrin, the president of the National Assembly, to set up a joint committee of experts to check on the spot the installation of border posts with Thailand and Vietnam. But, I never receive any reply to that,” Phnom Penh SRP MP Son Chhay deplored.
On his end, Var Kim Hong denied that he is hiding information. According to the latter, the opposition MPs can follow up on the work under the reservation that they respect the agreed upon procedures. “I already spent 4 hours in front of the MPs to tell them about the current negotiations with Vietnam,” Var Kim Hong claimed. Nevertheless, to independent observers, a better communication between the government and the opposition should help ease the tension.
15 comments:
You have no time to come back because you are the most make the trouble.
Opposition party like SR is indispensable for nation with real democracy. Make trouble to protect our own land shows great courage. Any other great nations, this kind of issue will raise many debates on the TV, radios, and newspapers. But for Khmer, poor Khmer, UNIMPORTANT
With this kind of government ruling cambodia like the cpp, var kim hong, There will be uprising.
Time for another blood and rebellion against the vietcong.
Hun Sen is the Tortoise hiding head. Hun Sen is the Tortoise hiding head.Hun Sen is the Tortoise hiding head.Hun Sen is the Tortoise hiding head.Hun Sen is the Tortoise hiding head.Hun Sen is the Tortoise hiding head.
Red-Ant.
ពួកក្បត់ជាតិរបស់មេបក្សប្រឆាំងនៅស្រុកខ្មែរ
កំពុងគាំទ្រប្រទេសសៀមដែលចង់បានប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។
Very good initiative to demonstrate peacefully around the world to show our unity and in-one-minded common-sense.
Sam Rainsy carelessly went followed the farmers to the installing poles. These wood-poles are surely planned by Vietnamese partner alone. Var Kimhong didn't realize that Vietnam installed those poles. But Var Kimhong as usual will keep his face and blame Cambodian farmers. In the meantime, Sam Rainsy didn't realize that those farms owner uprooted those posts.
However, as a leader, Sam Rainsy has to take responsibility by accepting fault and defending those farmers. See the video tape, we can see that Sam Rainsy didn't uproot the posts. He was busy talking on the phone.
But what is worse is the measure of Hun Sen government that has not reluctantly tried Sam Rainsy in their political court...or we can see Hun Sen government will destroy any Cambodian who dare criticize their misbehavior in associating with Vietnam.
Previously, we admire the "rule of law" and the election of national assembly, now we can clearly see that assembly in Cambodia is the dictator assembly. The members of this assembly are good in serving politics to protect their power and wealth, and inhumanizing minor voice, the SRP. The rule of law in Cambodia, is not the worst mechanism, it is the tool only for those powerful, the elites and the rich. To strengthen the rul of law under Hun Sen administration is to weaken the weak (opposition, farmers, workers and teachers etc).
It is absolutely the dictatorship assembly and the rule of law of a dictator.
Cambodian people are living under despare. They don't have any incentive in fighting against foreign invaders. From day to day, they are overwhelmingly fooled and intoxicated by soap operas, one-sided media, political serving commentator, biased TVs, biased radios, biased newspapers, corruption and manipulation etc.
In order to have a positive change in Cambodia, you have to do something meaningful. You are the agent of change. Join this demonstration and other activities to raise awareness and be instrumental to change of Cambodia.
In Solidarity,
KY
Cambodians are tired of seeing and hearing SRP, Funcinpec, and the rest of them. Cambodians are tired of the oppositions failure to accomplish simple things, failure to unite, and failure to communicate. They have failed the Cambodian people and they are now only exist for the sake of existence. They have no value, represent no hope, and accomplishing nothing for nobody. I and many other Cambodians have given up on them.
rainy has reason to bring light to yuon colonisation in Cambodia. it is yuon and cpp sensitive issue. silent and killing those who oppose to their rules and laws are always khmero yuon logics and rules
courage rainsy because you have courage to face yuon nazis and dont let any yuon stooge to get you from your objectif and principle
4:25 AM,
What Sam Rainsy did recently is not courageous; it's stupid. The timing of his action showed that he was responding to his Thai Masters in Bangcock. He is in fact a spineless, powerless, useless, greedy, sissy little man.
