Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Opposition Warns of Backslide in Democracy

Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, D.C Tuesday, 05 October 2010

“In order to put the democratization process back on track and to strengthen the mechanisms designed to protect human rights in Cambodia as enshrined in Paris Agreements, the governments of signatory countries and donor institutions such as the European Commission must immediately take adequate measure to ensure the effective respect for all the relevant provisions of the agreements.”
Opposition lawmakers say Cambodia needs to reactivate the Paris Peace Accords, which were enacted in October 1991. Otherwise, the opposition said in a statement, the country will continue moving towards a totalitarian government.

“In order to put the democratization process back on track and to strengthen the mechanisms designed to protect human rights in Cambodia as enshrined in Paris Agreements, the governments of signatory countries and donor institutions such as the European Commission must immediately take adequate measure to ensure the effective respect for all the relevant provisions of the agreements,” the Sam Rainsy Party said in a statement.

The opposition pointed to what it called forms of suppression and the deterioration of human rights and fundamental freedoms as evidence Cambodia's democratic institutions are slipping.

It pointed to crackdowns on dissidents, persecution of opposition parliamentarians and the abuse of the judiciary as further examples, claiming Cambodia was moving toward a one-party system of government controlled by the ruling Cambodian People's Party.

The statement cited statements of concern from local rights groups, Amnesty International and the UN's special human rights envoy, Surya Subedi, who said in a recent report to the UN Human Rights Commission that Cambodia's judiciary needed reform.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
Anonymous said...
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
Anonymous said...

When MPs of opposition parties and other self-called rights activists and democrats commit crimes or do some stupid things...do they call donors and foreigners to help them??? Actually, No..!!

But everytime after the found guilty, the sing the same song "help me, help me" or "not about me, it's about the nation, so the nation need me, without me and my gangs, the nation will be vanished by Hun Sen, by CPP or by youn slaves, la la la ""

It's 21st century. I hope SRP and other oppostion parties and people won't be too stupid to use this strategy. Because it won't work. We need smarter opposition leaders.

Anonymous said...

ពួកអាឆ្កួតឯងនិយាយតែអំពីរាជរដ្ធាភិបាលខ្លួនឯង
ឥញ្ចឹងវាត្រឹមត្រូវហើយបើពួកឯងយករឿងម៉ែឪ
របស់ពួកអាឆ្កួតឯងមកបើកត្រដាងឲ្យគេឭនោះ
គឺពិតជាល្អម៉ែនទែន។ដួចជានិយាយប្រាប់គេថា
ប្រពន្ធមានសាហាយរាប់មិនអស់កូនស្រីមានប្រុស
រាប់រយកូនប្រុសមានស្រីរាប់មិអស់ក្នុងមួយខែ
ទល់មួយខែនោះពិតជាមានឈ្មោះល្បីមិនខាន។

Anonymous said...

ចង់ស៊ីអាចម៏ឆ្កែអញទេអា ៧:០១PM???

Anonymous said...

Democracy has long ago died in Cambodia.