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ជាងនេះទៅទៀត សូម្បីតែលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក៏ហាក់បីដូចជាទទួលស្គាល់តុលាការមានភាពពុករលួយដែរ ដូចករណីដោះលែងឪពុក-ម្តាយ ថោង សារ៉ាត់ ឲ្យនៅក្រៅឃុំជាដើម។ រឿងរ៉ាវតុលាការនៅស្រុកខ្មែរប្រៀបដូចជារឿងភេ និងឆ្កែចចក នៅក្នុងសៀវភៅរៀនអានថ្នាក់ ទី១ នៅពេលដែលសត្វភេ ២ ក្បាលបានចាប់បានត្រីតែ ១ ហើយចែកគ្នាមិនដាច់យកទៅប្តឹងសត្វឆ្កែចចក ពេលនោះឆ្កែចចកកាត់សេចក្តីមិនស្មើ ហើយឆ្កែចចកឆ្លៀតកាត់សាច់ត្រីយកខ្លួនឯងមួយផ្នែកធំ តែសត្វភេទាំង ២ ក្បាលនៅតែមិនសុខចិត្តនឹងគ្នា ទីបំផុតបានតែម្នាក់មួយចំណិតតូចនៃសត្វត្រីដែលខ្លួនរកបាននោះ។ ហើយពេលខ្លះមន្ត្រីនៅតុលាការក៏មានការប្រជែងគ្នារឿងទំនាស់ផលប្រយោជន៍ជាមួយនឹង លោក មាលតី នេះដែរ គឺថានៅពេលណាមានករណីកាត់ក្តីរឿងអំពើហិង្សាក្នុងគ្រួសារ ឬក៏ការប្រទូស្តកេរ្តិ៍ខ្មាស ឬក៏ការលែងលះប្តីប្រពន្ធគឺឲ្យទៅគេ រីឯករណីកាត់ក្តីធំៗដែលពាក់ព័ន្ធលុយកាក់ច្រើន ដូចជាទំនាស់ដីធ្លី ឬបទឧក្រិដ្ឋធំៗ ដូចករណីដីយាយក្រពើ និងជនសង្ស័យ ថោង សារ៉ាត់ ជាដើមនោះគឺអញជាអ្នកកាត់ក្តី។ នេះក៏ជាសិល្បៈមួយដែរ។
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ស្រុកខ្មែរសម្បូរទៅដោយសិល្បៈនៃការសម្តែងឈុតឆាកប្លែកៗ
នៅស្រុកខ្មែរ ក្រៅតែពីការសម្តែងការប្រគំតន្ត្រី កំប្លែង អាយ៉ៃ ល្ខោន និងសៀករហស្សកម្ម ក៏មានសម្បូរសិល្បៈនៃការសម្តែងផ្សេងទៀតដូចជា ការរៀបចំឈុតឆាកនយោបាយ ការកាត់សេចក្តីនៅក្នុងតុលាការ ការដោះលែងជនជាប់ចោទ ការកៀបស៊ីទាំងភាគីចុងចោទ និងដើមចោទ ការពុករលួយ ការធ្វើជាស្វែងរកចាប់ជនជាប់ចោទមិនឃើញ ឬក៏ចាប់បាន ដោះសារថាដោយសារគ្រោះធម្មជាតិ ឬគ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍ ជាពិសេសការទម្លាក់កំហុសទៅលើនរណាម្នាក់ ប្រសិនបើគេចង់ធ្វើក. ដោយយកច្បាប់មកប្រើគឺមិនចេះខ្វះទេបទចោទនោះ ដូចសម័យខ្មែរក្រហមចង់អ្នកណាសម្លាប់មនុស្សក៏ ប៉ុល ពត ដែរ។ ហេតុអ្វីបានជារបបនេះ គេចូលចិត្តលេងការសម្តែងបែបអ៊ីចឹង? បើម្តងកើតឡើងចំពោះគេ ម្តងខ្លួនឯងហ្នឹងនេះ? ឬមួយក៏តួអង្គរឿង សាម កុក ចូលខ្លួនគ្រប់ៗគ្នានោះ?
