Phnom Penh Post
By Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Shane Worrell
Ngem Chheng, 33, awaits in Poipet, Banteay Meanchey
province, last Wednesday for transport across the border to work as a
construction worker for Thai company TBY Construction. The Takeo
province native does not intend to return to the Kingdom to vote in next
month’s national election. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post
Banteay Meanchey
Scores of migrant workers, nervousness showing on their faces, sat in parkland outside a Poipet casino last week waiting for their moment to cross through a border checkpoint into Thailand’s promised greener pastures.
The migrant workers’ departure for jobs at factories, construction sites and kitchens means they will miss the month-long National Election campaign, which began sweeping the country on Thursday.
It also means they will likely miss their chance to vote.
“I want to come back for the election,” said construction worker Lim Ankea Vuth, 38, who added that he would “vote for a new government” if he got the chance. “But how can I come back? I have a contract that allows me to return home only after 10 months.”
Scores of migrant workers, nervousness showing on their faces, sat in parkland outside a Poipet casino last week waiting for their moment to cross through a border checkpoint into Thailand’s promised greener pastures.
The migrant workers’ departure for jobs at factories, construction sites and kitchens means they will miss the month-long National Election campaign, which began sweeping the country on Thursday.
It also means they will likely miss their chance to vote.
“I want to come back for the election,” said construction worker Lim Ankea Vuth, 38, who added that he would “vote for a new government” if he got the chance. “But how can I come back? I have a contract that allows me to return home only after 10 months.”
Some 300,000 Cambodians are known to be working legally in Thailand –
while an untold number toil there as illegal immigrants. That figure
amounts to more than three per cent of the voter population. But most
won’t cast a ballot come July 28 because they physically won’t be able
to, said Moeun Tola, head of the labour program at the Community Legal
Education Centre (CLEC).
“Because many migrant workers’ passports and travel documents are withheld by their employer, it’s very hard for them to come back and vote,” he said. “And we don’t have any polling stations in embassies and consulates in other countries.”
Ankea Vuth, a construction worker from Battambang province, told the Post he had paid a recruitment company $280 for transport to his workplace and a new passport – which he must hand over to his boss on arrival in Thailand.
His story is far from unique. Near to where he sat, Salai Man, an employee of recruitment firm Human Resources Development Company, said 25 Cambodians he was sending to work in electronics and spare parts factories in Thailand would also not return for the election.
“According to the contract these workers signed, they will not be allowed to come back home until they’ve worked for 10 months,” he said.
The recruitment firm would allow them home sooner, Man added, only if the Cambodian and Thai governments ordered employers to grant workers leave to vote. “Then my company will follow government orders,” he said.
A young woman, who identified herself only as Thoeun from Svay Rieng province, said debt had urged her to look west for a more lucrative opportunity – and the chance to vote was something she was willing to sacrifice in return.
“I want to vote, but there’s no way I can come back because I need to work to make money,” she said, adding that she would be sewing rice bags in a Bangkok factory.
“I have personal loans with high-interest repayments. I need money to pay back the loans, otherwise I will have to take out more loans. For me right now making a salary is my priority, not voting.”
But making money and having the opportunity to vote shouldn’t be mutually exclusive, CLEC’s Tola said.
The government has not shown a willingness to enter into diplomatic dialogue with destination countries about setting up polling stations for workers such as Thoeun.
“[Migrants] have the right to vote for their leaders. Polling booths should be set up near where they work,” Tola said.
Puthea Hang, executive director of the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free Elections in Cambodia, agreed. “The NEC, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should prepare voting boxes in embassies and consulates in countries where Cambodians are employed to give them a chance to vote if they want to,” he said.
Hang added that, in reality, migrant workers had no chance to return to vote because their employers would not grant them leave and “even if they did, it is unlikely workers could afford the transport back”.
Migrant workers returning home also raised a broader issue about the legalities – and practicalities – of voting, Tola said.
“This is a poor country, but [by law] we still require people to go back to their home village to vote – it costs a lot of money,” he said. “The National Assembly needs to consider this and make amendments to the law.”
