Hun Sen (L), Hun Manet (C) and Sam Rainsy (R) (Photo: Sralanh Khmer newspaper)HRP: The CPP uses the same strategy as the Khmer Rouge to cling on to power
Thursday, November 29, 2007
By Savery
Sralanh Khmer
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Prime minister Hun Sen declared that the sons and daughters of the CPP officials will enter politics in the near future. A HRP official said that the CPP uses the same strategy to cling on to power just like the Khmer Rouge leaders also, meanwhile, opposition leader Sam Rainsy claimed that in Cambodia, the sons and daughters of the killers and those who destroyed the nation can also enter politics as well. Sam Rainsy added that these offspring have studied and are even more knowledgeable than their own parents.
Hun Sen declared one more time that he will remain as prime minister until his death, as long as the people vote for him. He is also angry at Sam Rainsy for proposing a draft law to the National Assembly (NA) to limit the term of the prime minister to only one mandate, in order to provide the opportunity to future generations of Cambodian youth to participate in leading the country.
The prime minister was also angry at those who criticized him for preventing his son, Hun Manet, from entering politics. Hun Sen said that this prevention was against the constitution, but various opinions indicated that this is Hun Sen’s grooming of his son so he can take over power, and be able to protect him from being prosecuted once he gets out of power, just like what his jailed Big Brother Khmer Rouge have been doing.
During a speech given at a students’ certificate distribution ceremony at the Education Institute on Tuesday, Hun Sen declared that there is nothing to worry about, his son and the sons of CPP officials will enter politics in group, but that there is no set time table yet for these youngsters to be involved in politics.
Hun Sen said: “In Siem Reap, my goal was to reject the story (about Hun Manet presenting his MP candidacy) as untrue. But, I couldn’t predict that some younger or older brothers would say that ‘Mr. Hun Sen, you shouldn’t prevent political freedom which is stipulated in the Constitution, and this goes to your own son also.’ How sad, but I tell them back: ‘You just wait, they (CPP sons) are not going to enter politics one at a time, if they enter politics, they will enter as a team, all the sons of the CPP officials, if they want to enter politics, I let them enter as a big team.”
The popular and brave opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, welcomed this declaration by Hun Sen, he said: “I welcome this because even the sons of the killers, the sons of those who destroyed the nation, the sons of the dictators, if these sons are educated then they will be more progressive than their fathers. At that time, our country will be much better than now.”
It should be noted that Ieng Sary, the former vice-prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs of the KR regime, and his wife, the minister of social affairs of the KR regime also, have a son by the name of Ieng Vuth, the current deputy provincial governor of Pailin city. However, Ieng Vuth could not protect his parents from being incarcerated by the KR Tribunal at all.
Therefore, it is expected that Hun Manet and the sons of the CPP officials will not be able to protect their parents when the latter lose their power, and if the law will find that Hun Sen and his gang would be involved in criminal activities.
Keat Sokun, HRP Vice-president, said that the strategy to cling to power was prepared since long ago through intermarriage between major high-ranking officials in order to form a solid base to lead the country. However, Keat Sokun compared the method adopted by the CPP to be similar to the rule instituted by the former KR leaders in the past.
Keat Sokun declared: “First, they form family unions by marrying off children from one family to those of another one … But, at the same time, we can see already that all government officials have made arrangements … to see who would join the CPP or not. Therefore, those who join the CPP will see a lot of fame and fortune, that is why more people will join the CPP. On the other hand, they have installed the parents as group leaders. From then on, the children (of these group leaders) can continue to hold on to power. We saw this (phenomenon) during the Pol Pot era also: if the husband is the group leader for the men, his wife would be the group leader for women, and their children becomes the group leaders for children. The same is happening now.”
Families of the CPP officials have set solid alliances through intermarriages, and this is a method to cling on to power by Cambodian politicians.
In the past, Hun Sen declared that he will continue to hold on to power for 10 more years only if the people will continue to vote for him. However, when the KR Tribunal started to arrest his Big (KR) Brothers and Sister, and send them to jail, just like Kaing Kek Iev aka Comrade Duch, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith, and Khieu Samphan, Hun Sen had a change of mind, he now wants to become PM for life, if people keep on voting for him.
