CPP MPs for the 2008-2013 mandate

Dear Readers,

Please keep the name of the 90 CPP MPs for posterity, they participated and supported (1) the sale of the country, (2) the evictions of people, (3) the 99 years economic land lease to Yuon and Chen. Please keep this document to show to the next Khmer generations so that they know these traitors. When the CPP got 90 seats at the 2008 national election, the country became worst and worst.

S.S.


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CPP MPs' kowtow visit to Hanoi

Cambodian National Assembly delegation visits Vietnam

08/03/2010
VOV News (Hanoi)

The Party, State and people of Vietnam attach great importance to developing the relationship of fine neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term stability with Cambodia.

Vice Chairman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Duc Kien made the statement while receiving in Hanoi on August 3 Try Chheang Huot, Chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly Commission on Planning, Investment, Agriculture, Rural Development, Environment and Water Resources (Commission 3).

Mr Kien noted with satisfaction the fine development of the cooperative relations between Vietnam and Cambodia bilaterally and multilaterally, especially between their big cities and border localities.

He said the legislative bodies of the two countries have maintained regular visit exchanges to share experience and increase cooperation in line with signed agreements.

Mr Kien expressed his belief that bilateral relations will further develop to bring practical benefits to the two nations.

He hailed Cambodia’s incentives to Vietnamese businesses operating in the country and thanked the Cambodia National Assembly and government for creating favourable conditions for Vietnamese nationals to live stable lives and for seeking remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers in their country to be repatriated to Vietnam.

Try Chheang Huot briefed his host on the situation in Cambodia and said his country welcomes more Vietnamese businesses and tourists.

He proposed that Vietnam assist Cambodia to develop export-oriented agriculture and that both countries work closely to complete border demarcation and landmark planting as scheduled.

The Cambodian Commission delegation began a six-day visit to Vietnam on August 2.

It's OK for court corruption to affect somebody else, but not OK when it affects a CPP lawmaker?

Lawmaker Files Conduct Complaint Against Court Clerk

Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington DC Wednesday, 16 June 2010

"The case for Mr. Huor that I submitted to the Justice Ministry is to scrutinize his discipline as a clerk, [because he] works as a lawyer but in some work acts as a negotiator also."

A ruling party parliamentarian has lodged a complaint with the Ministry of Justice over alleged impropriety by a clerk of Phnom Penh Municipal Court in a $1 million business complaint.

According to documents obtained by VOA Khmer, Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Chea Chamroeun alleges that court clerk Hong Bun Huor sought to act as a middleman for a defendant in a complaint filed through the court.

Hong Bun Huor has denied the allegations and has already appeared before the Ministry of Justice’s inspectorate, which is now awaiting further evidence from the lawmaker.

According to the complaint, Hong Bun Huor sought to act as an intermediary for Ung Rithea, a Phnom Penh businesswoman that Chea Chamroeun sued last month for $1 million.

Ung Rithea is currently in jail and awaiting trial of fraud charges related to the case.

However, Chea Chamroeun claims that prior to her arrest and before the complaint moved to the prosecutor’s office, Hong Bun Huor proposed that he accept a lesser, undisclosed amount or face problems moving his case through the court, according to the complaint.

Reached by VOA Khmer Tuesday, Chea Chamroeun declined to discuss the case in detail, but he did confirm filing the complaint.

“The case for Mr. Huor that I submitted to the Justice Ministry is to scrutinize his discipline as a clerk, [because he] works as a lawyer but in some work acts as a negotiator also,” Chea Chamroeun said. “So it’s unlawful.”

Hong Bun Huor was not immediately available for comment, but a justice official told VOA Khmer he has already appeared before the ministry’s inspector general and denied the claims.

“There is no evidence that would lead to disciplining the clerk, and the inspector general’s office will ask [Chea Chamroeun] to show evidence before the clerk can be reprimanded,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Cambodia’s courts have faced ongoing criticism for widespread corruption and political bias, even as the government has promised reform.