Cambodian migrant workers sent home $256 million in 2012, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) recently released Sending Money Home to Asia report, a figure that underscores their importance to the Kingdom’s economy.
“Their contribution is not just money,” said Koul Panha, executive director of monitoring group the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia.
Giving them the opportunity to vote would be healthy to an inclusive democracy, he said.
“I cannot make specific recommendations, but many countries use embassies.”
A second group of migrant workers – those who lived in Banteay Meanchey but worked in Thailand – should be allowed to vote in Banteay Meanchey, not just the province from which they were born, Panha added.
Oum Mean, secretary of state at the Ministry of Labour, said a decision about workers returning home needed to be made within the terms of individual contracts “signed between workers and their employers” and not the government.
“But we strongly believe that such recruitment companies [in Cambodia] will understand and delay their programs until after voting,” he said.
The National Election Committee, for its part, said their hands were tied.
“There is no article in Cambodia’s election law that talks about voting outside the country, so the NEC has no power to open stations in another country,” secretary-general Tep Nytha said.
“I have never received an official letter from the opposition demanding changes to the law.”
Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party spokesman Yim Sovann said the government had the responsibility to provide migrant workers with the opportunity to cast a ballot, no matter where they were.
“The government must create a polling station in the countries that have Cambodian embassies or consulates to allow these workers to vote,” he said. “But right now this government suspects that all migrant workers will probably not support the ruling party,” he said.
Tola from CLEC believed that most Cambodians working and living abroad, including in South Korea and the US, would likely vote for the opposition.
This was because push factors to Thailand included land grabbing and poor finances, while experiences in other countries gave many a broader perspective on how Cambodia was governed, he said.
“They see development [in other countries] and the potential of Cambodia to develop faster,” he said. “If they allow Cambodians to vote in consulates or embassies, I believe they would not vote for the CPP.”
But given the opportunity, some migrant workers wouldn’t vote at all.
Waiting near the border checkpoint, a nervous and excited Ngem Chheng, 33, from Takeo province, said he had more pressing things to worry about than choosing leaders.
“I don’t care about voting anyway,” he said. “Even if I vote, nothing in Cambodia will change . . . my family and community will still be poor.
“This is my first chance at working in Thailand. My family is poor and I’ll use the income to support them.”
“Because many migrant workers’ passports and travel documents are withheld by their employer, it’s very hard for them to come back and vote,” he said. “And we don’t have any polling stations in embassies and consulates in other countries.”
Ankea Vuth, a construction worker from Battambang province, told the Post he had paid a recruitment company $280 for transport to his workplace and a new passport – which he must hand over to his boss on arrival in Thailand.
His story is far from unique. Near to where he sat, Salai Man, an employee of recruitment firm Human Resources Development Company, said 25 Cambodians he was sending to work in electronics and spare parts factories in Thailand would also not return for the election.
“According to the contract these workers signed, they will not be allowed to come back home until they’ve worked for 10 months,” he said.
The recruitment firm would allow them home sooner, Man added, only if the Cambodian and Thai governments ordered employers to grant workers leave to vote. “Then my company will follow government orders,” he said.
A young woman, who identified herself only as Thoeun from Svay Rieng province, said debt had urged her to look west for a more lucrative opportunity – and the chance to vote was something she was willing to sacrifice in return.
“I want to vote, but there’s no way I can come back because I need to work to make money,” she said, adding that she would be sewing rice bags in a Bangkok factory.
“I have personal loans with high-interest repayments. I need money to pay back the loans, otherwise I will have to take out more loans. For me right now making a salary is my priority, not voting.”
But making money and having the opportunity to vote shouldn’t be mutually exclusive, CLEC’s Tola said.
The government has not shown a willingness to enter into diplomatic dialogue with destination countries about setting up polling stations for workers such as Thoeun.
“[Migrants] have the right to vote for their leaders. Polling booths should be set up near where they work,” Tola said.
Puthea Hang, executive director of the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free Elections in Cambodia, agreed. “The NEC, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should prepare voting boxes in embassies and consulates in countries where Cambodians are employed to give them a chance to vote if they want to,” he said.