ជាក់ស្តែងកាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុននេះ មានការសម្តែងចេញឲ្យឃើញលើគោកៗមួយចំនួនគ្រាន់តែករណីដោះលែងឪពុកម្តាយ ថោង សារ៉ាត់ ឲ្យនៅក្រៅឃុំ ក្រោយមកចាប់យកមកដាក់គុកព្រៃសវិញ បន្ទាប់មកលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ស្នើឲ្យរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីយុត្តិធម៌ និងឧត្តមក្រុមប្រឹក្សានៃអង្គចៅក្រមធ្វើការស៊ើបអង្កេតអតីតប្រធានសាលាដំបូងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ លើករណីដោះលែងឪពុកម្តាយ ថោង សារ៉ាត់។
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Reflection on the natural activism “Mother Nature Cambodia”
Weekly Analysis (Third Week of February 2015)
While the Western countries believe in giving space and liberty to their citizens to bravely speak up their voice and fully engage in social development in the hope of long term survival of their motherland, Cambodia is in dichotomous effort by the government. This historical and remarkable contrast has happened since Cambodian people protest against the additional border treaty with Vietnam in 2005, many of them were arrested and jailed, once Prime Minister Hun Sen promised to make coffins for those who dare to claim back Khmer Krom lost land for Cambodia, and with many other occasions including banning Alex from his campaign to protect the Cambodia forests, is seen as an attempt to threat those bottom line people activism who are working to protect their lands and forests and to open way or encourage the wrong doers such as land grab activities, deforestation and logging, and forced eviction etc. to continue their wrong deeds without obstacle.
This week, Cambodia media has been immensely covered by the Cambodian
Courtesy of Mother Nature facebook page
government measure to reject visa extension for Alex Gonzalez-Davidson aka Alex to banning him from staying in Cambodia beyond February 20th expiry date. Alex has fallen in love with Cambodia nature particularly in Areng Valley in Koh Kong of South Western Cambodia. He has lived in Cambodia for more than 10 years and he can use Khmer language fluently. From his tangible contact with local communities and his researches in Areng area, he reveled that this more than 500 h. vast dense jungle and prairie are comprising of rare plants, wild life, lakes and brooks, and minority people etc. It has huge potential for eco-system and eco-tourism to generate income rather than to build dam that produces low electricity capacity. More than this, the dam project has likely hidden agenda to cut trees for trade within this vast plentiful green forest. Cambodian people especially youths both inside and outside of Cambodia have come in solidarity to condemn the government for this very unjust, negligible, dis-courageous measure. (watch this video Alex said about his visa denying)
The Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) has emerged the longest controller of power to be able to generate their wealth through lands, rivers, water, air and mountain businesses. Prime Minister Hun Sen and his leadership emerged as anti-capitalism. The CPP was installed by the Vietnam who practiced political dogma and ideology of Marx-Lenin to proliferate the farmers and to downgrade the bourgeois classes, has transformed themselves overnight to generate their personal, family and patrons wealth unbelievably. During this overnight policy changing, Hun Sen family and his political rings members have changed from poor cadres into billionaire capitalists.
The Social Change and Revolution has rested on “Blessed Unrest”
Blessed Unrest is a title of a book written by Paul Hawken. He posed intrigued question on the front cover that “How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming?”.
Boss and Leader in Khmer Context and Western Perception
Introduction
There is no clear definition to explain the different between BOSS and LEADER in Khmer language. Usually, Khmer people call their upper authority in different words such as “boss មេ”, “owner ចៅហ្វាយនាយ”, “manager អ្នកចាត់ការ”, “chief លោកនាយក”, “president លោកប្រធាន”, “leader អ្នកដឹកនាំ”. While boss, owner, manager, chief, or president, have been daily used referring to first and second person, leader is likely more into third person. With this context, “boss” has been used by English speakers referring to first and second person as well, while “leader” in more into third person.
Beside these direct words to call upper authority, Khmer language has diverse terms referring to “leader” such as “Prime Minister នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី”, “King ព្រះរាជា”, and “Abbot ចៅអធិការ”.
”boss មេ” and “leader អ្នកដឹកនាំ” in Khmer historical context
During Angkorean period, Kamarateng anh, or kamaratang anh had been popularly used, according to old khmer and inscriptions, to describe “boss” or “leader”. Though, these words have evolved into “kamdaeng anh”, or “ah pdaeng” in present day use, these lexicons have not been used like intended before.
