Cambodian opposition rallies as poll results loom

Published: 7 Sep 2013 at 04.49

Bangkok Post

PHNOM PENH - Thousands of Cambodians, many holding lotus flowers symbolising peace, joined a mass protest on Saturday in a last-ditch bid to challenge Prime Minister Hun Sen's disputed election win.

Around 20,000 demonstrators, some carrying placards and ribbons with "my vote, my life" written in Khmer, gathered in Democracy Park to demand a probe into allegations that voter fraud denied the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) victory in the July 28 election.

The protest, which was one of the largest opposition demonstrations in recent years, comes as final results due on Sunday are expected to end the CNRP's legal options to overturn the result.

The CNRP has alleged widespread rigging in the election in which Hun Sen's long-ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) claimed victory.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy again rejected the poll result Saturday, vowing further peaceful demonstrations unless an independent probe into alleged voter fraud is called.

Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Sam Rainsy waves to supporters at Democracy Park in Phnom Penh on Saturday. (AFP Photo)

Opening his address to the colourful rally with a prayer, he said it was a "historic day" and called for "justice for the voters".

"Those who steal our votes won't live happily," he said, to rapturous applause.

The French-educated former banker was excluded from standing in the polls despite a recent royal pardon for criminal convictions that he maintains were politically motivated.

According to preliminary official results from the National Election Committee (NEC), the CPP won 3.2 million votes to the CNRP's 2.9 million.

The results gave 68 National Assembly seats to the CPP and 55 to the CNRP. The opposition says it would have won at least 65 seats had the election been fair.

The NEC is expected to rule that the CPP won the election when it declares the final results on Sunday.

The country's Constitutional Council said on Friday that it had reviewed the CNRP's complaints about the poll and had broadly rejected them.

"In general, we uphold the decisions of the NEC," council spokesman Uth Chhorn told AFP.

His comments failed to deflate protesters who converged in the capital for several hours on Saturday, before dispersing around lunchtime.

"I came to demand justice. Our votes have been stolen. ... The victory of the people has been stolen," said Uy Sarouen, 54, in a frequently heard complaint.

Experts say the opposition's legal options are running out.

"The chances of the opposition succeeding in its demands are proportional to the number of supporters joining the demonstration," Cambodian independent political analyst Lao Mong Hay told AFP before the rally.

But Hun Sen's ruling CPP said it would not be swayed by the size of the protest turnout.

"They cannot put pressure on us," said senior party member Cheam Yeap. "The winning party won't become hostage to the losing side."

Hun Sen, 61, a former Khmer Rouge cadre who defected and oversaw Cambodia's rise from the ashes of war, has vowed to rule until he is 74.

His government is regularly accused of ignoring human rights and suppressing political dissent.

Thousands of members of the security forces were mobilised for Saturday's gathering but kept a low profile and the protest passed without violence.

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Tony Abbott claims victory for the Coalition in Federal Election 2013

Political News Federal Election 2013

Date September 7, 2013 - 11:21PM

Judith Ireland, Jonathan Swan

Tony Abbott has claimed victory for the Coalition in the 2013 federal election.

Earlier Prime Minister Kevin Rudd conceded defeat and announced that he would not recontest the leadership of the Labor Party, saying it was ''time for renewal''.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd with wife Therese Rein concedes defeat in the 2013 election. Photo: Andrew Meares

Mr Abbott appeared before a jubilant crowd of supporters in Sydney.
''I can inform you that the government of Australia has changed,'' he said, before he was drowned out by the crowd.
Mr Abbott repeated his election pledges, saying the carbon tax would go, the boats would be stopped and the budget would be on track for a ''believable surplus''.
''From today, I declare that Australia is under new management and that Australia is once more open for business.''
Mr Abbott acknowledged that Mr Rudd had conceded defeat as well as his ''service''.
''I now look forward to forming a government that is competent, that is trustworthy, and which purposefully and steadfastly and methodically sets about delivering on our commitments to you, the Australian people.''
The new prime minister elect said that in a ''week or so'' Governor-General Quentin Bryce would swear in the new government.
''Today, the people of Australia have declared that the right to govern this country does not belong to Mr Rudd or to me or to his party or to ours; but it belongs to you, the people of Australia,'' Mr Abbott said.

'Gave it my all'
Mr Rudd said he had called Mr Abbott to congratulate him on his victory.
''I gave it my all but it was not enough for us to win,'' Mr Rudd told a crowd of cheering Labor Party supporters in Brisbane.
Mr Rudd said he was proud he had helped preserve Labor as a ''viable fighting force'' for the future.
''Ben Chifley's light on the hill will continue forever,'' he declared.
Mr Rudd told a gathering of the party faithful in Brisbane: ''I have been honoured to serve as your prime minister and as your party's leader.
''But there comes a time when you know you've given it your all and a time for the party to further renew its leadership for the future.
''For me that time is now. So I will not be recontesting the leadership of the parliamentary Labor Party.''
The Australian people deserved a ''fresh start'', Mr Rudd said.
''I know this will not be welcome news to some of you. But my responsibility has been to maintain Labor as a fighting force for the future so that we can unite behind the next leader of our party.''
Mr Rudd told the audience they would not hear his voice in public life for some time, and that was ''as it should be''. He had taken the decision with a ''heavy heart'' because he loved the Labor Party, loved the movement and loved ''the vision we have for Australia's future''.
The mood at the Labor post-election party was so buoyant that Mr Rudd had to calm down their whistling and chanting so he could begin talking.
''Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!'' they yelled.
''Jeez, I though we had lost,'' Mr Rudd said.
He said the ''miracle'' and the ''marvel'' of Australia was that there was ''more that unites us than divides us''.
Mr Rudd was less generous about his LNP opponent, Bill Glasson, whom he defeated for the seat of Griffith.
''It would be un-prime ministerial of me to say Bill Glasson, eat your heart out, so I won't,'' he said.
Mr Rudd said he and his wife Therese Rein were looking forward to greeting Mr Abbott and his wife Margie at the Lodge next week with the same generosity that John and Janette Howard welcomed his family six years ago.
He also said that as evidence of Labor's success, every sitting member of cabinet who recontested their seats had been returned.
Addressing his campaign staff, Mr Rudd said: ''For putting up with me, I thank you for that.''
Former prime minister Julia Gillard took to Twitter after Mr Rudd's concession speech to commiserate with her old colleagues.
''A tough night for Labor,'' Ms Gillard wrote. ''But a spirited fight by Kevin, Albo, George + the whole team.  My thoughts are with you all. JG''
'Rudd should leave parliament'
Outgoing defence minister Stephen Smith praised Mr Rudd's decision to resign from the leadership as the ''sensible" thing to do'' - but still called on Mr Rudd to leave Parliament.
''It is in his interests and our interests ... to leave the Parliament at some early time,'' he said.
Mr Smith said that the ''next generation'' - including Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek and Mark Butler - needed a chance.
''You have to strike out for the future,'' he said.
''They can't now get bogged down on who said what to who, or was it Rudd or was it Gillard's fault?''
Former minister Greg Combet said he endorsed Mr Smith's assessment that Mr Rudd should leave Parliament.
Upbeat mood despite loss
Despite a poor showing for Labor at the polls, losses in western Sydney were not as bad as expected, and Labor has so far lost just one seat in Queensland, Capricornia.
Rudd backer and Treasurer Chris Bowen, who has held on to his seat of McMahon, said Labor had done better than expected.
''Across the board it's a difficult night for the Labor Party, but compared with what we may have faced, six or 12 months ago, it's a result which I think will stand us in good stead for the next three years,'' he told ABC TV.
Mr Combet also said that the results for his party were not as bad as expected.
''The outcome seats-wise doesn't look quite as bad for us as had been anticipated," he told ABC TV.
Early Labor-held seats to fall to the Coalition were La Trobe and Corangamite in Victoria and Bass, Braddon and Lyons in Tasmania, but Labor retained Franklin in that state. The central coast NSW seat of Robertson was also a loss for Labor to the Coalition, as were the NSW seats of Page and Lindsay.
Other Labor losses included the Victorian seat of Deakin, the South Australian seat of Hindmarsh and the Northern Territory seat of Lingiari.
Coalition candidates have also won in the formerly independent-held seats of New England and Lyne. Barnaby Joyce has successfully moved from the Senate to the lower house, taking New England, the seat formerly held by Tony Windsor.
The Nationals have also held off a challenge from the Liberals in the Victorian seat of Mallee.
High-profile candidate Clive Palmer is in with a chance to win the Sunshine Coast seat of Fairfax held by retiring Coalition MP Alex Somlyay.
Mr Palmer had attracted close to 29 per cent of the vote, with more than 55 per cent of the votes counted.
Former speaker Peter Slipper has conceded the Queensland seat of Fisher, with former Howard government minister Mal Brough set to return to Parliament.
Independent Andrew Wilkie has held his seat of Denison in Tasmania with a strong swing to him despite a concerted campaign by Labor. Greens MP Adam Bandt will retain Melbourne despite the Liberal Party directing preferences away from the Greens.
In some good news for Labor, Rudd supporter Ed Husic retained his western Sydney seat of Chifley as did Michelle Rowland in Greenway against a challenge from Jaymes Diaz.
Kate Ellis retained her seat of Adelaide in South Australia.
Matt Thistlewaite has successfully moved from the Senate to retain the Sydney seat of Kingsford-Smith for Labor. He stood for the seat after former education minister Peter Garrett resigned from politics when Mr Rudd was returned to the Labor leadership.
Recriminations begin within Labor
Within five minutes of the first stations closing, senior Labor figures were publicly conceding defeat.
At 6.04pm former defence minister Stephen Smith told ABC TV that Labor had already lost and that the result could be worse than 1996, when Paul Keating lost in a landslide to John Howard.
Former prime minister Bob Hawke told Sky News the election was "lost by the government" rather than won by the opposition.
''All the evidence shows that the electorate is not madly keen about him [Tony Abbott],'' Mr Hawke told Sky News.
''The personal manipulations and pursuits of interest have dominated more than they should and in the process the concentration on values have slipped.''
Tanya Plibersek told ABC TV that it was clear the Coalition had won the day.
''I am a cautious person by nature, but I think it's pretty clear. It's a matter of the size of the victory.''
Labor's public recriminations have already begun, with outgoing Northern Territory senator Trish Crossin blaming national secretary George Wright for a poorly run campaign.
''If we see a massive defeat tonight then George Wright has to go,'' Senator Crossin wrote on Facebook.
''Worst national secretary we have had ... can't be [sic] believe the media don't look at this more closely.''
Senator Crossin was dumped from her Senate seat in January by former prime minister Julia Gillard, who installed former Olympic athlete Nova Peris in the hope of her becoming federal Labor's first indigenous representative.

