CACJE Declaration regarding the lifting of opposition leader Sam Rainsy's immunity

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N0: 0056 / CACJE
(Official Translation in English)

November 17th 2009

DECLARATION

“The lift of parliamentary immunity of Mr. Sam Raingsy, the leader of opposition Party is intended to threat and silence all democrats and is an act of slave of Hanoi.”

The Cambodian Action Committee for Justice & Equity (CACJE) solemnly condemns the Cambodian National Assembly which is neither more than a Vietnamese puppet Assembly of ghosts and pirates for their lift of parliamentary immunity of Mr. Sam Raingsy, the leader of the opposition Party.

This shameless act of the Vietnamese puppet regime of Phnom Penh violates the rights of the representative who was elected by Cambodian people.

This is not the first time that the Vietnamese puppet government of Phnom Penh used the armed forces, the judiciary power, and the Vietnamese puppet Assembly to silence, threat and punish nationalist democrats who dared to oppose Vietnam violation of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Cambodia.

According to the Cambodian constitution, the Vietnamese puppet government of Phnom Penh can neither to sue Mr. Sam Raingsy nor to lift his parliamentary immunity. Because as representative elected by Cambodian people, Mr. Sam Raingsy disposes all rights to carry all activities to defend and protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Cambodia against foreign and domestic enemy who sell our country.

CACJE notes that the reaction of Hanoi by dictating the Vietnamese puppet government of Phnom Penh to sue Mr. Sam Raingsy in court and the Vietnamese puppet Assembly to lift the parliamentary immunity of Sam Raingsy were the proof of the flagrant violation of Paris Peace Agreement of October 23, 1991 by Vietnam and such an agreement was well signed by Vietnam. Furthermore, through this lift of Sam Raingsy parliamentary immunity, Hanoi arrogantly proves Vietnam is swallowing Cambodia.

Therefore, CACJE appeals to all Cambodian People inside and abroad, all leaders, all representatives of the opposition parties to unify in order to form a government in exile, urge the Co-Presidents, and the signatory countries of the Agreement to fully implement the Paris Peace Agreement on Cambodia, October 23, 1991 and sue the neighboring countries of Cambodia such Republic Socialist of Vietnam in foreign courts for grabbing land and water of Cambodia.

[Signed]

SOURN SEREY RATHA, Chief of Mission
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KI-Media Note: Two typos were corrected by KI-Media from the original text (highlighted in blue).