Nevertheless, opposition leader Sam Rainsy welcomed Hun Sen’s declaration saying that new generations of Cambodians, in particular CPP officials’ offspring, should participate in politics, because these offspring have learnt more than their fathers who are merely killers and destroyers of the nation.
It should be noted that Hun Sen was a former pagoda boy, and he used to confess that when he was a pagoda boy, he used to give a hard time to monks, he used to collect chewed tobacco spat out by nuns to make cigarettes to smoke, and he had very little education. His first position in life was as a Khmer Rouge spy, and at the time, these spies were directly involved in the killing of people. Later on, following the Vietnamese soldiers transfer of power from the Chinese-leaning Khmer Rouge leaders (including Pol Pot, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan, Nuon Chea) to the Vietnamese-leaning KR leaders (Hun Sen, Chea Sim, Heng Samrin) on 17 January 1979, the Vietnamese installed Hun Sen as the Foreign Affairs minister.
Because he was a good follower of the Vietnamese orders – such as ordering the drafting and sending several tens of thousands of people to their death to fulfill the K-5 plan, and his participation in the arrest and jailing of Pen Sovann (Hun Sen’s former boss) in Vietnam, his help to the Vietnamese to kill Chan Sy – he was pushed by the Vietnamese to become the prime minister in 1985. Since then, Hun Sen allowed the Vietnamese to come and live in Cambodia any way they want. In particular, he ordered local officials to issue official documents stating that all these Vietnamese people living in Cambodia are in fact Cambodian citizens.
The reason the Vietnamese praised and elevated Hun Sen to the prime minister position was because he lacks education, and therefore easily pliable by the Vietnamese, such as drafting Cambodian youths to fight with other Cambodian people, thereby creating several tens of thousands deaths among those who survived the KR regime.
This is the reason why Sam Rainsy claimed that the fact that the CPP offspring jump into the political fray is a good thing, even though their fathers were killers, because the new generations have studied and they are more knowledgeable than their fathers.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
By Savery
Sralanh Khmer
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Prime minister Hun Sen declared that the sons and daughters of the CPP officials will enter politics in the near future. A HRP official said that the CPP uses the same strategy to cling on to power just like the Khmer Rouge leaders also, meanwhile, opposition leader Sam Rainsy claimed that in Cambodia, the sons and daughters of the killers and those who destroyed the nation can also enter politics as well. Sam Rainsy added that these offspring have studied and are even more knowledgeable than their own parents.
Hun Sen declared one more time that he will remain as prime minister until his death, as long as the people vote for him. He is also angry at Sam Rainsy for proposing a draft law to the National Assembly (NA) to limit the term of the prime minister to only one mandate, in order to provide the opportunity to future generations of Cambodian youth to participate in leading the country.
The prime minister was also angry at those who criticized him for preventing his son, Hun Manet, from entering politics. Hun Sen said that this prevention was against the constitution, but various opinions indicated that this is Hun Sen’s grooming of his son so he can take over power, and be able to protect him from being prosecuted once he gets out of power, just like what his jailed Big Brother Khmer Rouge have been doing.
During a speech given at a students’ certificate distribution ceremony at the Education Institute on Tuesday, Hun Sen declared that there is nothing to worry about, his son and the sons of CPP officials will enter politics in group, but that there is no set time table yet for these youngsters to be involved in politics.
Hun Sen said: “In Siem Reap, my goal was to reject the story (about Hun Manet presenting his MP candidacy) as untrue. But, I couldn’t predict that some younger or older brothers would say that ‘Mr. Hun Sen, you shouldn’t prevent political freedom which is stipulated in the Constitution, and this goes to your own son also.’ How sad, but I tell them back: ‘You just wait, they (CPP sons) are not going to enter politics one at a time, if they enter politics, they will enter as a team, all the sons of the CPP officials, if they want to enter politics, I let them enter as a big team.”