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./.

Assembly Discusses Ethnicity, Gender

Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Wednesday, 19 May 2010

“Cambodian women parliamentarians from the ruling and opposition parties should abandon their own party policies to unite together to fight against the challenges for women.”

International members of the Inter-Parliamentarian Union met with lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday to seek ways to better incorporate the needs of ethnic minorities and women into the National Assembly.

The legislative body is underrepresented by members of minorities, leading to lower education and less development, Zakarya Adam, a Muslim representative from Kandal province, told members of the union.

A low number of women representatives also make it hard for the National Assembly to address issues like domestic violence, women’s health, poverty and trafficking, Mu Sochua, Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker for Kampot province, said.

“Cambodian women parliamentarians from the ruling and opposition parties should abandon their own party policies to unite together to fight against the challenges for women,” she said.

Mu Sochua, who was once a minister of Women’s Affairs, recommended forming a joint commission to solve the gender problem.

Cambodian women lawmakers “don’t deeply understand and aren’t able to analyze the gender situation in many fields,” said Ros Sopheap, head of the Gender and Development Organization, following Wednesday’s meetings. “But they have capabilities in law.”

She urged women parliamentarians to join together to work for more solutions.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation was led by Sonia Palmient, who met with Ho Naun, head of the National Assembly committee for women’s affairs, Chheang Uun, head of the body’s committee for foreign affairs, Khuon Sudary, the head of the human rights committee, Cheam Yiep, head of the finance committee, and Mu Sochua.

EU lawmakers call for political resolution in Sam Rainsy’s case

EU MPs meet with opposition MPs at the Sam Rainsy Party headquarters (Photo: SRP)
EU MPs meeting with Cambodian MPs from all four parties represented at the National Assembly (Photo: Ly Meng Huor, RFI)

19 March 2010
By Ly Meng Huor
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Komping Puoy
Click here to read the article in Khmer

EU lawmakers who are currently visiting Cambodia asked the government and the National Assembly led by the CPP to seek a political solution so that opposition leader Sam Rainsy can return back to Cambodia. The request was made so that Cambodia can earn more confidence from the international community.

That was the topic raised by EU MPs during a meeting forum with Cambodian MPs from the CPP, the SRP, the HRP and the Nationalist parties in the morning of 19 March 2010.

At the joint parliament forum, Ivo Belet, a member of the EU Parliament, indicated that the Cambodia government and National Assembly (NA) would receive additional confidence from the international community only for looking for a way to allow opposition leader Sam Rainsy to return back to Cambodia.

During today’s meeting with 9 EU Mps who came to visit Cambodia for 3 days, starting from 18 March, the EU lawmakers raised about the fundamental issue of democracy whereby NA committees must include opposition voices, as well as respect the freedom of expression etc… The EU lawmakers’ visit to Cambodia at this time is to seek up to date information on the various evolution of Cambodia’s politics and economics.

However, as soon as the EU MPs were done raising this issue, Sek Bun Hok, a CPP MP and deputy chairman of the NA law and justice committee, pushed the EU lawmakers to seek actual truth in Cambodia.

Sek Bun Hok pointed out that Sam Rainsy’s case is purely a legal case. Sam Rainsy committed a crime (uprooting border stakes) and violated the law, Sek Bun Hok claimed, therefore, the NA lifted his immunity and the lawsuit against Sam Rainsy is merely the application of the Cambodian law.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy who is currently in France will face arrest and jailing should he return back to Cambodia. He was sentenced by the court to 2-year of jail time for uprooting border stakes along the Cambodian-Vietnamese border.

In a separate meeting with SRP MPs in the afternoon of 18 March 2010, the EU delegates indicated that the presence of opposition leader Sam Rainsy is truly important for the upcoming 2013 general election.

However, CPP MP Cheam Yiep indicated that Cambodia does not lack Sam Rainsy nor democracy. Even without Sam Rainsy, Cambodia can still ratify laws as usual.