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Cambodia opposition rallies in push for poll probe

                    

Prak Chan Thul 18 hours ago

.A youth volunteer of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) slots in money into a box during a rehearsal …

            

By Prak Chan Thul

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Cambodia's defiant opposition rallied on Saturday to demand an independent probe into July elections they say were rigged to prolong the rule of a prime minister now facing his biggest political challenge in two decades.
The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the amalgamation of what was once an impotent opposition to Hun Sen's iron-fisted rule, claims it actually won the election and has vowed to hold protests until their demand was met and urged the international community to disregard the result of the national poll.
The long-dominant Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has denied foul play and Hun Sen has said he will ignore the opposition challenge and forge ahead with forming a government.
The CPP won the election with a greatly reduced majority, signaling widespread dissatisfaction with his government, despite rapid economic growth and success in reducing poverty.
"We're here today ...to seek justice for voters who demand an independent committee to investigate election irregularities," CNRP leader Sam Rainsy told a crowd of about 20,000 people at Phnom Penh's Freedom Park, the only venue where demonstrations are allowed.
"We must end violence and impunity," said Rainsy, who returned from self-imposed exile to bolster the opposition's election campaign. "The forests are gone, the farmland is gone, there's no jobs, our youth has no future. We must work together to rescue the nation."
The CNRP has urged supporters not to march in the city, fearing violence could easily erupt. Security forces have cracked down hard on strikes and protests by disgruntled factory workers and victims of a spiraling number land evictions.
Thousands of riot police armed with batons and shields have this week been running crowd control drills. Security forces manned posts on nearby streets as protesters, in yellow headbands with peace signs written on their cheeks, arrived.
STRONGMAN WEAKENED
Hun Sen's CPP has said it won 68 of the 123 parliamentary seats in the election, compared to the CNRP's 55 seats, a hefty loss of 22 seats for a ruling party that has formed a close but unpopular political alliance with China, its biggest investor.
But CNRP maintains it won 63 seats to the CPP's 60 and Rainsy has accused the CPP of colluding with the National Election Committee to steal 2.3 million votes from his party.
The CNRP's refusal to back down is the biggest political test in two decades for 61-year-old Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders and a strongman who has taken credit for steering Cambodia away from its chaotic, war-scarred past towards economic growth and rural development.
But his achievements might not carry so much weight nowadays. About 70 percent of the population are under 30 and yearn for change, born long after the horrors of the Khmer Rouge's 1975-79 reign of terror and too young to remember any other government.
CNRP has recruited a powerful ally in the country's biggest labor organization, the Free Trade Union, which has fought with the government over a minimum wage the CNRP has promised to nearly double. FTU members joined representatives of farmers forced off their land in speeches denouncing the government.
It has also tapped Cambodia's tech-savvy youth, promoting itself on social media to counter the government's strict control of the airwaves and print press.
Senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap said his party had no intention of bowing to CNRP's demands and accused Rainsy of being "ambitious and greedy".
"There is no truth in his allegations," Cheam Yeap said. "It's like he's claiming he won the election."
(Editing by Martin Petty and Michael Perry)

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ប៉ូលិស​សម្រួល​ចរាចរណ៍​នៅ​ក្បែរ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​៧ កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។ RFA/Den Ayuthyea

