Sam Rainsy and Hun Xen confronting each otherChenda Keo
Letter to The Phnom Penh Post
Dear Editor,
People are not always on the same page. Our thoughts, perspectives and intent are different, and this is what makes mankind unique. A couple who adores one another and shares house, food and bed often does not share the same views. Even if there was no one else on Earth, the couple would still argue. Opposition is, therefore, always present in human society. The world is a better place today because each of us is unique.
On the one hand, it is without doubt that we cannot stop people from having different ideas; on the other hand, it is obviously indispensable to permit contending perspectives. Opponents of government always look for one way or another to express their differing views. If they cannot use democratic ways to communicate their antagonism, they have no choice but to resort to means that are hazardous to the nation. These include separatism, armed struggle or collusion with foreign governments to topple the government. The collapses of Sihanouk’s, Lon Nol’s, and the Khmer Rouge’s regimes were due mainly to factions – backed up by alien governments – with no democratic means to oppose the government. This is a lesson learned in our history.
Providing venues for democratic oppositions would not only ensure peace, but increased prosperity for Cambodia and a stronger and more unified ruling party. Dr Li Zhi-Sui, the personal physician of Mao Zedong for more than 20 years, wrote that the chairman never wished to take over Taiwan. In Mao’s view, the threat from Taiwan was making the Chinese Communist Party stronger and more united. If this is applicable to Cambodia, then allowing opposition would solidify the ruling party.
Ultimately, this would also legitimise a democratic regime. Allowing for democratic opposition is a win-win for opposition parties, the ruling party, Cambodians, and eventually Cambodia.
Chenda Keo
Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security
People are not always on the same page. Our thoughts, perspectives and intent are different, and this is what makes mankind unique. A couple who adores one another and shares house, food and bed often does not share the same views. Even if there was no one else on Earth, the couple would still argue. Opposition is, therefore, always present in human society. The world is a better place today because each of us is unique.
On the one hand, it is without doubt that we cannot stop people from having different ideas; on the other hand, it is obviously indispensable to permit contending perspectives. Opponents of government always look for one way or another to express their differing views. If they cannot use democratic ways to communicate their antagonism, they have no choice but to resort to means that are hazardous to the nation. These include separatism, armed struggle or collusion with foreign governments to topple the government. The collapses of Sihanouk’s, Lon Nol’s, and the Khmer Rouge’s regimes were due mainly to factions – backed up by alien governments – with no democratic means to oppose the government. This is a lesson learned in our history.
Providing venues for democratic oppositions would not only ensure peace, but increased prosperity for Cambodia and a stronger and more unified ruling party. Dr Li Zhi-Sui, the personal physician of Mao Zedong for more than 20 years, wrote that the chairman never wished to take over Taiwan. In Mao’s view, the threat from Taiwan was making the Chinese Communist Party stronger and more united. If this is applicable to Cambodia, then allowing opposition would solidify the ruling party.
Ultimately, this would also legitimise a democratic regime. Allowing for democratic opposition is a win-win for opposition parties, the ruling party, Cambodians, and eventually Cambodia.
Chenda Keo
Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security
24 comments:
Without Sam Rainsy, Hun Sen would be just a thief, a bandit or a dictator..
Why westerners represent a bad person by an 1 eye pirate or 1 eye captain with boat..
SRP: When they are angry at you mean you do the right things, and afraid of you. When they laugh at you mean you a fool. I do not remember who said this, but should be from one of the philosopher.
Ultimately, this would also legitimize a democratic regime. Allowing for democratic opposition is a win-win for opposition parties, the ruling party, Cambodians, and eventually Cambodia.
It has to be a genuine democratic to apply in his theory to get a win- win for opposition parties. But if it is the way that Hun Sen and the CPP has been doing since they came to power with their view of democracy... There is no way Cambodia and its people can find prosperity, only the opportunist and the people in power can enjoy their prosperous life at the expense of their victims.
4:54 PM I love you man!
Their RAID-ERS with one eye captain of Chasing People Party.