Hang added that, in reality, migrant workers had no chance to return to vote because their employers would not grant them leave and “even if they did, it is unlikely workers could afford the transport back”.
Migrant workers returning home also raised a broader issue about the legalities – and practicalities – of voting, Tola said.
“This is a poor country, but [by law] we still require people to go back to their home village to vote – it costs a lot of money,” he said. “The National Assembly needs to consider this and make amendments to the law.”
Cambodian migrant workers sent home $256 million in 2012, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) recently released Sending Money Home to Asia report, a figure that underscores their importance to the Kingdom’s economy.
“Their contribution is not just money,” said Koul Panha, executive director of monitoring group the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia.
Giving them the opportunity to vote would be healthy to an inclusive democracy, he said.
“I cannot make specific recommendations, but many countries use embassies.”
A second group of migrant workers – those who lived in Banteay Meanchey but worked in Thailand – should be allowed to vote in Banteay Meanchey, not just the province from which they were born, Panha added.
Oum Mean, secretary of state at the Ministry of Labour, said a decision about workers returning home needed to be made within the terms of individual contracts “signed between workers and their employers” and not the government.
“But we strongly believe that such recruitment companies [in Cambodia] will understand and delay their programs until after voting,” he said.
The National Election Committee, for its part, said their hands were tied.
“There is no article in Cambodia’s election law that talks about voting outside the country, so the NEC has no power to open stations in another country,” secretary-general Tep Nytha said.
“I have never received an official letter from the opposition demanding changes to the law.”
Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party spokesman Yim Sovann said the government had the responsibility to provide migrant workers with the opportunity to cast a ballot, no matter where they were.
“The government must create a polling station in the countries that have Cambodian embassies or consulates to allow these workers to vote,” he said. “But right now this government suspects that all migrant workers will probably not support the ruling party,” he said.
Tola from CLEC believed that most Cambodians working and living abroad, including in South Korea and the US, would likely vote for the opposition.
This was because push factors to Thailand included land grabbing and poor finances, while experiences in other countries gave many a broader perspective on how Cambodia was governed, he said.
“They see development [in other countries] and the potential of Cambodia to develop faster,” he said. “If they allow Cambodians to vote in consulates or embassies, I believe they would not vote for the CPP.”
But given the opportunity, some migrant workers wouldn’t vote at all.
Waiting near the border checkpoint, a nervous and excited Ngem Chheng, 33, from Takeo province, said he had more pressing things to worry about than choosing leaders.
“I don’t care about voting anyway,” he said. “Even if I vote, nothing in Cambodia will change . . . my family and community will still be poor.
“This is my first chance at working in Thailand. My family is poor and I’ll use the income to support them.”
- Tuesday, 02 July 2013
- ឃុត សុភចរិយា និង Shane Worrell
យុវជនអង្គុយរង់ចាំបំពេញបែបបទចេញទៅធ្វើការនៅថៃ នៅច្រកប៉ោយប៉ែតកាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុន។ រូបថត ហេង ជីវ័ន
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បានអង្គុយនៅសួនខាងក្រៅកាស៊ីណូក្នុងក្រុងប៉ោយប៉ែត
កាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុន
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ហើយរឹតតែសំខាន់ជាងនេះទៀត វាក៏មានន័យថា
ពួកគេនឹងបាត់បង់ឱកាសបោះឆ្នោតផងដែរ។
លោក លឹម អានគីវុធ អាយុ៣៨ឆ្នាំ
បានថ្លែងថា៖«ខ្ញុំចង់វិលមកវិញដើម្បីបោះឆ្នោត»។ លោកបន្ថែមថា
លោកនឹង«បោះឆ្នោតឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលថ្មី»ប្រសិនបើលោកមានឱកាស។
«ប៉ុន្តែតើខ្ញុំអាចវិលត្រឡប់មកវិញដោយរបៀបណា ?
