Commentary of PQRU of the Kew-Kew! Kew-Kew!

The author of the PQRU Commentary below

Only the Kew-Kew! Kew-Kew! and their few revolutionary soul-mates, especially in their use of acronyms and “virtue language” (e.g. SLORC, Pyongyang’s Dear Beloved Leader) could be this deeply oblivious to how daffy, moronic, anachronistic they sound in this 21^st century in their use of Stalinist, shallow, hollow, empty, vacuous rhetorics when their contrary is so obvious even to the blind and the simple.

I dare you read this “commentary” without screaming any one or all of the following: “Who is the idiot who writes these things?” “There must be enshrined international law somewhere criminalizing this imbecility!” “You mean this is an official government agency?” “Was Brett Sciaroni not available to do their bidding?” “Kew-Kew! Kew-Kew!” so on and so forth.

See how many vacuous "virtue language" you can pick out.

WOOF! WOOF! The illiteracy goes on. The evictions go on.

WOOF! WOOF! The domestic violence, the maid violence, the sex-trafficking violence, the fainting spells in schools and factories, the inferiority complex, the impunity go on… and on… and on…

"Nana-nana-boo-boo! We don’t care!"

– our very mature government of the Kingdom of Extraordinary Wonder

COMMENTARY:

The dogs bark, the caravan passes

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and the United Nations (UN) are decision-makers concerning the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) from the start. This role must be maintained through out the judicial proceedings until the closure.

Yes, during the initial phase in creating the agreement and establishing the ECCC. Then the politicians step aside for the phases after and let the prosecutors, judges and court officials do their job. Judicial Independence 101. At a national level, it is akin to the way the politicians create a Constitution (a provision for the independence of court) or a piece of legislation and once established, the actors in the provisions carry out their mandates with responsibility and accountability.

They decided to establish the first hybrid court to try criminal case of genocide against humanity after intelligent and reflexive discussions and debates between highly competent representatives of the RGC and the UN. Negotiations took many years. The outcome was the establishment of the ECCC, that is to say the Political Agreement between the UN and the RGC was signed on 6 June 2003 and ratified by the Cambodian National Assembly on 19 October 2004.

The lady protesteth too much… “intelligent and reflexive” “highly competent representatives of the RGC and the UN” – what country and UN are you talking about??? Is the same UN of UNTAC which created Oct. 23 that you do not recognize?

The ECCC is a Cambodian court established pursuant to an agreement between the RGC and the UN to try senior members of the Khmer Rouge for serious violations of Cambodian penal law, international humanitarian law and custom and violation of international conventions recognized by Cambodia during the period between 17 April 1975 and 6 January 1979. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution of 18 December 2002 "recognized the legitimate concern of the government and people of Cambodia in the pursuit of justice and national reconciliation, stability, peace and security."

If the ECCC is so “Cambodian” why is it that out of the US$200,000,000 (two hundred million dollars spent since its establishment), ZERO has come from this RGC? Not even the Cambodian side of the ECCC as envisioned by the negotiations and Agreement? And the only domestic law in use is the 1956 Penal Code, whereas everything else is international?

The question is simple. Would the UN give up this role of decision-maker and give in to the pressure of outside interference? The answer is even simpler than the question: Ordinary people who understand "logic" will answer with an unqualified "No".

When politicians think, act, talk like they are prosecutors and judges to intimidate the real prosecutors, judges from administering justice – that’s PERNICIOUS POLITICAL INTERFERENCE.

When civil society and victims are advocating for the politicians to be good statesmen/politicians and for the judges and prosecutors to be good judges and prosecutors – that’s called DOING THEIR JOBS WELL.

Outsiders (besides the RGC and the UN) must not lose sight of the scope established by the ECCC that is to try senior members of the Khmer Rouge. Professor John A. Hall at Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California in an article published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) 5 October 2011, for all intents and purposes, changed the scope from "senior members of the Khmer Rouge" to "those most responsible for the deaths of 1.8 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979". This was a speculative statement, a complete deviation from the original scope.