 
លោក អេង ឆៃអ៊ាង បេក្ខជន​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ដែល​មាន​វត្តមាន​ក្នុង​ពិធី​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម បាន​វាយ​តម្លៃ​ថា ការ​ប្រមូល​ផ្តុំ​មាន​សន្តិសុខ សុវត្ថិភាព​ល្អ។
លោក​កត់​សម្គាល់​ថា ប៉ូលិស​ចរាចរណ៍​បាន​ចូលរួម​ជួយ​សម្រួល​ឲ្យ​យានយន្ត​បើកបរ ឬ​ជួយ​ធ្វើ​ចរាចរណ៍​ដល់​អ្នក​មក​ចូល​រួម​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​ដោយ​ស្មារតី​ទទួល​ខុស ​ត្រូវ​ខ្ពស់​រហូត​ដល់​ចប់​កម្មវិធី៖ «សន្តិសុខ​មាន​សុវត្ថិភាព​ល្អ ហើយ​ដោយសារ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​លោក​មាន​សីលធម៌​ថ្លៃថ្នូរ​ណាស់។ អ្នក​ខ្លះ​ចេះ​តែ​ភ័យ​ព្រួយ​ខ្លាច​មាន​ហិង្សា​អី​ហ្នឹង។ ហិង្សា​កុំ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ម្ខាង​ទៀត​ដុត បើ​អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​នៅ​ក្នុង​បាតុកម្ម​នេះ​គាត់​មាន​ទឹក​ចិត្ត​ត្រជាក់ អត់​មាន​ក្ដៅ​ទេ ហើយ​យើង​ឃើញ​អ្នក​ស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត អ្នក​មក​ជួយ​ធ្វើ​ចរាចរណ៍​សន្តិសុខ ហើយ​យើង​ឃើញ​ប៉ូលិស​ក៏​បាន​ជួយ​ដែរ។ ជួយ​សណ្ដាប់ធ្នាប់»។
លោក អេង ឆៃអ៊ាង បាន​សំណូមពរ​ដល់​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចម្រុះ​ឲ្យ​បន្ត​សកម្មភាព​ល្អ និង​លះបង់​ទង្វើ​​​គំរាម​កំហែង​ពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្លួន​នា​ថ្ងៃ​អនាគត។
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ម្នាក់​រស់​នៅ​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​ ឈ្មោះ ជុន រ៉ាវុធ ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​បាតុករ​រាប់​ម៉ឺន​នាក់​ដែល​​ចូល​រួម​មហា​​បាតុកម្ម ក៏​បាន​ចាត់​ទុក​ការ​ប្រមូល​ផ្ដុំ​មាន​របៀប​រៀបរយ​ល្អ ជា​ពិសេស​លោក​​កោត​សរសើរ​សកម្មភាព​ការងារ​ប៉ូលិស​ដែល​បាន​ជួយ​សម្រួល​ ចរាចរណ៍​បាន​ល្អ និង​គ្មាន​ការ​កកស្ទះ៖ «ចរាចរណ៍​មាន​ការ​សម្រួល​ពី​ ប៉ូលិស និង​កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ បាន​ជួយ​សម្រួល​ដល់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ធ្វើ​ដំណើរ​ដោយ​រលូន អត់​មាន​ការ​កក​ស្ទះ​ទេ។ អនាគត​ទៅ​សូម​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ជួយ​សម្រួល​បញ្ហា​ចរាចរណ៍​ឲ្យ​បាន​រលូន​ សម្រាប់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ទូទៅ​ឲ្យ​បាន​ប្រសើរ​ដូច​នេះ​រហូត»។
យ៉ាងណា​ក៏ដោយ កម្លាំង​ប្រដាក់​អាវុធ​ចម្រុះ​របស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​មាន​ដូចជា៖ កម្លាំង​បង្ក្រាប​បាតុករ​មាន​បំពាក់​ខែល ឬ​ដំបង​ឆក់ ឡាន​បាញ់​ទឹក បន្លា​លួស ឬ​រនាំង​ដែក និង​អាវុធ​បាញ់​ឧស្ម័ន​បង្ហូរ​ទឹក​ភ្នែក ឬ​អាវុធ​គីមី​​ជាដើម ត្រូវ​គេ​​ដាក់​ពង្រាយ​នៅ​តាម​ផ្លូវ ឬ​​តាម​ទីតាំង​សំខាន់ៗ ក្នុង​ទីក្រុង​ទុក​ជា​ស្រេច។ ជាង​នេះ មន្ត្រី​ប៉ូលិស​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​ បាន​បញ្ជា​តាម​វិទ្យុ​ទាក់ទង ឬ​អាយឌី ទៅ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ក្រោម​ឱវាទ​ខ្លួន​ថា ត្រូវ​ប្រចាំ​​​ការ​តាម​គោលដៅ​រៀងៗ​ខ្លួន​ជាប់​ជា​ប្រចាំ។
ប៉ូលិស​មិន​បង្ហាញ​អត្តសញ្ញាណ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា បាតុករ ឬ​ព្រះសង្ឃ​មក​ពី​បណ្ដា​ខេត្ត​ផ្សេងៗ ដែល​បាន​មក​ចូល​​​​​រួម​​​​​ធ្វើ​​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​ត្រូវ​បាន​ថ្នាក់លើ​ខ្លួន​ បញ្ជា ឲ្យ​ដាក់​កម្លាំង​តាមដាន និង​ត្រូវ​ថត​រូប​យានជំនិះ ឬ​ស្លាក​លេខ​​​រហូត​ដល់​មូលដ្ឋាន​ពួកគេ។
យ៉ាង​នេះ​ក្តី សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចម្រុះ​ដែល​ដាក់​ពង្រាយ​នៅ​ជុំវិញ​បរិវេណ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និង​ទីតាំង​​តាម​ផ្លូវ​នានា​ ក្នុង​ទីក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ មិន​មាន​បំពាក់​អាវុធ​ទេ ប៉ុន្តែ​កម្លាំង​ដាក់​ពង្រាយ​នៅ​តាម​គោលដៅ​ជាយ​ក្រុង ឬ​ខ្សែ​ក្រវាត់​ក្រុង ឃើញ​មាន​បំពាក់​អាវុធ​និង​គ្រាប់​រំសេវ​ជាប់​ខ្លួន។
សមត្ថកិច្ច​កង​រាជ​អាវុធហត្ថ​ ឬ​កម្លាំង​ប៉េអឹម ដែល​ឈរ​ប្រចាំការ​តាម​គោលដៅ​នានា បាន​បដិសេធ​មិន​ធ្វើ​អត្ថាធិប្បាយ​ទេ ដោយ​និយាយ​ខ្លី​ថា វត្តមាន​ពួកគេ​គឺ​ធ្វើ​តាម​បញ្ជា​មេ និង​មាន​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ខ្លះ​ត្រូវ​បញ្ជូន​ពី​តាម​ខេត្ត​ផ្សេងៗ។
ទោះ​យ៉ាង​ណា មន្ត្រី​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​មក​ពី​ច្រើន​ស្ថាប័ន ដែល​បាន​ចុះ​អង្កេត​​ស្ថានការណ៍​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​របស់​​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ ជាតិ បាន​វាយ​តម្លៃ​ថា មិន​មាន​អំពើ​ហិង្សា ឬ​ការ​ប្រឈម​មុខ​ដាក់​​គ្នា​រវាង​អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​ជាមួយ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ទេ។ ប៉ុន្តែ​បាន​អះអាង​ថា នឹង​ចាត់​ទីភ្នាក់ងារ​ឲ្យ​តាម​ដាន​ពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​បាន​មក​ចូល​រួម​ដល់​មូលដ្ឋាន​ ពួកគេ​ថែម​ទៀត ព្រោះ​បារម្ភ​ពី​ការ​គំរាមកំហែង​ណា​មួយ​កើត​ឡើង។
បញ្ហា​​អនាម័យ​និង​សុខភាព​អ្នក​ចូលរួម​បាតុកម្ម
មាន​មនុស្ស​ជា​ច្រើន​មក​ពី​តាម​បណ្ដា​ខេត្ត​ក្រុង​នានា មក​ចូល​រួម​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម ហើយ​ការ​ចូល​រួម​នេះ ក៏​មាន​មនុស្ស​ខ្លះ​ឈឺ ខ្លះ​ចោល​សំរាម​ពាសពេញ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ។ ទោះ​ជា​យ៉ាង​ណា ក្រុម​អ្នក​ស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ និង​ក្រុម​និស្សិត​ពេទ្យ បាន​ចូល​រួម​ព្យាបាល​អ្នក​ជំងឺ​ផង និង​បាន​ប្រមូល​សំរាម​ក្រោយ​ការ​ចាកចេញ​របស់​បាតុករ​ពី​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​ផង។

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មតិ​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​ចំពោះ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​អហិង្សា​របស់​បក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ

ក្រុម​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​មក​ពី​អង្គការ​នានា បាន​វាយ​តម្លៃ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៧ កញ្ញា ថា មាន​ដំណើរ​ការ​ល្អ ពោល​គឺ​ទាំង​បាតុករ​ក៏​មាន​របៀប​រៀបរយ ទាំង​អាជ្ញាធរ​ក៏​បាន​យក​ចិត្ត​ទុក​ដាក់​ការពារ​សន្តិសុខ​បាន​ល្អ។ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ ក្រុម​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​បាន​រិះគន់​អាជ្ញាធរ​នៅ​តាម​ខេត្ត​នានា ថា​មិន​ល្អ ដោយសារ​បាន​រារាំង​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​ធ្វើ​ដំណើរ​មក​ចូល​រួម​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​នៅ​ភ្នំពេញ។  

ដោយ វោហារ ជាតិ
2013-09-07

RFA

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង

អ្នក​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស ពេល​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​អហិង្សា​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នា​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៧ ខែ​កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។

