Dear Khmerization,
I have read some news, and it comes to my knowledge about issues of land disputes. I wish to thus share my humble view on this.
After a short pause, there have been now several reports about land disputes again. When hearing these, I feel very upset with the government because most, if not all, of the problems are due to either the government’s reluctance in solving or else corruption.
People were often evicted upon being accused of settling on the state’s or Sor-Chor-Nor holders’ land. Now supposed that in most of the cases the people were the violating party, then the key question is “Why didn’t the government authorities take measures with, presumably, the squatters since the first place, prior to their long peaceful occupation which resulted in their solid settlement?” I believe that the government, having all levels of representatives ranging from village chief up to the top leadership, must be able to deal with the problem at the very start and should not have left the people to hope that they would have legal rights to the land since they had peacefully and publicly occupied the site for a long period, even longer than the legal requirement.
If the government really cares about the people’s welfare, it should protect the majority who are, and especially, the poor and the vulnerable. Ignorance and unwillingness on the part of the government are the major cause of people’s sufferings.
Best regards,
Raja Dhama
I have read some news, and it comes to my knowledge about issues of land disputes. I wish to thus share my humble view on this.
After a short pause, there have been now several reports about land disputes again. When hearing these, I feel very upset with the government because most, if not all, of the problems are due to either the government’s reluctance in solving or else corruption.
People were often evicted upon being accused of settling on the state’s or Sor-Chor-Nor holders’ land. Now supposed that in most of the cases the people were the violating party, then the key question is “Why didn’t the government authorities take measures with, presumably, the squatters since the first place, prior to their long peaceful occupation which resulted in their solid settlement?” I believe that the government, having all levels of representatives ranging from village chief up to the top leadership, must be able to deal with the problem at the very start and should not have left the people to hope that they would have legal rights to the land since they had peacefully and publicly occupied the site for a long period, even longer than the legal requirement.
If the government really cares about the people’s welfare, it should protect the majority who are, and especially, the poor and the vulnerable. Ignorance and unwillingness on the part of the government are the major cause of people’s sufferings.
Best regards,
Raja Dhama
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