They are working together,but Khmer people don't understanding for each other.
Most of Cambodian Polititians are DIRTY DOG, why ?
They don't care about Cambodia either about Cambodians, they don't allow Cambodians to make a real choice, they always destroy their opponents or kill them..
Those DIRTY DOGS are:
Sihanouk, Lon Nol, Pol Pot, Hun Sen..
Could you change a little bit please, if you want your grandchildren live in a democratic country with justice..
Excellent piece of writing. Very well thought out and analytically enriching.
Strong opposition along with independent court system and independent legislative branch are vital for real democracy. The best example is the US system of government. The 2 main parties always take turn to be either ruling or opposition party depending how many seats they have in either chambers. It is a way to keep the government and the congress resposible to their policies. If a president is doing a good job, Americans tend to vote for the president's party, otherwise the other party will get more seats and the president will have a harder time to push his legislative agenda through the congress. In contrat, the system of government in Cambodia, regardless it is called Democratic by the CPP supporters, is a dictatorship either by Hun Sen or by the CPP. This is a direct result from a weak opposition. We should have free and fair competition to have real progress for the whole country. I just don't understand why Hun Sen and his CPP forget so fast why did we have communist movement back in the 60's and the 70's. It was the social and political inequality, Right?
My beloved Khmers!
I ain't highly educated or scholarly poliSickal man, but I eagerly wanted our beloved SamRainsy to think bravely, patriotically, and nationally that every one of us upon this earth one day death commetg soon or late, therefore he must come back home to fight against the CPP. Otherwise, in the rest of his life will never be won!
10:39PM! there are many way to help fighting for freedom for your people! You need not to stay in the country and for this century we need to be heart by INTERNATIONAL COMMUNTY!!!! SO what Mr. Rainsy is doing, is rifght, in the modern world!
Educated yourself and don't be a fool, 10:39PM! you know how to read and write English don't wast your time like ah Kwack's sons !
10:39PM! the bottomline is not a personal victory! BUT The freedome and right for the Cambodian!!!!! Don't be a fool! or a victime og lifghtning like ah Hok Landy!
10:39PM! the bottomline is not a personal victory! BUT The freedome and right for the Cambodian!!!!!
Don't be a fool! or a victime of lifghtning strike, liked ah Hok Landy
Hun sen has brought up to be 59 years old as of today not because of his DNA natural instint would like to be changed for others but because he prefers to have other to change to fix his suit. WIN-Win model for CPP and opposition is not Hun Sen best interest but CPP alone can rule is much better than two. This has been a 1000 years old script from Angkor Wat period.
Please hold this hope and wait until his son comes to replace him, may be things shed little light of sharing and cooperation. there is a sucession plan is in working as I speak right now...
Mao Se Dong decided not to invade Taiwan not because he didn't want because USA will surely intervene to protect Kou Meng Taing regime.
My beloved friend!
Thank you very much for encouraging me to be an educator. I will languishly attempt to educate meself, especially on the history of Khmer PoliSick starting from SihanoukVarman to today. Unashamedly confessing, I still not only poliSickally or philosophically, but psychologically have never comprehensive of our leaders (such as SihanoukVarman, Lon Nol, Pol Pot, and SenVarman) are they not patriotically or unselfishly sharing power with the opposit party?
Since I ain't academically or scholarly educated meself, I could not exclusively condemn or insult our beloved SamRainsy's action or strategy, but In the future he will publicly face SenVarman during the up coming election of 2013. In short, if he would not patriotically sacrifice his life to honor of Democracy, therefore not only we Khmers are slowly and suffocatingly dying in servitude and chains, but the deaths of the SRP's supporters could not make way for liberty and once again the eternal country of Kampuchea shall not be free!