Photo: RFA

អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​ជាតិ​ចំនួន ២០០​នាក់ មក​ពី​អង្គការ​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​ចំនួន ៤០​អង្គការ ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ដាក់​ពង្រាយ​លាយឡំ​ហ្វូង​បាតុករ​រាប់​ម៉ឺន​នាក់។
ក្រុម​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ចែក​ជា​ក្រុម​តូចៗ ពិនិត្យ​មើល​ស្ថានភាព​ទូទៅ ដូចជា ផ្នែក​សន្តិសុខ សណ្ដាប់ធ្នាប់ អនាម័យ ជាពិសេស​ចាំ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ក្រែង​មាន​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​កើត​ឡើង។
អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​មួយ​រូប​មក​ពី​អង្គការ​សមធម៌ លោក ប៊ុន មករា ដែល​កំពុង​ឈរ​ជ្រក​ម្លប់ ក្បែរ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ សង្កេត​ឃើញ​ថា ក្រុម​បាតុករ​មាន​សណ្ដាប់​ធ្នាប់​ល្អ។
ចំណែក​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍ កញ្ញា កោល សិលា មក​ពី​អង្គការ​សមធម៌​ដែរ​នោះ ក៏​យល់​ឃើញ​ប្រហាក់​ប្រហែល​គ្នា​ដែរ។
ក្នុង​ពេល​មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​បក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ថ្លែង​សារ​នយោបាយ ក្រុម​បាតុករ​ក៏​នាំ​គ្នា​ស្រែក​ជ័យ​ឃោស ជួន​កាល​ស្រែក​បន្ទរ​ម្ដងៗ។
អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​មួយ​រូប​ទៀត គឺ គីម វិច្ឆិកា សង្កេត​ឃើញ​ថា បើ​ទោះ​បី​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​នៅ​តាម​បណ្ដា​ខេត្ត​ភាគ​ច្រើន ខក​ខាន​មិន​បាន​មក​ចូល​រួម​បាតុកម្ម ដោយសារ​មាន​អាជ្ញាធរ​ឃាត់​តាម​ផ្លូវ យ៉ាង​ណា​ក្ដី ក៏​ចំនួន​អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​បាន​កើន​លើស​តាម​ការ​គ្រោង​ទុក ដែល​បក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​គ្រោង​ចំនួន ២​ម៉ឺន​នាក់។ ទោះ​យ៉ាង​ណា ចំនួន​បាតុករ​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​អះអាង​ខុសៗ​គ្នា។ មន្ត្រី​បក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ អះអាង​ថា មាន​អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​ប្រហែល ៣​ម៉ឺន​នាក់ ខណៈ​កាសែត​បរទេស​ខ្លះ​ដាក់​ថា ក្រុម​បាតុករ​មាន​ចំនួន​រាប់​ពាន់​នាក់។
អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​មក​ពី​អង្គការ​សិទ្ធិ​លំនៅឋាន កញ្ញា ឡុង គឹមហ៊ាង ចាប់​អារម្មណ៍​ចំណុច​បី​សំខាន់ គឺ​ក្រុម​បាតុករ​ហាក់​ចេះ​ប្រុង​ប្រយ័ត្ន​ការពារ​សន្តិសុខ​ខ្លួន​ឯង​បាន​យ៉ាង​ប្រុង​ប្រយ័ត្ន ថែម​ទាំង​ចេះ​រក្សា​អនាម័យ​ទៀត​ផង។ តែ​អ្វី​ដែល​កញ្ញា​ចាប់​អារម្មណ៍​នោះ គឺ​ក្រុម​គិញ​សម្ងាត់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ស្លៀក​ពាក់​ស៊ីវិល ដើរ​ស៊ើប​ការណ៍​ក្នុង​ហ្វូង​បាតុករ។
វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី ក៏​បាន​កត់​សម្គាល់​ឃើញ​ប្រហាក់​ប្រហែល​គ្នា​ដែរ គឺ​នៅ​ពេល​សម្ភាស​ជាមួយ​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​នានា​ក្នុង​ហ្វូង​បាតុករ តែង​ឃើញ​មាន​ជន​ចម្លែក​ស្លៀក​ពាក់​ស៊ីវិល ពាក់​វ៉ែនតា​ខ្មៅ ពាក់​មួក​ជិត​ស្លុប មក​ធ្វើ​ជា​ប្រជ្រៀត​ស្ដាប់​ជា​ញឹកញាប់។ ក្រៅ​ពី​នេះ កញ្ញា ឡុង គឹមហ៊ាង ចាប់​អារម្មណ៍​អំពី​ឥរិយាបថ​របស់​ក្រុម​បាតុករ ហាក់​ដូច​ប្រុង​ប្រយ័ត្ន និង​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ​លើ​ប្រព័ន្ធ​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ។ ការ​អះអាង​ដូច្នេះ ហាក់​ដូច​ជា​បញ្ជាក់​ទៅ​នឹង​រឿង​ដែល​ទើប​កើត​ឡើង​មុន​នេះ​បន្តិច ពោល​គឺ​អ្នក​យក​ព័ត៌មាន​វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី បាន​ដើរ​ថត​រូប​ក្រុម​បាតុករ​ខ្លះ​ដែល​នាំ​គ្នា​ជ្រក​ម្លប់​ឈើ ក្នុង​មួយ​ដើម​បួន​ប្រាំ​នាក់ៗ ស្រាប់​តែ​មាន​បាតុករ​យុវវ័យ​ពីរ​បី​នាក់ បន្លឺ​ពាក្យ​ថា "មក​ថត​អី​កន្លែង​ហ្នឹង! កន្លែង​មនុស្ស​ច្រើន​មិន​ទៅ​ថត?”។ បន្ទាប់​មក ក្រុម​បាតុករ​ទាំង​នោះ​ក៏​តាម​សួរ​ជីក​ឫស​ជីក​គល់​តែ​ម្ដង។

បាតុករ​ភ្ញាក់​ផ្អើល​មើល​មនុស្ស​ហែក​ដំបូល​ក្បឿង​អគារ​ក្បែរ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ថត​រូប លោក សម រង្សី កំពុង​ថ្លែង​សារ​នយោបាយ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៧ កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។ RFA/Vohar Cheath

ក្រុម​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍ បាន​វាយ​តម្លៃ​ប្រហាក់​ប្រហែល​គ្នា​ថា ក្រុម​បាតុករ​ហាក់​ចេះ​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ​សន្តិសុខ និង​ស្ថានការណ៍​ក្នុង​ពេល​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​ដោយ​ខ្លួន​ឯង​បាន​យ៉ាង​ល្អ។ ជាក់​ស្ដែង នៅ​ពេល លោក សម រង្ស៊ី កំពុង​ថ្លែង​សារ​នយោបាយ​ទៅ​កាន់​ហ្វូង​បាតុករ ស្រាប់​តែ​ក្រុម​បាតុករ​មួយ​ចំនួន​បាន​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ​ឃើញ​មាន​មនុស្ស​ហែក​ដំបូល​ក្បឿង​អគារ​ខ្ពស់​មួយ​នៅ​ក្បែរ​នោះ គឺ​ក្បែរ​ក្រសួង​សាធារណការ និង​ដឹក​ជញ្ជូន ដើម្បី​ថត​រូប​ហ្វូង​បាតុករ​ដែល​កំពុង​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម ហើយ​ក៏​នាំ​គ្នា​ស្រែក​ឡូឡា​លុះត្រា​មនុស្ស​ដែល​ហែក​ដំបូល​ក្បឿង​នោះ​ឡឹប​ចូល​ក្នុង​អគារ​វិញ។
ជាង​នេះ​ទៅ​ទៀត កញ្ញា ឡុង គឹមហ៊ាង បន្ត​ថា ក្រុម​បាតុករ​ហាក់​ចង់​អួត​ប្រាប់​អ្នក​កាសែត អ្នក​ថត​រូប និង​អ្នក​ថត​វីដេអូ​អំពី​ចំនួន​ក្រុម​បាតុករ​មក​ចូល​រួម​បាតុកម្ម​អហិង្សា​នេះ ថា​មាន​ចំនួន​ច្រើន​លើសលប់ ហើយ​មិន​ចង់​ឲ្យ​អ្នក​កាសែត​មក​ថត​រូប​កន្លែង​ណា​ដែល​មិន​សូវ​មាន​មនុស្ស​ចូល​រួម​ច្រើន ព្រោះ​ខ្លាច​គេ​ផ្សាយ​ថា អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​មាន​ចំនួន​តិច។
បាតុករ​បាន​រំសាយ​នៅ​ពេល​ថ្ងៃ​ត្រង់​ដោយ​សុវត្ថិភាព។
ចុង​បញ្ចប់ ប្រធាន​ក្រុម​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍ លោក សួន ប៊ុនស័ក្ដិ អគ្គលេខាធិការ​នៃ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ប្រព្រឹត្តិកម្ម​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​កម្ពុជា បាន​វាយ​តម្លៃ​ថា បាតុកម្ម​នៅ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​បាន​ដំណើរ​ការ​ល្អ។ តែ​លោក​អាក់អន់​ចិត្ត​ចំពោះ​អាជ្ញាធរ​តាម​ខេត្ត ដែល​រំខាន​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​មិន​ឲ្យ​ឡើង​មក​ចូល​រួម​បាតុកម្ម​នៅ​ភ្នំពេញ​បាន៕

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Cambodia NGOs Slam Polls as Final Complaints Thrown Out

2013-09-06 

RFA   

    

Lotus flowers offered to riot police in Phnom Penh as a peace gesture lie on the ground after police rejected them, Sept. 6, 2013.

RFA

A group of local poll monitors on Friday declared Cambodia’s national elections neither free nor fair as the country’s top court threw out all opposition complaints of ballot irregularities.

The coalition of 40 civil society organizations which assessed the July 28 vote made the conclusion ahead of a mass protest Saturday by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) a day before the government-appointed National Election Committee (NEC) announces final results.

The monitors recommended an overhaul of the NEC, which manages the country’s polls, and of the Constitutional Council, which has rejected challenges against the NEC’s preliminary results that gave a win to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). They judged the administration of the polls as “not yet free and not yet fair” and having less “integrity” than those in past years despite a decrease in serious election-related violence.

“Previous elections organized by the NEC were deemed to be below the international standards of free and fair elections but in this election key problems had not been properly addressed and affected the process and administration of the election,” their statement said.

The groups, which include the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) and the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Nicfec), also called for reforming the mechanisms for election conflict resolution and poll irregularity investigations.

Review completed

The Constitutional Council, the final arbiter of election complaints, brought its 17-day review of the hotly-contested polls to a close on Friday, ruling against all 14 of the 15 CNRP complaints it accepted.

The complaints had challenged preliminary vote counts announced last month by the NEC that support the CPP’s claims that it won 68 parliamentary seats to the CNRP’s 55. The council’s dismissal paves the way for the NEC to ratify those results on Sunday.