ខ្ញុំមានកិច្ចសន្យាដែលអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យខ្ញុំវិលត្រឡប់មកវិញបន្ទាប់
ពី ១០ ខែប៉ុណ្ណោះ»។
លោក មឿន តុលា
ប្រធានកម្មវិធីការងារនៅមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលអប់រំច្បាប់សម្រាប់សហគមន៍បាន
ថ្លែងថា ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ប្រហែល ៥ សែននាក់គឺជាពលករចំណាកស្រុក
ទៅធ្វើការនៅថៃគឺស្មើនឹង៥
ភាគរយនៃអ្នកបោះឆ្នោតសរុបនៅកម្ពុជានឹងមិនបានបោះឆ្នោតនៅថ្ងៃទី២៨
ខែកក្កដា ទេ ពីព្រោះពួកគេមិនងាយនឹងអាចវិលត្រឡប់មកវិញបាន។
លោកបានបន្ថែមថា៖ «ដោយសារតែលិខិតឆ្លងដែន
និងឯកសារធ្វើដំណើររបស់ពលករចំណាកស្រុកជាច្រើននាក់
ត្រូវបានដកហូតទុកដោយនិយោជក
វាពិបាកសម្រាប់ពួកគេវិលត្រឡប់មកវិញដើម្បីបោះឆ្នោត។
យើងគ្មានមណ្ឌលបោះឆ្នោតនៅស្ថានទូត
និងកុងស៊ុលក្នុងប្រទេសដទៃទៀតឡើយ»។
លោក អានគី វុធ ដែលជាកម្មករសំណង់មកពីខេត្តបាត់ដំបង បានប្រាប់
ភ្នំពេញ ប៉ុស្ថិ៍ថា លោកបានបង់ប្រាក់២៨០
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ការងារ និងលិខិតឆ្លងដែនថ្មី
ដែលលោកត្រូវប្រគល់ទៅឲ្យនិយោជកនៅពេលទៅដល់ថៃ។ លោកបន្ថែមថា៖
«ខ្ញុំឆ្ងល់ថាតើមូលហេតុអ្វីក្រុមហ៊ុនចាំបាច់ត្រូវដកហូតលិខិត
ឆ្លងដែនរបស់ខ្ញុំ»។
រឿងរ៉ាវរបស់លោក អានគី វុធ មិនមែនជារឿងដោយឡែកឡើយ។ នៅជិតនោះ
លោក សាឡៃ ម៉ែន ជានិយោជិតនៃក្រុមហ៊ុន Human Resource Development
បានថ្លែងថា ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា២៥នាក់
ដែលលោកបញ្ជូនទៅធ្វើការនៅរោងចក្រអេឡិចត្រូនិក
និងគ្រឿងបន្លាស់នៅថៃ ក៏នឹងមិនវិលត្រឡប់មកវិញដែរ។
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ពួកគេមិនត្រូវបានអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យវិលត្រឡប់មកផ្ទះវិញទេ
រហូតទាល់តែពួកគេបានធ្វើការ១០ខែសិន»។
លោក ម៉ែន បានបន្ថែមថា
ក្រុមហ៊ុនជ្រើសរើសពលករនឹងអនុញ្ញាតពួកគេឲ្យវិលមកផ្ទះវិញ
មុនពេលតែក្នុងករណីរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា និងថៃ បញ្ជានិយោជក
ឲ្យផ្តល់ពេលឈប់សម្រាកដល់កម្មករ ដើម្បីមកបោះឆ្នោតប៉ុណ្ណោះ។
លោកបានបន្តថា៖ «ពេលនោះ
