Showing posts with label Cambodia's politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cambodia's politics. Show all posts
Monday, May 30, 2011
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Mam Sonando starts advocacy NGO
Mam Sonando talking to the crowd during the launch of the "Democrat Association" (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)Thursday, 09 September 2010
Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post
POLITICAL activist Mam Sonando has launched a new advocacy organisation that he says will aim to enfranchise rural voters and support a united opposition.
The organisation, called the Democratic Association, is expected to begin its work by the end of this year, Mam Sonando said yesterday. The group will register voters and provide them with government identification documents.
“I founded this association because I want to help people who have been living without legal documents and therefore have been denied the right to vote,” Mam Sonando said.
A veteran of opposition politics, Mam Sonando owns the Beehive FM radio station. He was arrested in 2003 in connection with anti-Thai riots in Phnom Penh, and again in 2005 for allegedly accusing Prime Minister Hun Sen of selling land to Vietnam; both arrests were roundly criticised by local rights groups.
Mam Sonando said the DA currently has 11 staff members and has registered roughly 1,600 voters since July. It has no external funding, though Mam Sonando said the group charges 2,000 riels (US$0.47) per person to secure legal documents.
“I want to see a strong opposition party that will balance the power of the ruling party and advocate for the rule of law,” Mam Sonando said.
The organisation, called the Democratic Association, is expected to begin its work by the end of this year, Mam Sonando said yesterday. The group will register voters and provide them with government identification documents.
“I founded this association because I want to help people who have been living without legal documents and therefore have been denied the right to vote,” Mam Sonando said.
A veteran of opposition politics, Mam Sonando owns the Beehive FM radio station. He was arrested in 2003 in connection with anti-Thai riots in Phnom Penh, and again in 2005 for allegedly accusing Prime Minister Hun Sen of selling land to Vietnam; both arrests were roundly criticised by local rights groups.
Mam Sonando said the DA currently has 11 staff members and has registered roughly 1,600 voters since July. It has no external funding, though Mam Sonando said the group charges 2,000 riels (US$0.47) per person to secure legal documents.
“I want to see a strong opposition party that will balance the power of the ruling party and advocate for the rule of law,” Mam Sonando said.
Monday, June 07, 2010
IAF Fireside Chat: Sam Rainsy, Cambodia
IAFgummersbach — May 06, 2010 — Sam Rainsy (Leader of the Sam Rainsy Party in Cambodia) in an Interview with Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff (FNF Project Director Malaysia, Cambodia and Myanmar).
Monday, January 11, 2010
CCHR's Public Forum Video now Available on Youtube
CCHR is pleased to announce the availability of our latest public forum's video clips now available on you. Please follow the following link. We will continue to add as clips become available.
The public forum is organized by CCHR in Chi Kreng, Siem Riep, a site of violence land eviction and arrests of villagers. Chi Kreng has been mostly off limit to NGOs and people were prevented from speaking out. CCHR was able to organize the forum where all were invited to free speak with parliamentarians and authorities.
The public forum is organized by CCHR in Chi Kreng, Siem Riep, a site of violence land eviction and arrests of villagers. Chi Kreng has been mostly off limit to NGOs and people were prevented from speaking out. CCHR was able to organize the forum where all were invited to free speak with parliamentarians and authorities.
Friday, May 08, 2009
Leaders are always right [-Was Pol Pot right also?]
Friday, 08 May 2009
Written by Sithen Sum
Letter to The Phnom Penh Post
Dear Editor,
Written by Sithen Sum
Letter to The Phnom Penh Post
Dear Editor,
I'm writing in response to Dr Naranhkiri Tith's May 4 letter. I'm not a doctor, nor a monarchist, nor a person smart enough to answer the doctor's provocative question. However, my reply is based on my experience as a motivational trainer.
If one accepts Sihanouk as a leader, it should be considered that he has a vision of his own. And I'd say virtually all leaders will claim they are right all the time. Why? Simply because of their vision. The vision is intact, yet their strategies to realise that may vary from time to time.
Let me take the example of Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Whatever he did was big picture and for the nation's sake.
The same holds true with Sihanouk. Although he was not right to change his position to support the KR, the change was necessary then to make Cambodian people independent from the US. What he expected of the KR was not the genocide but an independent Cambodia, as he testified to with our independence gained from France back in 1953. If he's been an ally to Hun Sen, it's probably because it's the only way to stabilise the country politically, and eventually, economically.
In a nutshell, it's not who is right, but what is right that matters.
Sithen Sum
Phnom Penh
If one accepts Sihanouk as a leader, it should be considered that he has a vision of his own. And I'd say virtually all leaders will claim they are right all the time. Why? Simply because of their vision. The vision is intact, yet their strategies to realise that may vary from time to time.
Let me take the example of Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Whatever he did was big picture and for the nation's sake.
The same holds true with Sihanouk. Although he was not right to change his position to support the KR, the change was necessary then to make Cambodian people independent from the US. What he expected of the KR was not the genocide but an independent Cambodia, as he testified to with our independence gained from France back in 1953. If he's been an ally to Hun Sen, it's probably because it's the only way to stabilise the country politically, and eventually, economically.
In a nutshell, it's not who is right, but what is right that matters.
Sithen Sum
Phnom Penh
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