“The Constitutional Council has the honor to inform the public that the Council has completely examined and decided on all disputes involved with the fifth mandate election in 2013 as of the evening of Friday, Sept. 6,” a statement by the court said.

The court also rejected a complaint on irregularities in Kandal province during a hearing that CNRP representatives walked out on in frustration.

“The Constitutional Council … has failed to provide CNRP justice,” CNRP representative Eng Chhay Eang told RFA’s Khmer Service on leaving the hearing.

The CNRP claims it won at least 63 seats and has had a wider victory snatched away by widespread irregularities.

Protest preparations

CNRP supporters are set to protest against the election Saturday morning in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park in a demonstration that has been planned for weeks.

As supporters made final preparations, CNRP senior leader Mu Sochua told a press conference that the party was “ready” for the demonstration and that it expects at least 20,000 people to join.

The demonstration is scheduled to last from 7:00 a.m. to noon, but may go on longer if demonstrators choose, she said.

On Thursday, the Ministry of the Interior granted the CNRP permission to hold the demonstration on the condition that the number of protesters does not exceed 10,000 and the protesters do not march or camp out in the park.

CNRP Deputy President Kem Sokha said the party cannot limit the number of protesters or the duration of the demonstration and that it had taken measures to prevent protesters from getting out of hand or provoking any violence.

“Having a demonstration means that the public will express their views; it doesn’t mean the CNRP can order them [to join or not],” he said in an RFA interview.

The party has established a code of conduct for those taking part in the protest, he said, adding that no violence had broken out when tens of thousands of supporters thronged the city’s streets to welcome CNRP President Sam Rainsy on his return to the country from exile a week before voting day.

The government has warned that police will retaliate and demonstration leaders will be held responsible before the law if the protest turns violent or threatens security.

Travel restrictions

Kem Sokha urged authorities not to bar supporters from traveling to Phnom Penh for the demonstration.

A group of would-be demonstrators from Takeo province said Friday they have been barred from joining the demonstration.

They plan to pray for justice at local pagodas instead, they said.

The travel restrictions reported in Takeo come after Svay Rieng police on Tuesday stopped a group of about 100 villagers traveling to a religious meeting in Sihanoukville province in what members of the group suspected was part of government measures to prevent opposition supporters from traveling to Phnom Penh.

Police spurn flower offerings

Young people lay lotus flowers at the feet of riot police stationed in Phnom Penh, Sept. 6, 2013. Photo credit: RFA.

The government has deployed additional military forces, tanks, and armored personnel carriers in the capital city since polling day.

Riot police stationed downtown ahead of the demonstration who were offered bunches of lotus flowers by a group of youths on Friday spurned the peace gesture, refusing to accept the flowers.

Instead, the group of some 60 young people placed the flowers at the feet of the soldiers, who were equipped with riot gear and stationed in front of the Ministry of Defense and the Prime Minister’s office.

“I am disappointed and hurt that they refused to accept them,” student Roth Chandany said after police rejected the flowers.

“We wanted to give them the flowers because we want peace. We want to show them that we like them for protecting our land,” she said.

Reported by RFA’s Khmer Service. Translated by Samean Yun. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink.

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Mass Protest in Cambodian Capital Ahead of Official Poll Results

2013-09-07 

RFA   

    

Opposition CNRP leader Sam Rainsy (second from R) and deputy chief Kem Sokha (L) at the mass protest in Phnom Penh, Sept. 7, 2013.

RFA

Nearly 30,000 people converged on Cambodia's capital on Saturday to back an opposition demand for an independent probe into widespread election irregularities ahead of an official announcement that is expected to endorse a poll victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen's long ruling party.

At the rally in Phnom Penh's Freedom Park, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said it would hold mass protests across the country if the government-appointed National Election Committee (NEC) proceeds with its announcement of final results on Sunday.

When CNRP President Sam Rainsy asked the crowd whether they would agree to continue holding peaceful protests if the demand for an impartial probe is not met, he received a roaring approval.The opposition has claimed that, among irregularities, one million voters had been delisted from the electoral rolls. At the rally, some held up placards that read, "Where is my vote?," "My vote, my life" and "When there is justice, there is peace."

"We demand that the NEC not make the final election result announcement for the sake of justice," said deputy CNRP president Kem Sokha at the rally, one of the largest opposition demonstrations in recent years. "If you are adamant, we can be adamant too," he said.

The NEC said it would announce on Sunday the final results of the July 28 elections in which the panel's preliminary counts support claims by the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) that it won 68 parliamentary seats to the CNRP’s 55.

The CNRP claims it has won at least 63 seats and has accused the NEC of stealing votes from the opposition and giving them to the CPP, whose performance in the elections is the worst in 15 years based on the preliminary results.

Legal challenge

Part of the crowd at the mass protest. (RFA photo)

Once the NEC announces the final results, the opposition may have exhausted all avenues of mounting a legal challenge questioning the election findings.

The Constitutional Council, the country's top arbiter, on Friday dismissed all complaints of election irregularities filed by the CNRP although it rapped and sought punishment for NEC staff for mishandling secured ballot packages.

The CNRP's call for an independent probe on poll irregularities, including U.N. participation, has already been rejected by the authorities.

Sam Rainsy said the country's monarch, King Norodom Sihamoni, should intervene to resolve the dispute, a call hailed by the crowd.

Hun Sen, 61, who has been in power for 28 years, has said he will form a government despite the opposition charges.

Saturday's demonstration was peaceful even though some state-controlled media reports had suggested the possibility of violence after the government deployed troops and armored vehicles in the capital days after the election.

Many police officers were present in civilian clothes but seen carrying guns. They kept a low profile but closely monitored the crowd and directed traffic.

'End to violence'

Monks were among those who attended the mass protest. (RFA photo)

Sam Rainsy told the rally that Cambodians have endured enough violence for four decades, including the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge, and that should end now.

"Cambodia today is opening a new page, the page of ending the culture of violence," he said. "End to violence," the crowd shouted back. Many held lotus flowers symbolising peace.

A demonstrator from Kandal province, one of the areas where the opposition claimed secured voting records had been found unsealed, said he attended the protest to seek justice.

"Apparently, the people voted overwhelmingly for the CNRP, but the outcome showed the CNRP lost the election," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Another demonstrator, calling herself "grandma Heang," said, "I’m here because I have faced difficulty with the loss of my land and forests."

"So, I’m here to demand rights and freedom for our future generation. I am very happy and excited to participate in the demonstration."

Reported by RFA's Khmer Service. Translated by Sum Sok Ry. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai.

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Final preparations for rally

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy meets with CNRP supporters in Phnom Penh's Stung Meanchey district. SRENG MENG SRUN

 

Fri, 6 September 2013

Kevin Ponniah and Meas Sokchea

P Penh Post

 

In anticipation of the opposition party’s planned “meditative” mass demonstration on Saturday and amid fears of clashes with security forces deployed to control it, a group of leading NGOs and civil society groups yesterday called on the government to respect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly.
Saturday’s gathering – which the Cambodia National Rescue Party estimates will draw a minimum of 20,000 people – will continue to call for an independent probe into election irregularities ahead of the release of final election results on Sunday.
Although preliminary election results show that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party won 68 National Assembly seats to the CNRP’s 55, the opposition continues to claim it won the poll.
The Constitutional Council yesterday rejected the CNRP’s request for a re-vote in 16 Siem Reap polling stations.