Huh????? Huh????? Especially regarding blah-blah-blah scope…

Faithful to the UNGA resolution "The government and people of Cambodia" have determined that case 001 and case 002 are the subjects of trial by the ECCC. Case 001 was ended with a conviction and sentencing, and now is waiting for the decision on appeal by the defendant. Case 002, involving the most senior members of the Khmer Rouge will go on trial at the ECCC by late November 2011. The case is unique in the record of the trial of crimes against humanity which is unprecedented in World Justice History. The defendants are the Head of the State, the President of the National Assembly and Chief ideologue, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Social Affairs of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Huh???? Run that by me again?????? $200,000,000 to convict a man who confessed for over a decade during a period of 5 years with case inconclusive pending appeal. Case 002 with geriatrics, sickly pathetic men and one “demented” women who will not even be in the dock for public scrutiny but will be watching their trials as if watching a movie in an air-conditioned room…

What was that about “unprecedented in World Justice History”? For the FARCE and SHAM and DECEIT and HYPOCRISY AND… AND… AND…??

Outsiders must recognize "the legitimate concern of the government and people of Cambodia in the pursuit of justice and national reconciliation, stability, peace and security." Born of a universal and democratic election, internationally recognized to be just, free, fair and credible:

1- The RGC has the sacred duty to maintain peace and security, stability and to uphold national unity because national reconciliation after decades of war between warring factions of different ideologies is not an easy walk in the park as many outsiders have imagined. It is easy said than done. It took political will, courage, tenacity, nationalism, love of and compassion for the people to achieve national reconciliation. Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom, the prime builder of Cambodia's national reconciliation, thanks to his wisdom and leadership, has kept Cambodia away from the world hot spots where armed fighting and killing and the horror of national continue to haunt and take place daily. The latter situation would give great joy and pleasure to Brad Adams and his peers at many other international NGOs who utilized huge amount of funding to build personal fame and prestige by interfering with the political life of sovereign country and sovereign people with words of fire. Brad Adams and his peers had never ever known nor experienced the horror of war and killing, separation, destitution, famine, sufferings, and the bickering of the post-conflict era. Talks with destructive purposes, the way Brad Adams and his peers have had expertise of, are very cheap. But to lead millions of Cambodian people to life, out of misery and poverty are the rock solid character of good leaders. The dogs bark, the caravan passes. That is the true nature of the dogs. Why not let the dogs being the dogs?

Oh, sorry, I thought living without brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers from genocide was an “easy walk in the park” and the Cambodians now are living in paradise, similar to the ones in North Korea, which people like Brad Adams and his international peers should have better eyesight to see how happy and reconciled and developed our country is! I have been away because I had to be with family who are so happy to have their wooden homes flooded and swimming in the sea. How blind you, Brad Adams, cannot see how happy we are! How dare that you should ask us to honor our dead, to stop abuse against women, to stop raping our land, to stop the evictions! We are so happy it drives me mad every day, because I am so happy that all my people are so happy and well-fed and have shelter and have good education! We are so happy that we are delirious in our Boeung Kak paradise and flooded shantytowns!!!!! HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY HERB PIZZA HAPPY! YES! YES! Why not let the dogs being the dogs?????!! YES! I get it! It’s a good one! I know exactly what you mean! Why not let the dogs being the dogs? Good one! Right, Bart?

2- The RGC has legitimate concern about the political and social welfare of the Cambodian people, many of them live peacefully, not even at a standard housing facility imagined by Brad Adams and his peers, but under the palm-leaves, or corrugated tin, or red-tile roof at the remote area of the Cambodian countryside, however equipped with basic modern communication and information gadgets they know exactly what is going on with their surroundings. It would have made them very easily exposed to harmful predators, had Cambodia not been peaceful, safe and secure for them. But now, they have peace of mind and physically unharmed. The Cambodian people, in and out of the government have their full rights and freedom to express their opinion as to peace, security, progress and development, and also insecurity, fear, war and destruction. The scars of more than five decades of war that have been slowly healing for less than 15 years are the constant reminder that national division must be avoided as best they can. Brad Adams of Human Rights Watch and his peers at other international NGOs have relinquished their rights and responsibility with systematic media-speculation, media-interference and media-pressure in their calculated attempts to change the course of the Cambodian political and social life. The dogs bark, the caravan passes. That is the nature of the dogs. Why not let the dogs being the dogs?

