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NEC in Cambodia is incapable
Reading the report of Cambodian Daily today on the irregularities of voter listing by NEC is another serious issue constraining the building of democracy in Cambodia. The random sampling of 4,900 registered eligible names of the research found that 10.8 percent or more than 500 registered voters could not find their names on the voter list. This percentage is terribly higher than national election of 2008 which was 7.7 percent.
The report also said “The accuracy of the 9.6 million-strong voter list came under fire in March and those concerns were reiterated with the release of the final version on Friday of an independent audit report, which found a number of serious errors, namely that more than 1 in 10 people who are registered for July’s election appear not to exist, and that 9 percent of past voters have been taken off local voting lists unfairly.”
With this figure, I am speechless!
It is absolutely the responsibility of the National Election Committee. If we find out that this number is true, it means NEC is incompetent and we must dissolve the current body in order to pave way for a capable body to run the election in Cambodia. However, the report on March was also illustrating the incapability of the NEC on this same issue, and this same issue has been lingering for many elections in Cambodia. Now, it is time to condemn NEC that this is a criminal act of stealing the heart, honesty and integrity of the Cambodian people.
Innocent Cambodians should not be tolerant by the incompetent act of Cambodian National Election Committee. Cambodian people must stand up and speak out loud!
Songs and the Politics in Cambodia Part I
Songs have played important role to influence the politics in Cambodia. Politicians and political parties have used songs to draw attention of the people about their policy, their mission and this political agenda. More than this, songs have influenced the mindset the people during the time of foreign occupation or it is the most impulse in creating nationalism.
When I was young, Keo Sarath was my best singer. At the beginning, I listened his songs for entertainment but later his songs impacted my mind on how I imagine about freedom, justice, sense of belonging and the love of the motherland etc. The songs narrated the lives of Cambodian people at the refugee camp, the war, the Vietnamese occupation, the United Nations and the struggle for life etc.
For those songs, the most influenced such as “Sronos Dey Khmer”, “Sdai Phum Konnert”, “Kao idang duong jet”, “rodov pkaa ko”, “Snae Kam Chlong Daen” etc.
For your information, I try to collect the background of Keo Sarath and his songs for your anticipating in here. Thanks this website that give me the songs link and facebook that paste the history of this great singer Keo Sarath.
Bio of Keo Sarath, a Great Singer during the Post-Cold War
ប្រវត្តិសង្ខេបរបស់លោក កែវ សារ៉ាត់
កែវ សារ៉ាត់ (-កញ្ញា ១៩៩១)មានឈ្មោះពិត ឈុំ តេះ កើតនៅភូមិវត្តកំផែង ស្រុងបាត់ដំបង ខេត្តបាត់ដំបង ។ លោកជាកូនទី២ ក្នុងចំណោមបងប្អូន៧នាក់ ដែលមានឳពុកឈ្មោះ យ៉ត ឈុំ និង ម្ដាយឈ្មោះ គ្រិត សារ៉ាន់ ដែលពួកគាត់ទាំងពីរបានបាត់បង់ជីវិតនៅក្នុងឆ្នាំ១៩៧៧ ។
ក្រោយមកលោកកែវ សារ៉ាត់បានរត់ចូលក្នុងជំរុំជនភៀសខ្លួននាទឹកដីថៃ ។ លោកកែវ សារ៉ាត់បានរួមរស់ជាមួយនារីម្នាក់ហើយបានកូនមួយ បន្ទាប់មកនារីនោះក៏នាំកូនរត់ចោលលោកបាត់ទៅ ។ ក្រោយមកលោកក៏សម្រេចចិត្តរៀបការជាមួយនារីម្នាក់ទៀតឈ្មោះ ចន្ធូរហើយបាននាំគ្នាភៀសខ្លួនពីជំរុំនោះទៅនៅអាមេរិច។ ឆ្នាំ១៩៨៥ លោកចាប់ផ្ដើមច្រៀងដើម្បីយកប្រាក់មកទ្រទ្រង់គ្រួសារ ។ លោកបានច្រៀងថតកាសែតឲ្យផលិតកម្ម មយូរា បានប្រហែលជា ៤០ ទៅ៥០បទ ហើយក៏បានងាកមកនិពន្ធចំរៀង និងបង្កើតផលិតកម្មខ្លួនឯងនៅក្នុងឆ្នាំ១៩៨៨ ដោយដាក់ឈ្មោះថា ជួងមាស និង ចាបមាស ។
បទចម្រៀងដែលធ្វើឲ្យលោកមានឈ្មោះល្បីគ្រប់ទិសទី គឺបទ ស្រណោះដីខ្មែរ, ពិសាខដើមឆ្នាំ ជាដើម ។ លោកកែវ សារ៉ាត់ទទួលមរណភាពនៅក្នុងខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩១ នៅទីក្រុងឡុងប៊ិច, សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិច ដោយរោគថ្លើមប្រភេទ B ។
Songs Selection of Keo Sarath
CAMBODIA: Building leadership for young Khmers
CAMBODIA: Building leadership for young Khmers
A general framework