After Sunday’s election results are issued, no further legal avenues will be available to the opposition, which has said it will continue to hold demonstrations until its demands are met.
“The Cambodian government, armed forces and police should not discourage or prevent people from enjoying the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, whether through threats, intimidation or the use of unlawful force,” yesterday’s statement, signed by 24 groups including Amnesty International, reads.
A highly visible and growing military presence around the capital over the past weeks led to speculation that the government would crack down strongly on any protest.
Such fears were fuelled by public police training sessions where thousands of riot police, armed with tear gas, shields and truncheons, ran through crowd-control drills.
A government statement earlier this week sought to play down concerns of a violent crackdown, affirming that Cambodians were free to join peaceful protests and warning the armed forces to avoid clashes at all costs.
Military police spokesman Kheng Tito said that “thousands” of members of the security forces would be mobilised on Saturday.
“If it turns violent and leads to chaos, we will crack down immediately,” he said.
Yesterday, police in Kandal’s Kien Svay district had set up a checkpoint on National Road 1 leading towards Phnom Penh and were stopping cars to search for weapons. A police checkpoint was also spotted on National Road 5 at Prek Pnov Bridge.
According to police, the checkpoints will remain until Saturday.
“We have opened the checkpoint here in order to check for weapons and explosives in order to protect public security … for the [upcoming] CNRP demonstration,” Kien Svay district police chief Ros Sotha said.
A number of passengers arriving in Phnom Penh via bus and taxis from various provinces yesterday told the Post that their vehicles were stopped and searched.
On Wednesday, prominent CNRP lawmaker Mu Sochua said that her party was highly confident that its supporters would remain peaceful on Saturday.
“I totally trust the authorities [too],” she said.
Speaking at a pagoda yesterday in Phnom Penh’s Stung Meanchey commune, CNRP leader Sam Rainsy claimed that the international community knew his party had won the election.
“Foreign embassies and the international community … they understand clearly that the Cambodia National Rescue Party won. They recognise reality [and] they would give us justice,” he said.
While Rainsy could not be reached for further comment yesterday, party spokesman Yim Sovann played down those comments, saying that although “everyone understands” that the CNRP won a majority, he was not aware of any embassies directly saying so.
“So far, no countries, except a few … issued any statement congratulating the CPP. Secondly, every word [embassies] have said supports the peaceful solution proposed by the CNRP.… This is the basis for the claim [that Rainsy made],” he said.
Senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap strongly rejected any such assertion yesterday.
“This is said by [Rainsy] alone. There are no embassies saying [that the CNRP won],” he said.
Yeap added that if Rainsy continued to make such claims, senior CPP leaders would not be interested in meeting with him to negotiate a solution.
Although Rainsy met with European Union officials yesterday, senior CNRP officials declined to comment on what was discussed, while the EU delegation did not comment in detail.
In a move that could swell the CNRP’s numbers come Saturday, Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union of Workers, yesterday joined other union leaders in calling on his 100,000 members to join the demonstration.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KHOUTH SOPHAK CHAKRYA AND AFP

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Optimism that gov’t will change its tune

Fri, 6 September 2013

Stuart White

P Penh Post

 

A consortium of civil society groups met yesterday to finalise a list of recommendations to the government for inclusion in its latest National Strategic Development Plan.
The NSDP lays out, in broad strokes, the government’s policy for the next five years.
Though the groups said they were given “very little input” in the government’s 2009 NSDP, speakers yesterday expressed hope that a newly chastened ruling party may prove more amenable to suggestion after suffering heavy losses in July’s national elections.
Among the most important recommendations identified by the workshop’s 160 participants are a law on access to information, another on judicial reform, greater government accountability for state revenue and fostering an “enabling environment” for civil society involvement in policy planning and implementation.

NGO Forum executive director Chhith Sam Ath told reporters yesterday that the government’s acceptance of last year’s recommendations was “minimal”, but expressed hope that this year would be different.
Echoing the sentiment, Suon Bunsak, executive secretary of the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee, suggested that cooperation with civil society could even be beneficial to the government.
“Currently, any political party, when they hold power, is going to be under pressure from the public,” he said. “The government … would like to show to their people [that they] try harder.”
Mam Sambath, executive director of the NGO Development and Partnership in Action, said that in the current political atmosphere the hope for greater cooperation was not unfounded, and pointed to a workshop with civil society proposed by the Ministry of Justice as evidence.
“I think the Royal Government really learned from the results of this election [and] the participation of people,” he said, noting that the huge gains made by the opposition were “making the government review its behaviour”.
For her part, independent political analyst Chea Vannath agreed.
“The whole purpose of having an election every five years is to encourage the government to be more accountable to the people,” she said.

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‘Land for vote’ deal backfires

Chhoeun Yi, 54, at her home in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district last week. She says her land was seized in 2011 by Forestry Administration officials. VIREAK MAI

 

Fri, 6 September 2013

May Titthara

Preah Vihear province 

P Penh Post

 

Before casting their ballots, residents in three communes in Kulen district carefully mulled their options. On one hand, many have found themselves locked in a land dispute with the government – forced to farm their land in secret from the forestry administration. On the other, the provincial governor had sworn to solve their dispute after the election – if the right party won.
And so, with some trepidation, the villagers cast their ballots almost uniformly for the CPP. Since then, they have been waiting and growing increasingly angry.
“In this commune the CPP won, so I hope to get a good result. But if they do not settle it, I will protest in Phnom Penh,” said Chhean Leab, 35.

Leab is one of 64 families in Kulen Tbong, Kulen Choeung and Srayong communes who are fighting for ownership of nine hectares of land. Since 2006, the families have farmed the land without issue.
But two years ago, forestry officers began hassling them, claiming they had no right to use the land. Nearly every day, forestry officers would drive by, checking out whether anyone was working the land.
“People living in the area now farm secretly at nighttime. No one does it openly,” he said.
According to Chhoeun Yi, the land was seized in 2011 by forestry officials who ordered villagers to stop building homes or cultivating the land while its ownership remained in question.
Speaking inside a house whose roof is only partially thatched because of money woes, Yi said she had struggled to deal with the seizure. And, for her, the past month has meant living with uncertainty.
“We now live to wait for the governor’s promise because he had said that soon after the election he would settle it,” she said.
Before the campaign season began, local authorities came three times to expel Yi and 24 other families from the area. Most stayed, purely out of a lack of options. Since July, things began improving, as local officials sought to placate residents during the lead-up to the campaign.
“We still farm with fear. Previously we tilled but we were not allowed to plant. When we did it secretly at night, the seedlings would be pulled out during the day,” said Yi, whose sons – like many young men in this village – long ago left for Thailand to seek better work.

Yi’s neighbour, 32-year-old Srey Soeun, is one of those who have considered moving. He’s resisted only out of “fear of being cheated”.
But with his land in dispute, Soeun has grown increasingly anxious as he waits for a resolution from the governor. The deadline has already come and gone, he said.
“The governor had promised that soon after the election he would immediately exchange the land for 65 families without us losing a single inch of land, and he would do so no later than August. It has been a month and so far we have not seen anything. I think the promise was made for us to vote only for them,” he added.
In April, volunteer students came to measure the villagers’ land, but forestry officials turned the group away, telling them it was slated to be a plant nursery, villagers said.
“We do not want anything other than the authorities to provide land titles for us and let us have the right to live on this land as people in other areas do,” Soeun said.
Srayong commune chief Pen Lam confirmed the villagers’ account, saying he had repeatedly asked for intervention.
“I handled it according to the procedures, asking the district, province and ministry, but in the end no one came to measure the land,” he said.
In June, the villagers went to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s home to deliver a letter begging intervention. Within two weeks both his cabinet and parliament had sent notes ordering officials to resolve the dispute.
Governor Om Mara insisted that a land dispute settlement committee was studying how to fulfil the request, and that “it won’t take long”.

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No, ‘yuon’ is not at all offensive

Ethnic Vietnamese born in Cambodia walk through a Vietnamese-Cambodian neighbourhood in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district in August. PHA LINA

 

Wed, 4 September 2013

Davan Long

P Penh Post

 

Dear Editor,
I was utterly surprised and distressed by the extent to which some foreign nationals residing or working in Cambodia criticised or even condemned the usage of the word “yuon” as pejorative during last month’s legislative elections. Such unmerited condemnation clearly showed the lack of understanding toward the host country and its people.
During my childhood, I heard my grandparents, parents and neighbours alike routinely referred to Vietnamese ethnic living in my district as “yuon”. Was that word abrasive, offensive or disrespectful? Absolutely not.
The word “yuon” has always been an integral part of the rich Khmer vocabulary as it can be found everywhere, whether in common spoken language or ancient textbooks and literature.
We have been using that word without passion or prejudice for centuries, just as we have been using the words “barang”, “chen”, “cham”, “kloeng”, “leav” and “siam”, to refer to the French, Chinese, Muslim, Indian, Laotian and Thai nationals respectively.

After the Vietnamese army took over Cambodia in 1979, people in my village were pointedly told by the authority not to call Vietnamese soldiers “yuon”. For the few who dared to ask why, they never got straight answers. For many home-grown nationalists, however, there was little doubt or secret about the real motives behind prohibiting the usage of the word “yuon” then.
In the history of Cambodia and Vietnam’s often-complicated relations, Cambodia was for most of the time an occupied country. Some scholars and historians even assert that had France not placed the Kingdom under its colonial empire between 1887 and 1953, Cambodia would have disappeared from the world map for good.
Regrettably, when it comes to judging Cambodians’ attitude toward fellow Vietnamese, certain outsiders and media harshly accuse Cambodians of excessive Vietnamophobia – unjustly perceiving Cambodians as an agitator or troublemaker while conveniently downplaying or ignoring altogether relevant history and the repeated misfortunes to which Cambodians had been constantly subjected to.
Many Cambodians, myself included, are totally at a loss with such uncharacteristic perceptions that defy all logic. It is one-sided justice that Cambodians – who are outnumbered by almost ten to one, economically and population-wise, and who have seen the size of their country shrinking to the verge of extinction – be singled out as a troublemaker.
This selective form of justice does not help to heal the bitter wounds of the past. Instead, it only serves to encourage some cunning political leaders to continue pushing forward their hidden expansionist agenda.
Cambodia definitely has an incredibly tough job ahead for balancing its “reasonable accommodation” policy toward foreign settlers and its badly needed “self-preservation” policy to safeguard its future.
In the meantime, to suggest, let alone condemn, the customary usage of the word “yuon” as pejorative or anything of that nature is to overstretch the limit of political correctness at best, and to live in a state of invincible ignorance at worst.
Davan Long
Montreal, Canada

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In an Unsettled Cambodia, Preparing to Confront the Government

Justin Mott for The International Herald Tribune

Taking to the Streets in Cambodia: Opposition leaders geared up for a protest Saturday against the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

By THOMAS FULLER

Published: September 5, 2013

The New York Times

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — He screamed, “This is so unjust!” But Yann Rith, a 25-year-old resident of Phnom Penh, did not struggle against the group of men who carried him away.

