PHNOM PENH, 6 September 2-12 (Cambodia Herald) - The government has not yet sent a request
to National Assembly President Heng Samrin for a constitutional
amendment to adjust the border with Vietnam, a senior lawmaker said
Wednesday.
Cheam Yeap, a member of the National Assembly permanent committee, said the adjustment of Article 2 of the constitution sought by Prime Minister Hun Sen required a two-thirds majority of the 123 lawmakers.
Hun Sen said Tuesday he was requesting the change after Cambodian and Vietnamese experts found that Cambodian territory was 300 square kilometers bigger than the current estimate of 181,035 square kilometers.
Article Two of the constitution defines Cambodian territory according to maps made under French colonial rule between 1933 and 1953, which were internationally recognized between 1963 and 1969.
Cheam Yeap, a member of the National Assembly permanent committee, said the adjustment of Article 2 of the constitution sought by Prime Minister Hun Sen required a two-thirds majority of the 123 lawmakers.
Hun Sen said Tuesday he was requesting the change after Cambodian and Vietnamese experts found that Cambodian territory was 300 square kilometers bigger than the current estimate of 181,035 square kilometers.
Article Two of the constitution defines Cambodian territory according to maps made under French colonial rule between 1933 and 1953, which were internationally recognized between 1963 and 1969.
2 comments:
Is it another trick created by Hun Sen again?
Why does Hun Sen release new data ( 300 km^2) to the public?
He has two purposes.
1. To gain more supports from innocent Cambodians who did not know clearly about the map.
- Some Cambodians might think, "Ah Ha, we got more 300 km^2, we don't lose land to Vietnam but gain more. Yeah!!!!".
- Some educated Cambodians think, "who give a damn to how do those map technicians measure Cambodian lands' area?" Why?
The most important think is not about the measurement. It is about the LOCATIONS or the BORDERLINES between two countries. In another word, we can say, "the evidence bases on the real area occupied by people or location of the borderline!"
We can calculate a map based on different mathematical measurement. What is the standard deviation of the area that his map technicians has been using? we still don't know.
2. To try to legitimate the map that he created with Vietnam in 1982-1985, hoping that opposing people in the future will shut their mouth up about the lose land and maritime.
Why it is so important?
As a routine from one election to another, he usually force people to accept what he thought is right by making propaganda in Cambodia. First tactic is to publicize the sensitive issue like this border issue. Second, let his puppet to do propaganda supporting his idea. He use a tactic "wait and see". Is there any high opposition to this issue? If it does not have much oppositions to the issue, he will move to another step further (like amendment of the national constitution).
Over all, I am just a Khmer like others. We were stupid enough to be an experiment of two superpowers. we were stupid enough to be swallowed by neighboring countries little by little. we were stupid enough to lose our sister/brothers because of choosing the wrong tendency.
I hope Cambodians will be more brilliant at least understanding what it is right or wrong. Don't sell your virtue. Don't be fool with those drugs/night clubs/prostitutes. Don't choose money or positions in the government over national profits and long-lasting prosperity.
I agree with you, I will approach this issue with cautious. I will believe Hun Sen if he has an independent European topographic team did the survey and measurements. Puppet government Khmer team & Youns are not credibles, from our two countries history. I am not convince that Vietnamese all of a sudden play nice to Cambodia and ceded land back to us. It's just don't add up.
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