First of all, after His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam,
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is Asean's longest-serving leader. He
has been in office for so long due to the fact that the Cambodian people
democratically elected him to power.
Second, how could Hun Sen and his political party have won the election on July 28 if his political base is simply "made up of the Lexus-owning class" of Cambodian society? To have won 68 out of 123 seats, an absolute majority in any democratic election, Hun Sen and his party certainly still have a broad base of political support. How could Gundersen and Mikalauskis have committed such a serious fallacy, unless they have lied or simply manipulated facts to serve their political agenda?
Third, with regard to the allegation that China "has been successful in using Cambodia to splinter ASEAN unity over the South China Sea", I wish to remind you that Cambodia is not a "banana republic". Cambodia is a sovereign and independent nation and a member of the United Nations, like the Kingdom of Thailand and the other 191 member states of the UN. No country, including China or the US, can use Cambodia to serve its political purpose.
Fourth, it is true that the joint communique (JC) of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting could not be issued last year. The reason was that two out of ten ASEAN member states had made their own respective claims to be included in the JC. Despite the efforts of Cambodia, as chair of ASEAN in 2012, to reach a political compromise in order for the JC to be released, there was no consensus. Therefore, it was the first time in the 45 years of ASEAN that two ASEAN members effectively blocked the issuance of the JC.
Fifth, it is normal in a democratic election process to see some technical irregularities. In the case of the US elections not many years ago, there were also electoral irregularities, which led to a ruling by the US Supreme Court. Therefore, if the US elections cannot be perfect, please do not impose a double standard on Cambodia. Cambodia has its own institutions, such as the National Election Committee (NEC) and the Constitutional Council (CC), which legally deal with electoral issues. Just last week, the CC ruled that electoral irregularities would not affect the results of the election.
Sixth, it is absolutely absurd and calumnious for both Gundersen and Mikalauskis to have written that "opposition supporters and politicians have been bullied, beat up and marginalised to the point where Cambodia is a power keg". This is distorting reality. Otherwise, how could the opposition have been able to launch massive and noisy campaigns in the recent general election, as well as continue to challenge the government at present?
Seventh, to compare Hun Sen to Robert Mugabe is a great insult to the people of Cambodia, who have democratically elected Hun Sen to office in all previous elections, which were considered to be free and fair by national and international electoral observers and monitors.
Eighth, there is no arms race between Cambodia and Thailand. This kind of thinking only exists in the minds of the authors. For Cambodia, the arrival of tanks recently was for defence purpose, like all other countries in the world. The order for the tanks was made a long time ago. In fact, no country in the world routinely announces that it has made orders for military equipment.
Finally, to envision that Cambodia is on the "verge of a 'Jasmine Spring'" is a fantasy, and to call for or try to lead a 'Jasmine Spring' in Cambodia would amount to a provocative act of violence. As everyone knows, the world does not condone, but fully condemns, provocative acts of violence. And those who would call for or encourage "another bloody chapter in Cambodia" would be held fully responsible before the laws of Cambodia.
Koy Kuong is the spokesperson for Cambodia's undersecretary of state.
Second, how could Hun Sen and his political party have won the election on July 28 if his political base is simply "made up of the Lexus-owning class" of Cambodian society? To have won 68 out of 123 seats, an absolute majority in any democratic election, Hun Sen and his party certainly still have a broad base of political support. How could Gundersen and Mikalauskis have committed such a serious fallacy, unless they have lied or simply manipulated facts to serve their political agenda?
Third, with regard to the allegation that China "has been successful in using Cambodia to splinter ASEAN unity over the South China Sea", I wish to remind you that Cambodia is not a "banana republic". Cambodia is a sovereign and independent nation and a member of the United Nations, like the Kingdom of Thailand and the other 191 member states of the UN. No country, including China or the US, can use Cambodia to serve its political purpose.
Fourth, it is true that the joint communique (JC) of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting could not be issued last year. The reason was that two out of ten ASEAN member states had made their own respective claims to be included in the JC. Despite the efforts of Cambodia, as chair of ASEAN in 2012, to reach a political compromise in order for the JC to be released, there was no consensus. Therefore, it was the first time in the 45 years of ASEAN that two ASEAN members effectively blocked the issuance of the JC.
Fifth, it is normal in a democratic election process to see some technical irregularities. In the case of the US elections not many years ago, there were also electoral irregularities, which led to a ruling by the US Supreme Court. Therefore, if the US elections cannot be perfect, please do not impose a double standard on Cambodia. Cambodia has its own institutions, such as the National Election Committee (NEC) and the Constitutional Council (CC), which legally deal with electoral issues. Just last week, the CC ruled that electoral irregularities would not affect the results of the election.
Sixth, it is absolutely absurd and calumnious for both Gundersen and Mikalauskis to have written that "opposition supporters and politicians have been bullied, beat up and marginalised to the point where Cambodia is a power keg". This is distorting reality. Otherwise, how could the opposition have been able to launch massive and noisy campaigns in the recent general election, as well as continue to challenge the government at present?
Seventh, to compare Hun Sen to Robert Mugabe is a great insult to the people of Cambodia, who have democratically elected Hun Sen to office in all previous elections, which were considered to be free and fair by national and international electoral observers and monitors.
Eighth, there is no arms race between Cambodia and Thailand. This kind of thinking only exists in the minds of the authors. For Cambodia, the arrival of tanks recently was for defence purpose, like all other countries in the world. The order for the tanks was made a long time ago. In fact, no country in the world routinely announces that it has made orders for military equipment.
Finally, to envision that Cambodia is on the "verge of a 'Jasmine Spring'" is a fantasy, and to call for or try to lead a 'Jasmine Spring' in Cambodia would amount to a provocative act of violence. As everyone knows, the world does not condone, but fully condemns, provocative acts of violence. And those who would call for or encourage "another bloody chapter in Cambodia" would be held fully responsible before the laws of Cambodia.
Koy Kuong is the spokesperson for Cambodia's undersecretary of state.
4 comments:
Koy Kuong, you wrote non-sense. Who in the world does not know that your government, NEC, and CC cheated? As to "democratically elected", you are incorrect; it's all about cheating! Look at your Human Right records which were put out by the UN, the same organization you claimed supported your "free and fair election." You are elequent but your words are empty in substances
hilarious! LOL
a Koy! You are an idiot! You're full of lies.
Kong koy you're completely blinded and biased to the core! What shall profits a man when they gains the whole world and loses his soul? Cpp thugs gains every things in the world now but they lost their soul,completely lost today and to Eternity....How can you wrote shit its so contradiction twisted the truth like that? The world knew that your Cpp elite NEC cheated stolen votes buying votes not allowed Khmers to vote and your Cpp lost this election thatwise the morning after election Hun sen ordered military force to protect his compound.Cpp were x-khmer rouge and the killers of Khmer innocent for Chen & Yuon we [Khmers] knew that real well.Ah koy Kong tells the truth,stop lying.
Yobal Khmer
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