Yes! We are living in PEACE! YES! It’s been a “slowly healing for less than 15 years are constant reminder”. YES! We can express our opinion (except if you’re Sam Rainsy, Chea Vichea, Thun Bunly, Suong Sophorn, poor Cambodians evicted from their land, teachers and ten million other Cambodians)… “Full rights and freedom” we have. YES! No harmful predators, NO! The Vietnamese soldiers are our friends! Look at what Viettel, owned by the Vietnamese military, has done for us, setting up the telecommunications infrastructure in 3 years time for all our villages and towns – Kew-l, non???? And remember how they helped us to clean Phnom Penh when they first entered the city in January 1979? Remember how they closed the capital for one week to remove all the diamonds and gems from the palace? All the piles of cars and airplanes and refrigerators and everything else of value? YES! Because we are so happy and generous! SO HAPPY! Remember how they help us against the Thais? How they helped us and continue to help us to this day, run all our important ministries?? YES! We are so HAPPY, DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY! YES! That is the nature of the dogs. Why not let the dogs being the dogs???? YES!

3- The RGC has never issued any administrative nor legal measures to curb the activities of the ECCC judges under any capacity. The allegations mounted by Brad Adams and his peers and incessantly echoed by some anti-government media outlets are politically motivated and are maneuvering in tandem with the Cambodian opposition and other parties, outside of the ruling government coalition parties with the purposes of building a viable agenda for the coming elections. They take advantage of the access and freedom allowed under the hybrid court (with Cambodian and international judges working side by side). For their political expediency, the ECCC is an open wound facilitating their intrusion with media speculation, media interference and media pressure. The dogs bark, the caravan passes. That is the nature of the dogs. Why not let the dogs being the dogs?

No, you silly foreign Brad Adams! All those statements made by our Dear Beloved Leaders were not “administrative nor legal measures to curb the activities”! Silly, Billy! NO ! But, I guess we should give some leeway to you and your foreign peers, because that is the nature of the dogs. Why not let the dogs being the dogs? You dogs bark, we caravan pass!

In view of the above, the Royal Government of Cambodia stands firm on the success of the ECCC with the prosecution, conviction and sentencing of Case 001. The judicial proceedings of the Case 002 will start late November 2011. In the absence of baseless allegations by Brad Adams and his peers, without media speculation, interference and pressure, and without other interferences, Case 002 is expected to be another success story of this hybrid court.

The UN cannot allow the ECCC to fail under pressure from Brad Adams and his peers. The shifting of pressure from political to financial matters concocted by Brad Adams and his peers under the form of a threat against the UN on the issue of lacking international contribution to the ECCC would be known to posterity to be the failure of the UN in this wonderful world of international rule of law if the UN gives in to such pressure; yet inequity exists, and the attempt to manipulate such inequity for political purposes could triumph to the detriment of small and poor, but proud nation like Cambodia. That is sad. But reasonable people have full trust that the UN has the remedy to cure this ill. The dogs bark, the caravan passes. Let the dogs be the dogs. /

That is really, really sad. But YES! Reasonable people have full trust in the UN, because the UN is so trustworthy, beginning with Knut Rosandhaug! YES! So, dogs bark, the caravan passes. Let the dogs be the dogs! AMEN.

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Like our name? Kew-l, huh? See, we’re do media (that’s “Press”) and we’re speedy (that’s where the “Quick” come in) and we respond coolly, collectedly (thus, the “Reaction”). I think you understand “Unit” so that we don’t need to explain.

28 October 2011

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