Boss or Me/Mae refers to vertical authoritative individuals in social structure such as village chief, commune chief, district chief, and provincial chief. It has deeply embedded within all ranks of vertical leadership in both civilian and armed forces ranking. By practice, Khmer term of this boss is at the same interpretation of Boss vs Leader in Western world.
Leader or Me Deuk Noam/Neak Deuk Noam has also embedded within vertical leadership of Cambodian political culture. It is not that popular like Boss or Me in Cambodian society. After the election sponsored by the United Nations in 1993, the demonstrators have inclusively called for leadership change or Pdo Pdo. This new term appeal has signified the less usage in the past and also trumped up new concept from those younger generation.
From past to present, Cambodian leadership has been inclined into sacred in state of nature, cult of personality, belief in reincarnation authority, and backing by foreign states. A prolific leader who has attracted most Cambodian people and outside observers is King Norodom Sihanouk. He was influenced by Western culture and leadership. He has jumped out from the cult of personality who sitting on the throne to watch people kneeling, by walking through the crowd, shaking hand, hugging and kissing to every greeting citizen. His this new transformation of leadership gained him huge population support. He has also switched his leadership from Monarch to Prime Minister, and to Monarch again for what he called this a second Kingdom during the UNTAC-sponsored election in Cambodia.
His leadership style is mixed by personal performance, social norm and new wave of acceptance, and the transformation of personality leadership. He is more into charismatic leadership than servant leadership and intelligent leadership. If people can call him directly, they might call him “Boss” than “Leader”. Younger generation who has pursued his style of Leadership is no one else, the Cambodia current Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Boss vs Leader in Western World
There are at least 12 factors to characterize leadership or a good leader such as “focus on team interests and needs, inspiration, integrity, clear goals, good example, vision, clear communication, expect the best, supportive, encouragement, recognition, and stimulating work”.
But below clips are more about Boss vs Leader that everyone must take a look.
Leadership skills are built by how much government take care children and family
“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these.” – Lord Buddha
Last time I wrote about “Leadership is about empowering children“, today I would like to digest on how democratic, developed and civilized countries have prioritized on family foundation and children guardianship policy. One of those countries I am going to showcase here is Canada.
There are critics on welfare state whose fallacy has resulted in many people ended up in making a living by the social welfare of the government. In this prospect, humble theorists on weaker people are to endorse support on short term rehabilitation so that they can find job and decent wage to feed themselves. There are categories of disable people on both mental and physical disability, seniors and others who are fallen in lifelong social support. Hence, those who are able to work, the support is not long lasting.
But the goodness to operate through this policy, the civilized 
countries can ensure fair distribution of nation wealth to everyone. Government has collected money from both natural resources and taxes, and government is accountable to share those collected revenue equally to everyone. Those money belong to the people, not to the government staffs and elites at all. Those officials and top government leaders are the servants of the people. The state’s assets and wealth are belonging to everyone regardless of who they are. This welfare state policy has created to ensure this fundamental perception of human dignity and social equilibrium.
With those short term supports, government of Canada has projected to build long term capability of all Canadian citizens. Each year, both provincial and federal government has spent huge money in the effort to protect children from domestic abuses and looking after the well-being of family. Family is considered the important particle of the society and future effective generation for the nation.
There are different mechanisms to protect children through “Child and Family Services” such as:
- To protect, serve, and enhance the well-being of vulnerable children, youth and families through engaging communities and leading in the creation and delivery of services.
- Child abuse hotline
- Child disability resource link
- Bullying help phone
- Kids help phone
- Family violence info line 24 hours
- 24 hours child intervention line
- Etc.
Recently, the yoke of political competition has commenced government-led PC party, PM Stephen Harper, to announce the increase of Universal Child Care Benefit which will increase from $100 to $160 per month up to 5 years old and renewing benefit of $60 per month from 6 to 17 years of age for per child. Also, married coup family can claim more on delivering tax credit and fitness tax credit etc.
This increasing amount policy towards supporting children and non-separated couple families is a great move to help children’s healthy growth and family bonding. It has also reduced burden to hire professional social workers to handle this complex family issue.