"CPP MPs do they represent their party or do they represent the Cambodian People?": Editorial by Ven. Hok Savann

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No Disputed Border Near Temple: Group

By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
22 October 2009

Cambodian lawmakers, government officials and border representatives ended a roundtable discussion Thursday, concluding that in fact no disputed border exists near Preah Vihear.

“Thailand has always interfered in Cambodia’s and Unesco’s internal affairs,” a statement from the roundtable group said. “Thailand must stop raising the Preah Vihear temple and border areas around the temple as a pretense to gain for its internal struggle for political power, putting a consequence on Cambodia. Cambodia and Thailand do not have a disputed border and overlapping areas.”

Members of the National Assembly and Senate met with border committee officials, academics and researchers to discuss a 1962 world court decision and French treaties from 1904 and 1907.

The meeting was a response to a call this week by 40 Thai parliamentarians that Preah Vihear temple be “returned” to Thailand and that Cambodia be prevented from becoming a permanent member of Unesco’s World Heritage committee.

Panitan Watanayagorn, a spokesman for Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, declined to comment on the Thai lawmakers, who are not part of the executive branch.

“We don’t have any objection of the world court deciding on the Preah Vihear temple belonging to Cambodia,” he said. “We accept the decision of the world court, but we reserve all rights to appeal the case, if there is any evidence.”

“I absolutely deny that which was raised by some Thai parliamentarians, who stupidly have intentions to swallow Cambodian territory,” Cheam Yiep, a Cambodian People’s Party National Assembly member, said during Thurday’s discussion. “Cambodia has not seen that the quiet water has no fish or crocodiles. Cambodia is not proud of all kinds of armaments and forces.”

Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said Thailand had “exhausted” its appeals to the International Court of the Hague, which awarded Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia in a 1962 decision.

CPP Cheam Yiep impressed by Obama's inclusiveness ... unlike the narrow-minded policy of the CPP and Hun Xen

Obama’s Speech Important Gesture: Lawmakers

By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington
04 June 2009

President Barack Obama’s trip to the Middle East and his overtures to the Muslim world were important gestures to the world, including Cambodians, lawmakers said Thursday.

Four Cambodian legislators joined “Hello VOA” in Washington, to discuss their trip with four other lawmakers to Washington, as guests of the National Democratic Institute.

Obama spoke in Cairo, calling for “a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition.”

Obama spoke at Cairo University, but his message was intended for more than one billion Muslims around the world.

Cambodia has an estimated half a million Muslims.

Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yiep, who is visiting Washington with the NDI delegation, called Obama’s speech “a great gesture.”

“His speech will be a great influence on the people of the world,” CPP parliamentarian Sik Bunhok said. “It emphasizes his goal to make friendship, reconciliation with all nations and his determination to resolve problems through peaceful means.”

Lawmakers Nin Saphon (CPP), Ho Naun (CPP), Cheam Yiep (CPP), Sik Bunhok (CPP), Eng Chhai Eang (Sam Rainsy Party), Kuoy Bunroeun (SRP), Mao Monyvann (SRP) and Yem Ponharith (Human Right Party) are visiting the US as part of NDI’s study mission, “Constituent Outreach and Oversight of the Extractive Industries.”

Eng Chhai Eang told “Hello VOA” he was “impressed with the US president’s speech,” which “shows a new US policy for a Muslim world that was not happy with the US.”

“I think President Obama wants to end the misunderstanding between the two sides,” he said. “I think this is great for the world.”

Yem Ponharith noted that US policy is “very important to the world.”

“In Cambodia,” he said, “people of all faith live in harmony.”

One caller, from Battambang province, asked what the benefit to US citizens was for the US “always warring against Muslims, such as Iraq and Iran.”

Cheam Yiep said, in his view, Barack Obama was seeking a peaceful world “that has unity, without discrimination against religion, without discrimination against race.”