ក្រុមហ៊ុនខ្ញុំនឹងធ្វើតាមបញ្ជារបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាល»។
ការចិញ្ចឹមជីវិតជារឿងចម្បង
ស្រ្តីវ័យក្មេងម្នាក់ ដែលប្រាប់ឈ្មោះថា ធឿន មកពីខេត្តស្វាយរៀង
បានថ្លែងថា បំណុល បានជំរុញនាងឲ្យធ្វើចំណាកស្រុក
ទៅរកការងារប្រាក់ខែច្រើននៅថៃហើយឱកាសនៃការបោះឆ្នោត
គឺជាអ្វីដែលនាងនឹងលះបង់ជាការដោះដូរ។ នាងបានបន្តថា៖
«ខ្ញុំចង់បោះឆ្នោត ប៉ុន្តែគ្មានផ្លូវខ្ញុំអាចវិលមកវិញបានទេ
ព្រោះខ្ញុំត្រូវធ្វើការដើម្បីរកប្រាក់»។ នាងបានបន្តថា
នាងនឹងដេរបាវអង្ករនៅរោងចក្រក្នុងទីក្រុងបាងកក។
នាងបានឲ្យដឹងថា៖
«ខ្ញុំមានបំណុលផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនដែលត្រូវបង់ការប្រាក់ខ្ពស់។
ខ្ញុំត្រូវការប្រាក់ ដើម្បីបង់សងបំណុល បើមិនអ៊ីចឹងទេ
ខ្ញុំនឹងត្រូវខ្ចីប្រាក់គេថែមទៀត។ ចំពោះខ្ញុំពេលនេះ
ការរកប្រាក់ដើម្បីជីវភាព
វាគឺជាអាទិភាពរបស់ខ្ញុំមិនមែនការបោះឆ្នោតទេ»។ ប៉ុន្តែ លោក មឿន
តុលា បានបញ្ជាក់ថា ការរកប្រាក់
និងការមានឱកាសបោះឆ្នោតមិនគួរមានមួយគ្មានមួយឡើយ។
លោកបានបន្ថែមទៀតថា ទោះជាយ៉ាងណា
រដ្ឋាភិបាលពុំបានបង្ហាញពីឆន្ទៈពិភាក្សាការទូតជាមួយនឹងប្រទេសគោល
ដៅ អំពីការបង្កើតមណ្ឌលបោះឆ្នោតសម្រាប់ពលករចំណាកស្រុក
ដូចជាអ្នកនាងធឿន នេះឡើយ។
លោក តុលា បានបញ្ជាក់ទៀតថា៖«[ពលករចំណាកស្រុក]
មានសិទិ្ធបោះឆ្នោតឲ្យមេដឹកនាំរបស់ខ្លួន។ ហិបបោះឆ្នោត
គួរបង្កើតឡើងនៅក្បែរកន្លែងដែលពួកគេធ្វើការ»។
លោកហង្ស ពុទ្ធានាយកប្រតិបតិ្តនៃគណៈកម្មាធិការអព្យាក្រឹត
និងយុតិ្តធម៌ ដើម្បីការបោះឆ្នោតដោយសេរី នៅកម្ពុជា (NIFEC)
យល់ស្របដូចលោក មឿង តុលា ដែរ។ លោកបានបញ្ជាក់ថា៖«គ.ជ.ប
ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ ក្រសួងការបរទេស គួររៀបចំប្រអប់បោះឆ្នោត នៅស្ថានទូត
និងស្ថានកុងស៊ុល ក្នុងបណ្តាប្រទេសដែលប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាធ្វើការ
ដើម្បីផ្តល់ឱកាសបោះឆ្នោត ដល់ពួកគេ ប្រសិនបើពួកគេចង់បោះឆ្នោត»។
លោក ហង្ស ពុទ្ធា បានបន្តថា តាមពិត ពលករចំណាកស្រុក
គ្មានឱកាសវិលមកបោះឆ្នោតទេ
ព្រោះនិយោជករបស់ពួកគេមិនឲ្យពួកគេសុំច្បាប់ឈប់សម្រាកឡើយ
ហើយបើទោះបីជាពួកគេអាចសុំច្បាប់បានក៏ពួកគេមិនអាចមានលទ្ធភាព
