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Political Paradigm of Pragmatism from the Khmer Youth part 34
This part (34), the author Mr. Sophan Seng described the recommendations for international aids to Cambodia should be more effective by focusing on grassroots levels than urban organizations. More than this, the aids dependency of Cambodia is not supportive for her future long term development at all.
According to expertise, international aids to Cambodia has created more complicate problems than helping solve the entrenched problems. For instance, foreign expertise and foreign monitors focused more on their continuing careers and lucrative commissions than to transparently implement the aids works.
For the government, the aids channels have given them more leverages to heighten social status and power. There are numerous issues lingering aids corruption if aids had directly provided to the government agencies. There are new trends plausible for aids providers to provide aids to NGOs than government affiliated ones at the present.
Hun Sen takes one last shot at Todd
Hun Sen takes one last shot at Todd
Boasting of his more than 30 years’ ruling Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Saturday that he could teach a thing or two to the West about running a country while managing demands for change.The premier, who is Southeast Asia’s longest-serving current leader, recalled a conversation he had with former United States ambassador William Todd as the diplomat prepared to leave Cambodia earlier this month.
“I told him, have you forgotten who His Excellency [William Todd] is speaking with?
His Excellency is actually speaking with a professor who can teach him, his president, and the prime ministers of other countries about the issues that come with change,” Hun Sen said, speaking at a dinner held by an association of Cambodia’s most powerful tycoons on the capital’s Koh Pich, or Diamond Island.
“If I didn’t understand change and couldn’t control it, how would it be possible for me to stay in power for over 30 years?”
Hun Sen said he had grown weary of hearing calls for “change” from Western countries, mocking the US for the changes that had come about in some countries in the Middle East.
“I am tired of the advice of some countries telling Cambodia to change,” he said.
“I told [Todd] that because America’s inability to control ‘change’ in Libya, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, ISIS is now active.”
Hun Sen went on to say that Cambodia had undergone successful transformations without outside interference.
វីដេអូ អូបាម៉ា ចំអកឲ្យ ហ៊ុន សែន ដែលតាំងខ្លួនជាគ្រូ?
វីដេអូ អូបាម៉ា ចំអកឲ្យ ហ៊ុន សែន ដែលតាំងខ្លួនជាគ្រូ?
មានប្រសាសន៍នៅមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលពិព័រណ៍ និងសន្និបាតកោះពេជ្រ លោក ហ៊ុន សែន នាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តីកម្ពុជាបានអះអាងថា៖ «ថ្ងៃមុនខ្ញុំជួប ជាមួយឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតអាមេរិក មុនពេលដែលចាកចេញពីកម្ពុជា។ នៅពេលដែលគាត់ និយាយជាមួយខ្ញុំ គាត់និយាយយ៉ាងច្រើន អំពីអ្វីដែលហៅថាការ “ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ”។ ខ្ញុំក៏បាននិយាយទៅកាន់គាត់វិញថា តើអ្នកភ្លេចទេ ឬអ្នកកំពុងនិយាយ ជាមួយអ្នកណា? ឯកឧត្តមកំពុងនិយាយ ជាមួយអ្នកណា? ឯកឧត្តមពិតជា កំពុងនិយាយជាមួយ “សាស្ត្រាចារ្យម្នាក់” ដែលអាចបង្រៀនឯកឧត្តម ឬប្រធានាធិបតី ប្រទេសឯកឧត្តម ឬនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីប្រទេសផ្សេង លើបញ្ហាការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ។»
នៅក្នុងវីដេអូនោះ លោក អូបាម៉ា បានថ្លែងទៀតថា អ្នកខ្លះថាមានតែ“គេ”ទេ ដែលអាចដឹកនាំ និងរក្សាស្ថេរភាពប្រទេស នោះបាន។ លោកបានបង្ហាញ ការយល់ឃើញរបស់ខ្លួន យ៉ាងដូច្នេះថា តែសំរាប់លោកវិញ លោកមិនយល់ដូច្នេះឡើយ។ លោកនឹងជំរុញ ឲ្យមេដឹកនាំទាំងឡាយ ចេះគោរពច្បាប់ និងផ្តល់ឱកាស ដល់អ្នកថ្មី បានកាន់កាប់កិច្ចការដឹកនាំប្រទេសផងដែរ។ លោកបានថ្លេងទៀតថា៖ «ខ្ញុំពិតជាមានឱកាស និងវិធីសាស្ត្រច្រើន ដែលខ្ញុំអាចឈ្នះ តែខ្ញុំមិនធ្វើ។ ខ្ញុំគោរពច្បាប់។ (I actually Think about the opportunity any way I can win but I can’t. I respect to the law)»។
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Tribunal Suspects Say They Won’t Cooperate With Court
Tribunal Suspects Say They Won’t Cooperate With Court
File photo of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, court officers of the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal are seen through windows during a hearing of former Khmer Rouge top leaders in Phnom Penh, file photo.
All suspects were named by an international judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal in cases 003 and 004, though they have never been arrested by Cambodian authorities nor formally indicted.
That means the court has only successfully tried one suspect since 2006, the former supervisor of Tuol Sleng prison, Kaing Kek Iev. Two more suspects, senior leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, are currently in the second and final stage of their trial at the court.
The remaining suspects say they will not cooperate with the court, casting doubt on whether they will ever be tried.
Im Chaem, the former Khmer Rouge secretary of Preah Net Preah district, with VOA Khmer’s reporter Sok Khemara in her home, in Oddar Meanchey, on August 11, 2015. (Photo: VOA Khmer)
“I absolutely do not need to fight [the court],” told VOA Khmer recently at her home in Oddar Meanchey province. “I have built myself forward, through the ways of Buddhism.”
Im Chaem, the former Khmer Rouge secretary of Preah Net Preah district, Northwest Zone, is accused of “murder, extermination, enslavement, imprisonment, persecution on political grounds, and other inhumane acts” at a security center and worksite.
She denied any wrongdoing under the Khmer Rouge. “If I didn’t do things wrong, how can they arrest me?” she said. “It would be a human rights violation.”
When the international investigating judge, Mark Harmon, arrived at her house to issue his summons, she told him to leave and talk to her lawyer, she said. “I said only three words. He asked me to put the thumbprint. How can I put the thumbprint? I have nothing to put the thumbprint, and then I won’t go to the court.”
Recent photo of Meas Muth, a former Khmer Rouge naval military commander accused of grave atrocity crimes, at his home in Samlot district, Battambang province, August 12, 2015. (Photo: Sok Khemara/VOA Khmer)