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Thida Khus
Letter to The Phnom Penh Post
Dear Editor,
Before the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian government emphasised the importance of an independent civil-society sector.
I believe most Cambodians dream of a prosperous future in which every citizen has the right and opportunity to reach their potential.
To help make this dream come true, we must realise that today’s world is very complex and there are many external and internal forces pushing and pulling our country.
The government must understand the need for every citizen to help manage, and prepare for, those challenges. Cambodia cannot compete successfully on this global stage without empowering our society.
Many global investors are looking at how Cambodia’s government respects and grows with its civil society as an indicator of how foreign investors will be treated here.
We need to recognise that Cambodia is a nascent democracy, and we are still struggling with the core concepts of human rights.
This problem is especially acute among the ruling elite and their subordinates. These powerful forces claim the right to rule Cambodia, but do not seek, or encourage, active participation by the public.
The day Cambodia’s ruling elite truly respects the right of civil society to organise and participate is the day human rights is finally understood and celebrated in our country.
Cambodian civil society views the government not as an adversary, but as a partner and the designated authority elected by the people to represent its citizens’ best interests.
Civil society does not seek to replace the government, but to exist as a broad, independent grouping of institutions that will help guide the government’s actions.
Every citizen has a right, and a responsibility, to make our country better. As a country, we need to celebrate diversity and encourage greater participation, not less.
This message may be difficult for the powerful people to hear, but civil society’s growth will help create a stronger, more intelligent, creative and competitive country.
Without that understanding, Cambodia will always struggle, because any strategy based on the desire to micro-manage an entire country will disastrously repeat the paranoid mistakes made by the Khmer Rouge. That must never happen again.
Thida Khus
9 comments:
Opportunist and profiteer like Thida Khus has no place to speak for real Khmer citizens. She is a turned coat and pawn of US intelligence scouts.
Watch her closely, she used to exploit Khmer associations leaders in US to fatten her pocket and now switched side to collaborate with CPP as an accoplice for grant funding from USAID.
She is a half wolf and monkey.
4:57 PM
How you know so well all about, or it is just your new fantasy as most Cambodian always have said, have heard but did have a proof.
Can you share us more information? 4 57pm
5:10PM,
I am not one of those dollar chasers or a sell out ,for your information. Ask Kol Pheng,PhD,was also from Texas and her partner in shemes to exploit young Khmer American graduates to work for her as volunteer in Cambodia in mid 90's.
Theary Seng knew about that,as one of Thida's volunteers then.
May be you were not born yet when this Thida was hiding herself in Texas during DK killing people while she helped advocating for DK.
Why don't you ask Thida for more details.
She is one outstanding lady. The gov't out to learn from her. We don't have time to waste; we must help our own kind to preparing for what coming in this very competitive world. Cambodia must help each other!!!
4:57
You must be a loser to be speaking like that... It is easy to run your mouth but I am backing her view not yours.
9:47PM,
It takes one loser to know one,not a surprise,so you are one of them,huh?
មានគេដឹងច្រើនណាស់ពីពុតត្បុតរបស់ នាងធីតាខុស(Thida Khus)នេះនៅ ស រ អា។
លេបវាស្លាក់ ខ្ជាក់វាស្លែង!!!
Don't attempt to translate it cuz you can't except maybe "School of Vice" can...
Only Dr. Khus Chhiev can translate it, after all he holds a real PhD.
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