you know, in any civil society, people have to respect one another, trust me, it will take you a long way into reconciliation, cooperation, etc... maybe that's why sam rainsy needs to reexamine as in self-examination for his attitude is bad like the siem pad thugs, most of the time, i think! anybody with education in psychology can tell you from reading their tone of voice in literature, by video clip, by their rhetorics, etc... it's the bad attitude that drove people away from them. they all should study communication skills a bit as a leader; it is important to have appropriate communication when deal in official matters, etc... wake up, please! mr. hun sen and sam rainsy are not evil individuals like the stupid KR regime, please don't focus on their bad traits, do focus on the good trait as everyone of us have one. this is good advice, take it, it will take you all a long way to prosperity, etc... plus, there are more to cambodia than you and i, so why take it personally? wake up already!
they should only be tough on each other during election as they contest for the votes, etc... however afterward, it should be cooperation, etc and wait until the next election. this is how the US is, please learn from america election system.
image the benefits for our country when these two forces can cooperate and work lawfully with each other. wake up, khmer! enough already! there are more to cambodia than you and i, you know! stop hurting our people and our country! we have to love our country and want the best for our country and people at all cost. god bless cambodia and all our beautiful khmer people and citizens.
Hun Sen is commiting the same error as his predecessors, Sihanouk, Lon Nol and Pol Pot..
dictator, destroy or kill their opponent..
It will not work, Cambodians are human, Cambodians need choice, need democracy, nee justice, NORTH KOREA regim is not a good pathern..
In this picture, it looks like HUN SEN is a Kmeng Wat and SR is an educated guy.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Guek Eav
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka
Hun Sen...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
"As of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered 10 Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonate bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Vietnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is the current Khmer Rouge Regime's leader?
a) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kaing Guek Eav
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) HUN SEN
Fact:
Pol Pot is a Khmer Rouge leader of the Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Regime.
Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge commander of the Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Regime and now, a Khmer Rouge leader of the Cambodian People's Party Khmer Rouge Regime.
Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Hor Namhong, Keat Chhon, Ouk Bunchhoeun and Sim Ka has been summoned by the UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (EEEC).
Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison?
a) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kaing Guek Eav
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) HOR NAMHONG
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) Hun Sen
Source:
DC-CAM
Fact:
During the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime;
There are 196 prisons.
There are 196 prison chiefs.
There are 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples killed by the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kang Guek Eav
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka
Hun Sen...
Kaing Guek Eav is a prison chief of Toul Sleng prison.
The UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (EEEC) must indict 195 other prison chiefs.
"I will not allow the UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (EEEC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders, I rather let the court fail."
"Indict more Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders will lead the country into a civil war."
Sammaak Mirt Hun Sen
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders
Sammaak Mirt Hun Sen will no allow the UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (EEEC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders who is responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples.
Sammaak Mirt Hun Sen threaten to turn Cambodia into the Killing Fields all over again.
War with whom?
War with innocent Khmer peoples without weapon?
Once a Khmer Rouge, always a Khmer Rouge.
Khmer Rouge(s) continue to kill innocent Khmer peoples.
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
"Duch (Kaing Guek Eav) 19 years sentence is too short and not fit his crimes."
Sammaak Mirt Hor Namhong
Prison Chief of Boeung Trabek prison
What's Hor Namhong trying to do is, he want the whole world to know that he is not a Khmer Rouge and a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison.
Hor Namhong is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison.
Source: Phnom Penh Post
Hor Namhong said to the French judge that he is not a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison, in fact members of his family was killed by Khmer Rouge(s).
Hor Namhong can lies all he want, at the end, he got summoned and will get indict, prosecute, convict and sentence.
Criminals likes to lies.
The place where criminals lies the most is inside the court room in front of the judge(s).
Who killed 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples?
a) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kaing Guek Eav
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) Hun Sen...
p) all of above
Source:
DC-CAM
Even with an opposition party, that party can't do much in a European style parliamentary system such as that which Cambodia has. The system for making new laws is very different in a parliamentary system because new laws come from the government (executive side) and are given to the National Assembly. It's not like the US system where laws are initiated by House members, and/or Senators. For this reason, I think that there should be strong consideration for a constitutional change that allows laws to be initiated in the NA and Senate and in this way, the opposition would be in a much better position to push their agenda.
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