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Re: Democracy can never be given, it must be fought for
Indeed, every society has their internal problems, but in Cambodia violent clashes between poor Cambodians and security forces evicting them from their land have increased fears of widespread unrest over the country's land policy. Large numbers of displaced people could hurt the country's bid for peaceful development.
According to their salaries, many Cambodian officials could hardly feed their families, but why those officials have unusual wealth, where did their wealth come from? Despite their hard work, the villagers failed to establish their claim to the land, and the provincial court instead granted the land rights to high-ranking officials with better political connections.
Approximately 15% of the country's 14 million people have no land to call their own. And according to the World Bank, nearly 43% of Cambodians live on US$1 or less a day, up from 37% in 1996.
According to the observation, it seems like Cambodia is a one party system and any powerful officials who try to get the land from the poor, they always have the official documents.
International aid donors have blasted the government for granting contracts without full public knowledge and for allowing concessions too far exceeded the legal concessions of 10,000 hectares. Some aid agencies say the land deals with foreign investors also often do little to help the country's finances.
7 September 2011 6:04 PM
Re: Democracy can never be given, it must be fought for
Indeed, every society has their internal problems, but in Cambodia violent clashes between poor Cambodians and security forces evicting them from their land have increased fears of widespread unrest over the country's land policy. Large numbers of displaced people could hurt the country's bid for peaceful development.
According to their salaries, many Cambodian officials could hardly feed their families, but why those officials have unusual wealth, where did their wealth come from? Despite their hard work, the villagers failed to establish their claim to the land, and the provincial court instead granted the land rights to high-ranking officials with better political connections.
Approximately 15% of the country's 14 million people have no land to call their own. And according to the World Bank, nearly 43% of Cambodians live on US$1 or less a day, up from 37% in 1996.
According to the observation, it seems like Cambodia is a one party system and any powerful officials who try to get the land from the poor, they always have the official documents.
International aid donors have blasted the government for granting contracts without full public knowledge and for allowing concessions too far exceeded the legal concessions of 10,000 hectares. Some aid agencies say the land deals with foreign investors also often do little to help the country's finances.
7 September 2011 6:04 PM
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