A supporter of Cambodia’s political opposition, Mr. Yann Rith was taking part this week in a practice protest, a role-playing exercise intended to show other supporters how to submit peacefully if arrested by the riot police.

“We will be nonviolent!” Mr. Yann Rith declared, as he patted down his rumpled, button-down shirt.

Cambodia’s opposition is planning to confront the country’s authoritarian government with a demonstration on Saturday to protest what it says was widespread cheating in the July 28 national election that the ruling party says it won. But in a country scarred by years of civil war and genocide, the leaders of the opposition are proceeding cautiously, doing everything they can to convince the public that the protest will be peaceful even as government security forces have begun deploying.

The planned demonstration here in the capital is scheduled to last only three hours and will remain in the public square that Cambodian law designates as a protest area. The opposition carried out two rehearsals this week with thousands of supporters listening to instructions on how to resist any provocations.

“We don’t want a revolution, we don’t want a brawl,” Kem Sokha, the vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, told supporters gathered for a rehearsal on Wednesday. “We just want justice.”

Nearly six weeks after the election, which a number of monitoring groups say was marred by widespread voting irregularities, Cambodian politics remain in a deadlock. The leader of the opposition, Sam Rainsy, early on called for a special committee to investigate the reported irregularities and decide whether new balloting or recounting was necessary. But hopes of a negotiated solution have faded as Mr. Sam Rainsy says his attempts to engage the governing party “led nowhere.” And there seems little doubt who has the upper hand.

Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power 28 years, has a firm grip over the army, the police, the judicial system and nearly every other institution in the country, analysts say. As a symbol of his power, the Khmer-language news media, which toe the government’s line, preface the prime minister’s name with a Cambodian honorific that roughly translates as “His Highness.”

Ou Virak, the president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, an independent advocacy organization in Phnom Penh, said he supported the right of the opposition to protest but was skeptical it would threaten the governing party’s grip on power.

“How are you going to topple the government with a three-hour demonstration?” he said.

Mr. Sam Rainsy says he is counting on the protests to maintain the momentum and energy of the election campaign. “They will look bad when they come with their guns and water cannons to crack down on us,” he said in an interview, referring to security forces. “We will offer them flowers.”

The election in July was a political milestone for the country because the governing party, the Cambodian People’s Party, lost its near-total monopoly on power, taking 55 percent of the seats in Parliament, down from 73 percent in the previous election, according to unofficial results. Mr. Hun Sen — who with the help of the Vietnamese in 1979 drove out the murderous Khmer Rouge — appeared chastened by the result, and in the days after the election, he spoke in conciliatory terms about his relations with the opposition.

But in recent weeks, he has returned to his characteristic combative style, honed over years in which he has accumulated unrivaled power. Once official election results are announced, which is expected on Sunday, members of his party say, with or without the cooperation of the opposition, they will proceed with the opening of a new session of the National Assembly and form another government, possibly as early as next week. 

  The government, which is portraying the protest as an attempt to instigate riots, has deployed military units to the outskirts of the capital, and the riot police are conducting their own rehearsals.

“It’s a rebellion,” said Phay Siphan, the secretary of state in the Council of Ministers, which functions as a cabinet. “They plan to use Cambodian bloodshed as their red carpet to power.”

Mr. Phay Siphan, a member of the governing party, said there would be some “policy adjustments” in the new government and shuffling of posts inside the party.

“We are going to get rid of some of our old policy makers,” he said. “The anticorruption unit will be stronger and more active than before.”

Kem Lay, a researcher who has conducted surveys and studied social trends for government ministries as well as for the United States Agency for International Development, said Cambodian intellectuals and human rights advocates were ambivalent about their political choices.

Mr. Hun Sen’s party is resented for allowing land to be seized from farmers, for the opaque way that contracts and concessions are given to groups of businesspeople close to the party and for stifling the independence of the judiciary.

But Mr. Kem Lay said he also saw autocratic tendencies in Mr. Sam Rainsy’s leadership of the opposition — and a generalized lack of competence and experience among the candidates that the party put forward in the July election. “It would have been a big disaster if the opposition had won the election,” Mr. Kem Lay said. “They are not ready.”

Although the result of the election remains disputed, Mr. Kem Lay points to one positive outcome: he noticed that villagers and low-level government officials were speaking their minds, being more analytical and critical of government policies, a development that he describes as the maturing of the Cambodian electorate.

At the rehearsal on Wednesday, a 34-year-old woman named Mai Simorn surged into the crowd with a wad of Cambodian money in her hands. She had collected donations from workers at the garment factory where she works as a seamstress and handed them to the organizers of the protest.

Divorced from her husband, Ms. Mai Simorn earns a base salary of about $80 a month at the factory, barely enough to support her two children. Saturday is a workday, but she plans to ask for half of the day off to attend the protest.

“Our life is not easy,” she said. “We need to dare to protest.”

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As protest looms, Cambodia's strongman Hun Sen faces restive, tech-savvy youth

By Prak Chan Thul

PHNOM PENH | Thu Sep 5, 2013 8:08pm EDT

(Reuters) - At the Bonna Business Center, a tiny Internet cafe near the opulent mansion of Cambodia's long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen, coffee is served with a big lump of dissatisfaction.
"They talk about seven percent economic growth," says Ou Rithy, 27, who hosts weekly political discussions at the cafe with other young Cambodians. "But I'm still a poor man."
He blames Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which won a recent general election widely criticized as rigged but lost the nation's heart and soul - its restive, tech-savvy and increasingly outspoken youth.
About 70 percent of Cambodia's 14 million people are under 30, a demographic whose growing political clout is challenging the country's aging and corrupt leadership, while breathing life into a once-moribund opposition who have called for mass protests on Saturday.

The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said Hun Sen cheated his way to victory in the July 28 election and has vowed to protest until an independent committee is formed to investigate alleged voting irregularities.
Hun Sen has denied the allegations.
According to initial results, the CPP won the election with a greatly reduced majority, revealing widespread unhappiness with Hun Sen's iron-fisted rule despite rapid economic growth.
CNRP leader Sam Rainsy has urged supporters to "pray for peace" at Saturday's protest, but many fear it could lead to months of political deadlock or even violence. In recent days, thousands of riot police armed with batons and shields have rehearsed crowd control methods in Phnom Penh's parks.
It is Hun Sen's biggest crisis in two decades, threatening to destabilize a tiny Southeast Asian nation with strong economic and political ties to China.
Cambodia owes its youthful demographic to its tragic past. Whole generations were wiped out during the 1975-79 "Killing Fields" regime of the Khmer Rouge, when more than a million people were killed or died of disease.
Hun Sen has long hailed himself and the CPP for rescuing the country from the ensuing years of chaos and poverty. But such appeals increasingly fall flat with young people born long after the Khmer Rouge's terror ended.
"SOCIAL JUSTICE"
"Young people want social justice, they want jobs, and they want a good education system," says Ou Rithy, a political science graduate who has watched many peers desert his home province of Pursat to seek work in neighboring Thailand.
Soaring use of smart phones and the Internet have allowed young Cambodians to sidestep the government's strict control of television, radio and newspapers.
In 2008, when Hun Sen easily won the last election, only about 70,000 people had access to the Internet, according to government statistics. By last year, that number had soared to 2.7 million, helped by a similarly exponential rise in mobile phones. There are now more cellphones used in Cambodia - 19 million - than there are Cambodians.
Also accelerating communication since the last election is the Khmer-language version of unicode, a computing encoding standard used for different languages and scripts. This allowed Cambodian Internet users to easily write and share information in their own language.
"Even those who don't speak English can still create Facebook accounts in Khmer," said But Buntenh, 34, a Buddhist monk and blogger at the Bonna Business Center.
State media routinely ignore opposition rallies. But this news blackout encouraged many Cambodians to seek information from social media, usually with just a click on their phones.
Despite its large campaign budget, the CPP underestimated the frustrations of ordinary Cambodians and the opposition's growing popularity, says Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR).
"It wasn't until shortly before election day that we started to see the impressive level of youth involvement," he said. "Even then people weren't sure to what extent this would impact the actual results."
CAMBODIA SPRING?
More than a third of the country's 9.6 million eligible voters are under 30, although many work abroad and don't cast ballots, said the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia.
The CPP has limited youth appeal. Hun Sen is 61 and has vowed to rule until he is 74. Its youth wing is widely regarded as a political vehicle for Hun Sen's youngest son, Hun Many, 30.
The opposition CNRP has a more youthful image, with Koul Kanha, director of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel), calling it the "Facebook party".
Formed last year after the merger of two parties, the CNRP owed part of its resurgence to social media. Photos and video of alleged election fraud also went viral thanks to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
But the government didn't attempt to shut down the social network, despite many users posting critical - and sometimes racist and vulgar - remarks about CPP figures.
Hun Sen disavowed a Facebook page bearing his name after Sam Rainsy repeatedly taunted him for having fewer "likes".
Some analysts say the rise of a youthful opposition to Hun Sen could signal a "Cambodian Spring" similar to the popular but often ill-fated movements against authoritarian rulers in the Arab world.
Ou Rithy disagrees. "Young people don't want a revolution, they want evolution - a gradual change based on non-violence," he says.
Sam Rainsy has accused the CPP of colluding with the National Election Committee to steal 2.3 million votes from his party. He disputes results showing the CPP won 68 seats in parliament to the CNRP's 55.
Hun Sen has vowed to form a government despite the opposition's campaign.
(Editing by Andrew R.C. Marshall and Dean Yates)

