By Khmer Democrat, Phnom Penh
Expanding our Mind Series
Liberia and Cambodia share many dark similarities of war, child-soldiers, fractured society etc. See the award-winning film Pray the Devil Back to Hell to be inspired how Christian and Muslim women came together to usher in the way for Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to become not only the first female president of Liberia but in the whole of Africa, and how they successfully advocated for the international trial of Charles Taylor.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is the 24th and current President of Liberia, a country founded by freed slaves now with a population at 4 Million. She served as Minister of Finance under President William Tolbert from 1979 until the 1980 coup d'état, after which she left Liberia and held senior positions at various financial institutions. She placed a distant second in the 1997 presidential election. Later, she was elected President in the 2005 presidential election and took office on 16 January 2006. Sirleaf is the first modern, and currently the only elected, female head of state in Africa.
In 2006, Sirleaf established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with a mandate to "promote national peace, security, unity and reconciliation" by investigating more than 20 years of civil conflict in the country.
Forbes magazine named Sirleaf as the 51st most powerful women in the world in 2006. In 2010, Newsweek listed her as one of the ten best leaders in the world, while Time counted her among the top ten female leaders. That same year, The Economist called her "the best president the country has ever had."
For further information, see Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at Wikipedia, inter alia.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is the 24th and current President of Liberia, a country founded by freed slaves now with a population at 4 Million. She served as Minister of Finance under President William Tolbert from 1979 until the 1980 coup d'état, after which she left Liberia and held senior positions at various financial institutions. She placed a distant second in the 1997 presidential election. Later, she was elected President in the 2005 presidential election and took office on 16 January 2006. Sirleaf is the first modern, and currently the only elected, female head of state in Africa.
In 2006, Sirleaf established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with a mandate to "promote national peace, security, unity and reconciliation" by investigating more than 20 years of civil conflict in the country.
Forbes magazine named Sirleaf as the 51st most powerful women in the world in 2006. In 2010, Newsweek listed her as one of the ten best leaders in the world, while Time counted her among the top ten female leaders. That same year, The Economist called her "the best president the country has ever had."
For further information, see Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at Wikipedia, inter alia.
9 comments:
This woman got more balls than SR.
Freedom is coming for Cambodia! Sam Rainsy will lead Cambodians to Freedom!!
this woman can squeeze 10:08's ball (he got only one ball) as hard as he could not imagine!
Kouy Pi Jit!
May gods bless Liberia and Cambodia!Next election(2013 election) in Cambodia,Khmer people will pick a good prime minister,not Hun Sen.Khmer will pray the devil going to hell. God bless Mrs. Sirleaf and Liberian people.Khmer student in Phnom Penh.
Cambodia would be blessed as long Yuon-Hanoi do not interfere Khmer problem.
THE SOONER, THE BETTER!!!
Where: Phnom Penh at Olympic Stadium
Who: Khmer around the globe
What: PEACE IN CAMBODIA
When: TBA
Food: Vendors around the stadium
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"Pray the Devil back to Hell?"
One thing this great woman has it wrong is that no one will be able to "Pray the Devil back to Hell."
First of all: The Devil was not sent to hell after he fell from his glorious position in heaven. He was kicked out from his position after exerting himself to be like "God".
God created this earth. Made man in his own image to take care of this earth by the law of his Creator. After Satan fell; by subtilest, deceived Adam to give him his dominion that has been appointed to him by his Creator. Since God is just; this political world belongs in the power of Satan, the Deceiver.
Caveat, Israel was given the law of God that was so much different from the world system. If Israel would obey the law of her God, they would be bless by the law giver. Sadly to say, Israel didn't.
The Scriptures stated that one third of the angels in heaven fell after Satan rebel against God his Creator. Some of the angels are bound up in the place of darkness until the day of Judgment. Satan was not bound as some believe that he is. Nor many of the fallen angels; known also as demons. The chaos in the world today are caused by Satan and his demons using human as their resources. They could be a religious groups, a dictator, communists, atheists...whatever cause most deaths and havoc for him. Remember, he (Satan) has the right to rule this world as he pleases. But parameters are set by the Sovereignty of God not to exceed what God will allow him to do. He does run wild but somewhat tethered.
Good News: God of Israel has a plan to bring Satan and his demons and all those (people) who follow Satan to an End. The Scriptures stated clearly that many people in the world will be deceived by Satan. Satan is a Deceiver. The UN is Satan's tool he is using to deceive the world into following his political agenda. And I feared majority of Cambodians are in his camp already.
Only the righteous in Messiah of Israel will live on this earth after God has judge Satan and his hoard. This earth belongs to God and all that is in it. As a Creator he has the right to take it back when that time comes. Which I happen to believe it will be in this generation.
In 2008, the judgments of God has been fallen on the nations of the world. There has been eclipses of the Sun from 2008,2009 and 2010. The nations been reeling from disasters in the last 3 years and is going to progress worse. Wake up and repent or be destroy by the wrath of God.
God wants to make peace with man and he has by sending his only Son into the world that the world might be saved by him. The wrath of God abideth on those who would not receive his peace offered. This mean the United Nations will be destroy by God of their false peace plan apart from what God did offered to mankind.
Accept his Shalom now!
Continue... Since Satan took the dominion that belong to man to rule and reign on this earth, now Satan rule and reign over man... And it hasn't been good as God had planned.
To validate this truth Satan tempted Jesus in the beginning of his ministry to worship him. And that if Jesus indeed bow down to him that he would give him the kingdom of this world to him, but Satan would still be the Ruler of this world. Well, Jesus knew better an countered his offer by the written word of the Torah as been written..."Thou shall have no other gods before Me..." Not the exact quote. Also that Jesus already had his own Kingdom that is not of this world and eventually including this world when he brings the Kingdom of God to earth in the Millennium Age.
To do that he hath to destroy the kingdom of Satan. This is when the kingdom of Satan will come to an End. But at the end of 1000 years he will be release to make one last war against Christ which he and his army will be defeated and are cast into the lake of fire forever never again rise to bother the righteous. This is the hope of this wicked world. Satan is the author of chaos. As long as he is ruling this world there will never be any true peace. On the other hand Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
May the Peace on earth,1st female President in Africa and the righteouse is the rising stare.
Because the prince of peace is at hand!
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