Ah 4:39, sh*t the f*ck up ah pler. Sam Rainsy does not have Thai Masters, ah pler! It is ah HUN Sen who has ah YOUN Masters. Sam Rainsy does not have any problem, but the Khmer people at the border along with ah YOUNS who have the problems. How come ah Hun Sen does not solve the land-grabbing issues for those people???? What is ah HUN Sen afraid of? Who started attacking the border issues before? It was King Sihanouk, and only then that ah HUN SEN started to do something about it. So this shows that ah HUN SEN is just ah pussy piece of sh*t when it comes to ah YOUNs. So f*ck you ah 4:39.
ពួកអ្នកដែលនិយាយថា សម រង្ស៊ី គឺជាមេក្បត់ជាតិ គឺជាការមួលបង្កាច់ទាំងស្រុង។ សម រង្ស៊ី មិនបានប្រឆាំងរដ្ឋាភិបាលខែ្មរក្នុងរឿង ចំណាត់ការប្រឆាំងសៀមដែលឈ្លានពានដីខែ្មរឡើយ គឺមានតែគាំទ្រ ដូចជាកាលពីពេលថ្មីៗនេះ គណបក្សសម រង្ស៊ី បានសើ្នអោយរដ្ឋាភិបាលខែ្មរ លប់ចោលកិច្ចសន្យាដែលអនុញ្ញាតអោយក្រុមហ៊ុន សៀមគ្រប់គ្រងផ្លូវអាកាស ពីព្រោះវាអាចធើ្វអោយប៉ះពាល់ដល់សន្តិសុខជាតិរបស់ខែ្មរ។ សម រង្សី មិនដែលបានជួយជនជាតិសៀមណាម្នាក់ឡើយ គឺមានតែ ហ៊ុន សែន ទេ ដែលជួយសៀម រហូតធើ្វខូចប្រយោជន៍ខែ្មរ។ តើអាឆែ្កណានាំសៀមមកស្រុកខែ្មរ? តើអាថាក់ស៊ីន ជាសៀមប្ញជាខែ្មរ? ដើម្បី ថាក់ស៊ីន ម្នាក់ អាហ៊ុន សែន សុខចិត្តធើ្វអោយខូចប្រយោជន៍ខែ្មរ។ តើហ្នឹងប្ញ ដែលហៅថាប្រឆាំងសៀមដើម្បីការពារព្រំដែនខែ្មរ នោះ? សៀមមិនដែលចោលប្រយោជន៍របស់ ប្រទេសគេឡើយ! ថាក់ ស៊ីន ក៏មិនខុសពី អភិសិទ្ធិ ឡើយ គឺសៀមដូចតែគ្នា។ សម រង្ស៊ី មិន ដែលបានគាំទ្រសៀមណាម្នាក់ឡើយ ហើយអ្វី ដែលសម រង្ស៊ី ធើ្វជុំវិញរឿងព្រំដែនខាងកើត គឺដើម្បីប្រយោជន៍ខែ្មរ ប៉ុនែ្តមិនមែនដើម្បីផ្គាប់ចិត្ត សៀមស្អីឡើយ។ តើសៀមទទួលបានប្រយោជន៍ស្អីខ្លះពីការដែល សម រង្ស៊ី គិតគូររឿងព្រំដែនខែ្មរ នៅភាគខាងកើតនោះ? វាគ្មាន! គឺមានតែខែ្មរទេ ដែលទទួលបានប្រយោជន៍!
From Khmers in Japan
Sam Raisy's master is Khmer People! What Sam Rainsy did is to satisfy Khmer People, but not Yuon or Siam. Who helps Siam? That is ah Hun Sen! Thaksin is Siam but not Khmer! So when Hun Sen helps Thaksin it means he helps the Siam or Thailand. យល់ទេអាឆ្កួត! Понимаешь дурачок!
From Khmers in Russia
Кхмеры в Рoссии
Sam Raisy's master is Khmer People! What Sam Rainsy did is to satisfy Khmer People, but not Yuon or Siam. Who helps Siam? That is ah Hun Sen! Thaksin is Siam but not Khmer! So when Hun Sen helps Thaksin it means he helps the Siam or Thailand. យល់ទេអាឆ្កួត! Понимаешь дурачок!
From Khmers in Russia
Кхмеры в Рoссии
hun sen is having brain disease or oppressed by hyena's spies in cpp government.
Sam Rainsy sucks Siam's dicks so he only dared to criticize Youn. What about the border issue between Siam and us?
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