បង់ថ្លៃធ្វើដំណើរទៅមកបានដែរ»។
លោក តុលា បានបន្តថា ពលករចំណាកស្រុក
ដែលវិលត្រឡប់មកផ្ទះវិញក៏បានលើកឡើងអំពីបញ្ហាទូលំទូលាយ ដូចជា
ភាពស្របច្បាប់ និងលទ្ធភាពនៃការបោះឆ្នោតផងដែរ។ លោកបានបន្ថែមថា៖
«នេះជាប្រទេសក្រីក្រ ប៉ុន្តែ តាមច្បាប់
យើងនៅតែតម្រូវឲ្យប្រជាជនដែលធ្វើចំណាកស្រុកទៅធ្វើការឆ្ងាយៗ
ត្រូវវិលមកភូមិកំណើតវិញដើម្បីបោះឆ្នោត។ វាចំណាយប្រាក់ច្រើន។
រដ្ឋសភា ចាំបាច់ត្រូវពិចារណាចំណុចនេះ ហើយធ្វើវិសោធនកម្មច្បាប់»។
បើយោងតាមរបាយការណ៍ Sending Money Home to Asia
របស់អង្គការមូលនិធិអន្តរជាតិដើម្បីការអភិវឌ្ឍកសិកម្ម (IFAD)
បានឲ្យដឹងថា ពលករចំណាកស្រុកកម្ពុជា
បានផ្ញើប្រាក់មកផ្ទះវិញចំនួន២៥៦ លានដុល្លារក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១២
ជាតួលេខ ដែលបញ្ជាក់អំពីសារៈសំខាន់
របស់ពលករចំណាកស្រុកចំពោះសេដ្ឋកិច្ចកម្ពុជា។
លោក គល់ បញ្ញា
នាយកប្រតិបតិ្តនៃគណៈកម្មាធិការដើម្បីការបោះឆ្នោតដោយសេរី
និងយុតិ្តធម៌នៅកម្ពុជា បានថ្លែងថា៖ «ការចូលរួមចំណែករបស់ពួកគេ
មិនត្រឹមតែប្រាក់ទេ»។ លោកបន្តថា
ការផ្តល់ឱកាសដល់ពួកគេដើម្បីបោះឆ្នោតនឹងជាការល្អប្រសើរចំពោះ
លទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យដែលរួមបញ្ចូលប្រជាពលរដ្ឋទាំងអស់។
លោកបន្តថា៖«ខ្ញុំមិនអាចផ្តល់អនុសាសន៍ជាក់លាក់ទេ
ប៉ុន្តែប្រទេសជាច្រើនប្រើស្ថានទូតធ្វើជាកន្លែងបោះឆ្នោត»។
លោកបញ្ញាបានបន្តថា ក្រុមពលករចំណាកស្រុកទាំងឡាយ
ដែលរស់នៅក្នុងបណ្តាខេត្តផ្សេងៗ
ប៉ុន្តែធ្វើការនៅថៃគួរត្រូវបានអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យចូលមកបោះឆ្នោតក្នុង
ខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យ
មិនគួរឲ្យពួកគេធ្វើដំណើទៅបោះឆ្នោតនៅស្រុកកំណើតដែលនៅឆ្ងាយនោះ
ទេ។ លោកបញ្ជាក់ថា៖«ពីមុនខេត្តនេះជាបន្ទាយរបស់បក្សប្រឆាំង
និងហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិចឥឡូវនេះ ដោយមានការកំហិតចាប់តាំងពីឆ្នាំ២០០៣
វាបានក្លាយជាបន្ទាយរបស់គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាវិញ»។
លោក អ៊ុំ មាន រដ្ឋលេខាធិការនៅក្រសួងការងារ បានថ្លែងថា
សេចក្តីសម្រេចអំពីថា តើកម្មករ ត្រូវវិលត្រឡប់មកវិញឬយ៉ាងណា?
