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Posted by: | Posted on: September 3, 2016

When incumbent government changed which level of positions shall be changed?

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Image Credit: Ari V/ Shutterstock.com

Political history of Cambodia has illustrated less scene on how changing from government to government affects on incumbent government’s level of public servants? Major scenes are regime change which changed the whole system. But during the UN’s monitored election in 1993, the change of government was become impossible as two prime ministers and other two assigned duties to each political apparatus smoothly coordinated. During that time, some leaders said the change were down to principles and superintendents of public schools. This practice has surely affected on society unity and corruption embeddedness. Now, there are questions on how CNRP plan to change level of government’s positions when this party won election in 2018?

Believe it or not, Cambodia home-made democracy is a Raem Vong (round dance) approach. We have difficulty in jumping off from god-king politics to modern democracy politics. And the constraints are level of education and embedded behaviour of self-centric leadership. 25 years since the election in 1993, the political apparatus has not only visible from under-secretaries to upper echelon, the government-led party has likely viewed all public servants including teachers and arm-forces personnel are belonged to the party. Rationales behind this are following political abstracts: 1-party has survived them from atrocity, 2-party has fed them food and other amenity, 3-party has brought peace and security to them etc. Or sometime, the top leader boasted publicly about his rationales of his monopolistic suzerainty through what he has built roads, schools, and many other public goods especially his effort to maintain peace and security and capitalism etc.
Speaking from a pragmatism approach, CNRP which is inherited from decades of struggle has also been assimilated by this political behaviour, or caused by so-called Cambodia home-made democracy as sociologists may call it collective cognitive political behaviour.
Hence, CNRP has relied on pragmatism than idealism, or we can say maintaining outputs than throwing Sam Rainsy Returnout inputs because they don’t have much inputs to be thrown. We must agree that through this 25 years, human resource has hugely built within the government (government here refers to pragmatic collective body being inclusive of public servants, civil society member activists, and members of opposition political parties etc.) By looking from outside political behaviour, CNRP might at least take model of British Westminster System to its leadership core as this style is not only practised in those commonwealth states but also most democratic states. By looking at their key policy stating that CNRP stands on national reconciliation and unity by eradicating colouring each other, discrimination and patronage system through ameliorating following 6 core principles as you can read them all here , so I do believe CNRP must be working hard and working smart combining together.
Posted by: | Posted on: September 2, 2016

ABC private ambulance case is one of the evidences of autocratic regime

Political Paradigm of Pragmatism from the Khmer Youth part 73

Courtesy: Facebook

Courtesy: Facebook

In Cambodia, the case of ABC’s legal violation become controversy in the face of power abusing and political bias.

Autocratic regime has always used vertical power and such direct intervention resulted in corruptions, ineffective public servicing, and authoritarianism. When ABC private ambulance violated the Health Department’s procedures and regulations encouraged a director to implement them by taking that ambulance into custody waiting for court’s decision. Hence, one ABC Radio’s sympathizer complained in Hun Sen’s facebook page made him to call in show of ABC Radio and demanded to return the ambulance including a promise to provide two more. In the meantime, Hun Sen threatened to fire that director.

This practice is absolutely indicating the nature of autocracy.

Posted by: | Posted on: August 24, 2016

Political Paradigm of Pragmatism from the Khmer Youth part 72

Political Paradigm of Pragmatism from the Khmer Youth part 72

Op-Ed: The CEROC

This part (72) broadcasted by CMN Radio on August 08, 2016, Mr. Sophan Seng articulated on denial of NEC to open special registration date on Pchum Ben Day proposed by CNRP as well as facilitating good accessibility for migrant workers and overseas Cambodians.

Posted by: | Posted on: July 31, 2016

Political Paradigm of Pragmatism from the Khmer Youth part 71

Political Paradigm of Pragmatism from the Khmer Youth part 71

Op-Ed: The CEROC

This analysis part (71), Mr. Sophan Seng analysed on the Cambodian voters who are not having citizenship identification ready for voter registration. If they missed to register for vote, they shall miss opportunity to vote in upcoming commune election on June 4th, 2017.

Kampong Trach, by Jacek Piwowarczyk 1993

Kampong Trach, by Jacek Piwowarczyk 1993

National Election Committee (NEC) announced on preparation of voters registration dated between September 1st, 2016 to November 25th, 2016. Ministry of Interior who is responsible for issuing citizenship id said that there are more than 2 millions are not having proper citizenship id and observers are worrying that those are fallen into the old mechanism of doubles names, disenfranchisement, and missing names etc.