Opposition leader Sam Rainsy 21 July 2001
TROOPS FROM FRIENDLY COUNTRIES SHOULD ALSO MONITOR CAMBODIA’S BORDER WITH VIETNAM
In a 20 July 2011 call-in program broadcast live on Phnom Penh-based Beehive Radio FM 105 MHz, opposition leader Sam Rainsy – who is currently in Tunisia – answered from Paris questions from listeners from all parts of Cambodia related to the 18 July 2011 decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the border conflict with Thailand.
Sam Rainsy elaborated on four main points:
- The ICJ decision is unfair because it puts the victim (Cambodia) and the aggressor (Thailand) on the same footing. “Both a legitimate house owner and a thieve illegally occupying the house are asked by the Court to simultaneously vacate the house.”
- The Hun Sen government is incompetent in the defense of Cambodia’s territorial integrity: What it obtained in 2011 from the ICJ is a serious setback compared to what then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk government obtained in 1962 from the same ICJ on the same Preah Vihear temple issue.
- The Hun Sen government refuses to call for the implementation of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia, as suggested by the Sam Rainsy Party, because any effective means to legally and peacefully force Thailand to vacate any illegally occupied portion of Cambodia’s territory, would also force Vietnam to do the same. As a matter of fact, Hanoi – to which Hun Sen’s CPP is subservient – has stolen more land from Cambodia than Bangkok.
- Troops from friendly countries, such as units from the Indonesian army, should be asked to also monitor Cambodia’s border with Vietnam. Thousands of Cambodian farmers, who are losing their farmland in the ongoing secretive border demarcation process, are crying for help in the face of Vietnam’s aggression in the form of displacement of border posts, as evidenced by recent incidents in Svay Rieng, Takeo and Kampong Cham provinces.
Please listen to Sam Rainsy’s explanations in Khmer at:
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2 comments:
Now you are making more sense as true political leader. You should stick to these points and help push Cambodian government toward better solution. You can attack some and help some for betterman of Cambodian national interests. You are corrected about the immigration issue regarding to Vietnamese living in Cambodia more than Thais. This is very good point. Stick to that point but also avoid racial discrimination practice. The danger for Cambodia is when you trying to convince youth to do revolution like Tunisia. You are now sound more genuine in helping Khmer. You should call for unite all opposition leaders to be ready for 2013 election. You know that Funcinpec beated CPP in the past and if you guy united, you can do it again.
May i suggest, stop the political game and look for real national interest for the current situation.
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