ចាំបាច់ត្រូវសម្រេច ក្នុងលក្ខខណ្ឌនៃកិច្ចសន្យារវាងកម្មករ
និងនិយោជក មិនមែនដោយរដ្ឋាភិបាលទេ។ លោកបានបន្ថែមថា៖
«ប៉ុន្តែយើងជឿជាក់យ៉ាងមុតមាំថា
ក្រុមហ៊ុនជ្រើសរើសពលករនៅកម្ពុជានឹងយល់
និងពន្យារកម្មវិធីរបស់ពួកគេ ទៅដល់ក្រោយការបោះឆ្នោត»។
សមាជិកតំណាងរាស្រ្តគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ពុំអាចទាក់ទងសុំការអត្ថាធិប្បាយបានទេ។
មានសិទិ្ធ តែគ្មានឱកាស
លោក យឹម សុវណ្ណ អ្នកនាំពាក្យនៃគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិបានថ្លែងថា
រដ្ឋាភិបាលមានការទទួលខុសត្រូវផ្តល់ឱកាសដល់ពលករចំណាកស្រុក
ដើម្បីបោះឆ្នោត ទោះពួកគេនៅទីណាក៏ដោយ។
លោកបានបន្ថែមថា៖ «រដ្ឋាភិបាល
ត្រូវបង្កើតមណ្ឌលបោះឆ្នោតនៅតាមប្រទេសដែលមានស្ថានទូត
ឬកុងស៊ុលកម្ពុជាដើម្បីអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យពលករទាំងនោះចូលរួមបោះឆ្នោត។
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះ រដ្ឋាភិបាលនេះសង្ស័យថា
ពលករចំណាកស្រុកទាំងនោះអាចមិនគាំទ្រគណបក្សកាន់អំណាច»។
លោក តុលា ពីមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលអប់រំច្បាប់សម្រាប់សហគមន៍ បានជឿជាក់ថា
ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាភាគច្រើនដែលធ្វើការនិងរស់នៅក្រៅ ប្រទេស
រាប់ទាំងនៅកូរ៉េខាងត្បូងនិងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកអាចនឹងបោះឆ្នោតឲ្យ
គណបក្សប្រឆាំង។ លោកបានបន្តថា នេះគឺដោយសារកត្តាជំរុញទៅថៃ
ដែលរាប់បញ្ចូលទាំងការចាប់យកដីធ្លី និងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុមិនល្អ
ខណៈដែលបទពិសោធនៅប្រទេសដទៃទៀតផ្តល់ទស្សនវិស័យទូលំទូលាយអំពីរបៀប
ដែលកម្ពុជាត្រូវបានគ្រប់គ្រង។
លោកបានឲ្យដឹងទៀតថា៖
«ពួកគេមើលឃើញការអភិវឌ្ឍក្នុងប្រទេសដទៃទៀត និងសក្តានុពល
ដែលប្រទេសកម្ពុជា អាចនឹងអភិវឌ្ឍលឿនជាងមុន។
ប្រសិនបើពួកគេអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាបោះឆ្នោតនៅស្ថានកុង ស៊ុល
ឬស្ថានទូតខ្ញុំជឿជាក់ថា
ពួកគេនឹងមិនបោះឆ្នោតឲ្យគណបក្សប្រជាជនទេ»។
ប៉ុន្តែបើគិតអំពីឱកាស ពលករចំណាកស្រុកខ្លះមិនបានបោះឆ្នោតទាល់តែសោះ។
រង់ចាំនៅច្រកព្រំដែន លោក ងឹម ឆេង អាយុ ៣៣ ឆ្នាំ មកពីខេត្តតាកែវ
បានថ្លែងថា លោកមានបញ្ហាជីវភាពបន្ទាន់ត្រូវដោះស្រាយ
និងព្រួយបារម្ភជាងការជ្រើសរើសមេដឹកនាំប្រទេសទៅទៀត។
លោកបានបន្តថា៖ «ខ្ញុំមិនខ្វល់អំពីការបោះឆ្នោតទៀតទេ។ បើទោះបី
ជាខ្ញុំបោះឆ្នោត ក៏គ្មានអ្វីផ្លាស់ប្តូរទេ នៅកម្ពុជាគ្រួសារ
និងសហគមន៍ខ្ញុំនៅតែក្រ»។ «នេះជាឱកាសលើកទី ១
របស់ខ្ញុំទៅធ្វើការនៅថៃ។ គ្រួសារខ្ញុំក្រ
ហើយខ្ញុំត្រូវរកប្រាក់ចំណូលដើម្បីចិញ្ចឹមពួកគេ»៕ TK
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There should be a law stating that a Khmer citizen can vote in a general election anywhere in the world where there is a Khmer embassy or Consulate.
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