They Are Not Khmer Members of Parliament

Monday, June 07, 2010
Op-Ed by Khmer Borann
Phnom Penh

After the villagers in Anh Chanh Village, Chey Chork Commune, Borey Chulsa District of Takeo province complained that the new Cambodia-Vietnam border post 270 was planted on the middle of their rice field, SRP members of parliament have requested President of National Assembly Heng Samrin to visit the place. Heng Samin did not allow the SRP members of parliament to visit the place where the encroachment by the planting border post is alleged.

Until now, nobody knows the demarcation post 270 was planted on the real border of inside Cambodia’s territory. The visit, although was unsuccessful, by SRP members of parliament and Khmer border activists has shown that, as the elected representative of Cambodian people, these SRP members of parliament are responsible before the voters. Moreover, if we look at the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia, these SRP members of parliament have followed the constitution. How about the CPP members of parliament, especially Heng Samrin? Are they following the constitution of Cambodia, especially the Oath before they took the office as Member of Parliament?

To see if the CPP members of parliament are Khmer Member of Parliament or not, I would like to invite the readers of KI Media to look at The Oath before the Constitution of Cambodia.

The Oath

WE

THE PRESIDENT, DEPUTY PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA, WOULD LIKE TO SWEAR BEFORE HIS MAJESTY THE KING’S FACE, BEFORE SAMDACH SANGKHAREACH’S FACE, AND THE DIVINES GURDING THE THRONE’S PARASOL, AS FOLLOWS:

During the operations of their functions and fulfillment of the missions that are conferred by the Cambodian citizens to everyone of us, we determine to respect for the Constitution, serve at all time both at present and in future, the interests of the people, nation and Cambodian motherland. We would like to swear that we will not exploit the national interests for our own or for our family or for our groups or for our respective party.

We would like to swear that we dare sacrificing our lives for always protecting, at
present as well as in the future:

• the total independence of Cambodian motherland,
• the full national sovereignty
• the legitimate territorial integrity within the land and sea boundaries which Cambodia used to have in periods between 1963 to 1969,
• the national unity, and will not allow to have any segregation or secession.

We would like to determine to always retain, now and in the future, the neutrality and the non-alignment for Cambodia, and will never allow any person, whoever wishes to interfere the internal affairs of Cambodia or give order over the national and international policies of Cambodia. We will absolutely not serve the foreign interests and cause harms to the interest of the people, nation and Cambodian motherland.

When solving any issues on the national and international arena, we will totally eliminate all kinds of violence.
However, the Kingdom of Cambodia shall reserve its rights to hold weapons and smuggle against any aggression from the outside, in order to defend its own nation and motherland.

We would like to determine to always respect for, at present as well as in the future, the Liberal Democracy which has a parliamentary regime and multi-party system, and will strictly respect for the Human Rights as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

We determine to fight against of all sorts of corruption, social injustice and will strive for the national reconciliation, national unity, social and national peace, and for the abundance of the Cambodian citizens and for the prosperity and glory of the Cambodian motherland, the sacred and beloved ones of all of us./.