By Anonymous
The Cambodian election is an improbable contemplation for many people
and yet still satisfies a clique of power elite and their supporters.
The government officers and their supporters say that it is time to move
on. They say democracy in Cambodia is working well due to the fact that
the opposition party has won 55 seats, no need for the opposition to
challenge the outcome, and should let it go. They are plain wrong.
The
democracy is not merely consisting of the multiple parties’ electoral
system. It also consists of checks and balances with due processes. That
being said, the opposition has requested the constitutional court to
mandate the NEC on the behalf of the Cambodian people who believe the
election has irregularities and frauds, even though CNRP knows all of
these government bodies are under Prime Minister Hun Sen’s control.
However, the process of checks and balances are necessary and it is part
of the democratic due process.
Hun Sen supporters have viewed
that under Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia is flourishing with economic
growth of at least 7% per year. Change is not needed. They even claim
that the opposition is a bunch of trouble makers who are disturbing a
peaceful and prosperous Cambodia, and they should not organize any
protest of the result of the election.
Protest is part of democracy
as freedom of assembly, and without protest, the voice of the people may
not be heard, and would be very much pretentious. Liberty is one of
the ingredients of democracy where people can speak freely against the
government without persecution and intimidation. By having tanks and
armor personal carries and thousands of troops ready to suppress or even
to kill the protesters is not democracy. By pointing a finger at CNRP
as trouble makers is very much blaming the victims.
Prime
Minister Hun Sen Supporters, perhaps, misunderstands the terminology of
peace. Peace is not just the silence of the guns, but the need to be
obtaining liberty and justice, where money can’t buy.
We agree there
were no wars for last twenty years or so, but the people of Cambodia do
not have the justice they deserve. Lands are being taken from them by
the most powerful elites. When the people were staging protests against
the government, they often ended up in prison, because the judicial
system is not independent and transparent. A percentage of these lands
have been leased for 99 years to the top foreign investors while those
people who lost their lands get a few items from the Cambodian Red Cross
such as a few bottles of fish sour and soy sour, a bag of rice, and a
case of spring water. These foreign companies believe that the deal is
legitimate and well protected by international law while the Cambodian
power elites who are in joint ventures with the companies believes it
would be benefiting their families for many generations to come. We
know well that, what was legal in the past might not be legal today, and
what is legal today might not be legal in the future, and being legal
is not necessarily right. For example, during the Pre-American Civil War
in which slavery was considered legal but not necessarily right. The 99
years deal between Hun Sen’s top brass and these companies may not be
bound in the future. Those who steal lands and properties from the
people are criminals and those who bought stolen properties are also
criminals.
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