Please sign the petition on the link below and forward it to your network
S.V.P. Signez la pétition sur le lien ci-dessous et la faire suivre dans votre réseau :
30 September 2012
By Mu Sochua
President Obama is the standard-bearer of democracy. We ask him to
exercise the greatest vigilance with regard to the poll. In November,
President Obama will visit Cambodia because the country holds the
presidency of ASEAN in 2012.
We ask President Obama to put 2 conditions to his visit:
The first is thorough reform of the body that administers elections in Cambodia, the National Election Committee (NEC).
This organization should be non-partisan, but is in fact under the
majority control of the ruling party, the CPP. The UN's Special
Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, has recommended
this reform, which has been refused by the government. As long as the
NEC remains in its current form, there can be no fair elections.
The second is that opposition leader Sam Rainsy must be allowed to return to contest the elections. Mr.Sam Rainsy is the only credible rival to Hun Sen.
If the conditions for proper elections can’t be met, then we ask
President Obama to Not provide an endorsement for totalitarianism. It
would be better for the President Not to come to Cambodia.
The people of Cambodia, for so long denied their right to self-determination, now need President Obama to walk the talk.
There are no signs that Mr. Hun Sen will consider any of the UN
recommendations. The stake is very high in 2013: do we allow Cambodia to
go through another 5 years of total loss of natural resources, of loss
of territory, of a one-party rule, of corruption and gross violations of
human rights?
We want a government that is legitimate in 2013. We want Cambodia to
move forward and to be governed by rule of law and for our people to
fully exercise their rights and freedoms.
We need to act NOW. We need to prevent the foreseeable economic, social
and political detrimental impact on Cambodia and on our people should
there be another election conducted under the current political
environment and by an institution that exist to be used as a tool to
preserve the power of the CPP.
The international community has an obligation to the Paris Peace Accords
and soft diplomacy has led to the current state of affairs in Cambodia.
Why not just ask President Obama to come and deliver a message to Mr.
Hun Sen? Because, it will be too late. Mr. Hun Sen wants the visit of
President Obama.
I respectfully and sincerely send my gratitude to those who have signed
the petition and the same respect and sincere appreciation go to those
who oppose it.
More than 700 people have signed the petition and the number is growing.
Let the people express their opinion but do stand together to stop the tears of our children.
Sincerely,
Mu Sochua
Cambodia National Rescue Party
Battambang
30 September, 2012.
No comments:
Post a Comment