The popular and brave opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, welcomed this declaration by Hun Sen, he said: “I welcome this because even the sons of the killers, the sons of those who destroyed the nation, the sons of the dictators, if these sons are educated then they will be more progressive than their fathers. At that time, our country will be much better than now.”
It should be noted that Ieng Sary, the former vice-prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs of the KR regime, and his wife, the minister of social affairs of the KR regime also, have a son by the name of Ieng Vuth, the current deputy provincial governor of Pailin city. However, Ieng Vuth could not protect his parents from being incarcerated by the KR Tribunal at all.
Therefore, it is expected that Hun Manet and the sons of the CPP officials will not be able to protect their parents when the latter lose their power, and if the law will find that Hun Sen and his gang would be involved in criminal activities.
Keat Sokun, HRP Vice-president, said that the strategy to cling to power was prepared since long ago through intermarriage between major high-ranking officials in order to form a solid base to lead the country. However, Keat Sokun compared the method adopted by the CPP to be similar to the rule instituted by the former KR leaders in the past.
Keat Sokun declared: “First, they form family unions by marrying off children from one family to those of another one … But, at the same time, we can see already that all government officials have made arrangements … to see who would join the CPP or not. Therefore, those who join the CPP will see a lot of fame and fortune, that is why more people will join the CPP. On the other hand, they have installed the parents as group leaders. From then on, the children (of these group leaders) can continue to hold on to power. We saw this (phenomenon) during the Pol Pot era also: if the husband is the group leader for the men, his wife would be the group leader for women, and their children becomes the group leaders for children. The same is happening now.”
Families of the CPP officials have set solid alliances through intermarriages, and this is a method to cling on to power by Cambodian politicians.
In the past, Hun Sen declared that he will continue to hold on to power for 10 more years only if the people will continue to vote for him. However, when the KR Tribunal started to arrest his Big (KR) Brothers and Sister, and send them to jail, just like Kaing Kek Iev aka Comrade Duch, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith, and Khieu Samphan, Hun Sen had a change of mind, he now wants to become PM for life, if people keep on voting for him.
Nevertheless, opposition leader Sam Rainsy welcomed Hun Sen’s declaration saying that new generations of Cambodians, in particular CPP officials’ offspring, should participate in politics, because these offspring have learnt more than their fathers who are merely killers and destroyers of the nation.
It should be noted that Hun Sen was a former pagoda boy, and he used to confess that when he was a pagoda boy, he used to give a hard time to monks, he used to collect chewed tobacco spat out by nuns to make cigarettes to smoke, and he had very little education. His first position in life was as a Khmer Rouge spy, and at the time, these spies were directly involved in the killing of people. Later on, following the Vietnamese soldiers transfer of power from the Chinese-leaning Khmer Rouge leaders (including Pol Pot, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan, Nuon Chea) to the Vietnamese-leaning KR leaders (Hun Sen, Chea Sim, Heng Samrin) on 17 January 1979, the Vietnamese installed Hun Sen as the Foreign Affairs minister.
Because he was a good follower of the Vietnamese orders – such as ordering the drafting and sending several tens of thousands of people to their death to fulfill the K-5 plan, and his participation in the arrest and jailing of Pen Sovann (Hun Sen’s former boss) in Vietnam, his help to the Vietnamese to kill Chan Sy – he was pushed by the Vietnamese to become the prime minister in 1985. Since then, Hun Sen allowed the Vietnamese to come and live in Cambodia any way they want. In particular, he ordered local officials to issue official documents stating that all these Vietnamese people living in Cambodia are in fact Cambodian citizens.
The reason the Vietnamese praised and elevated Hun Sen to the prime minister position was because he lacks education, and therefore easily pliable by the Vietnamese, such as drafting Cambodian youths to fight with other Cambodian people, thereby creating several tens of thousands deaths among those who survived the KR regime.
This is the reason why Sam Rainsy claimed that the fact that the CPP offspring jump into the political fray is a good thing, even though their fathers were killers, because the new generations have studied and they are more knowledgeable than their fathers.