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2013-09-06

RFA

ទោះ​បី​ជា​យ៉ាង​នេះ​ក្ដី មន្ត្រី​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​អះអាង​ថា ការ​ចូល​រួម​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​នេះ​ជា​សិទ្ធិ​របស់​ពលរដ្ឋ​គ្រប់​រូប មិន​មែន​ជា​ការ​កំណត់​ចំនួន​ណា​មួយ​ពិត​នោះ​ទេ គឺ​អាស្រ័យ​លើ​អ្នក​ដែល​ចង់​ចូល​រួម​តែ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។
មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ បាន​ប្រកាស​ថា ការ​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៧ កញ្ញា នឹង​មាន​អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​យ៉ាង​តិច​បំផុត ២​ម៉ឺន​នាក់ ហើយ​គណបក្ស​នេះ​នឹង​មិន​អាច​ហាម​ឃាត់​អ្នក​មក​ចូល​រួម​បាន​ទេ។
បេក្ខជន​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ និង​ជា​ប្រធាន​អនុ​គណៈកម្មការ​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​ព័ត៌មាន និង​ខ្លឹមសារ អ្នកស្រី មូរ សុខហួរ មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​នៅ​ក្នុង​សន្និសីទ​សារព័ត៌មាន​នៅ​ស្នាក់​ការ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ ជាតិ ចាក់អង្រែលើ នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៦ កញ្ញា ថា ការ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​ក្នុង​គោល​បំណង​ទាមទារ​យុត្តិធម៌​ជូន​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ជា​ ម្ចាស់​ឆ្នោត តាម​រយៈ​ការ​បង្កើត​គណៈកម្មការ​ឯករាជ្យ​មួយ ដើម្បី​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​លទ្ធផល​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ដូច្នេះ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ទាំងអស់​មាន​សិទ្ធិ​មក​ចូល​រួម​ក្នុង​បាតុកម្ម​អហិង្សា ​នេះ​បាន​ទាំងអស់​គ្នា។

អ្នកស្រី មូរ សុខហួរ បញ្ជាក់​ថា ការ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​នឹង​ចាប់​ផ្ដើម​ពី​ម៉ោង ៧​ព្រឹក ដល់​ម៉ោង ១២​ថ្ងៃ​ត្រង់ ហើយ​ពី​ម៉ោង ៧​ដល់​ម៉ោង​៩ ឲ្យ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​បញ្ចេញ​មតិ​ទាមទារ​នូវ​អ្វី​ដែល​ពួក​គាត់​ចង់​បាន និង​ចាប់​ពី​ម៉ោង ៩ ដល់​ម៉ោង ១២​ថ្ងៃ​ត្រង់ ប្រធាន និង​អនុប្រធាន​គណបក្ស ថ្លែង​ទៅ​កាន់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ចូល​រួម។ អ្នកស្រី មូរ សុខហួរ បញ្ជាក់​ទៀត​ថា ការ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​រយៈពេល​មួយ​ព្រឹក​នេះ គឺ​មិន​មែន​ជា​ថ្ងៃ​បញ្ចប់​ទេ នឹង​មាន​កម្មវិធី​ជា​បន្តបន្ទាប់​ទៀត អាស្រ័យ​លើ​ការ​ប្រែប្រួល​ជាក់​ស្ដែង។
ការ​ប្រកាស​របស់​មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នេះ នៅ​បន្ទាប់​សាលា​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ បាន​ចេញ​លិខិត​អនុញ្ញាត​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៥ កញ្ញា ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​សង្រ្គោះ​ជាតិ ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​អហិង្សា​ទៅ​តាម​ការ​ស្នើសុំ។ ប៉ុន្តែ សាលា​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ មិន​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​បាតុករ​ចូល​រួម​លើស​ពី ១​ម៉ឺន​នាក់​ទេ។ ការ​កំណត់​នេះ ទៅ​តាម​ទំហំ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ។ ក្រៅ​ពី​នេះ សាលា​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ ក៏​ហាម​មិន​ឲ្យ​បាតុករ​ដើរ​ហែ​ក្បួន​ចេញ​ពី​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និង​ការ​បោះ​ជំរុំ​ណា​មួយ ដើម្បី​បន្ត​ធ្វើ​ការ​ជួប​ជុំ​នៅ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ឬ​នៅ​ទីកន្លែង​សាធារណៈ​ដទៃ​ទៀត​ទេ។
នៅ​ក្នុង​នាទី​វេទិកា​អ្នក​ស្ដាប់​វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី កាល​ពី​រាត្រី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៥ កញ្ញា មន្ត្រី​នាំ​ពាក្យ​អគ្គស្នងការ​នគរបាល​ជាតិ លោក គៀត ច័ន្ទថារិទ្ធ មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា មន្ត្រី​សមត្ថកិច្ច​នឹង​ការពារ​សន្តិសុខ​ជូន​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ក្នុង​ការ​ធ្វើ​ បាតុកម្ម​អហិង្សា​នេះ។ ទោះ​ជា​យ៉ាង​ណា លោក​បន្ថែម​ថា ការ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​នេះ ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ ក៏​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​មិន​លើស​ពី ១​ម៉ឺន​នាក់​ទេ។
ឆ្លើយ​តប​ទៅ​នឹង​បញ្ហា​នេះ ប្រធាន​ផ្នែក​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​នៃ​សមាគម​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​អាដហុក (Adhoc) លោក នី ចរិយា ពន្យល់​ថា ច្បាប់​ស្ដីពី​ការ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​ដោយ​សន្តិវិធី គឺ​មិន​អាច​កំណត់​ចំនួន​មនុស្ស​ចូល​រួម​បាន​ទេ ពីព្រោះ​ថា សិទ្ធិ​ក្នុង​ការ​បញ្ចេញ​មតិ មនុស្ស​គ្រប់​រូប​មាន​សិទ្ធិ​ដូច​គ្នា​ទាំងអស់។

៥-សកម្មភាព​សកម្មជន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ រៀបចំ​ធ្វើ​បដា និង​របស់​របរ​ផ្សេងៗ សម្រាប់​អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​បាតុកម្ម​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​៧ កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។

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ទន្ទឹម​នឹង​នេះ អនុប្រធាន​អនុ​គណៈកម្មការ​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​ព័ត៌មាន និង​ខ្លឹមសារ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក អ៊ូ ច័ន្ទឫទ្ធិ ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា នៅ​ក្នុង​រយៈពេល​កន្លង​មក​នេះ អាជ្ញាធរ​របស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បាន​ហាម​ឃាត់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​មិន​ឲ្យ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ ចូល​មក​ទីក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ ដើម្បី​មក​ចូល​រួម​ក្នុង​បាតុកម្ម​នេះ​ទេ។ លោក​បញ្ជាក់​ថា អាជ្ញាធរ​កំពុង​តែ​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​ទង្វើ​ខុស​ច្បាប់ ពីព្រោះ​កម្ពុជា មិន​មែន​ជា​សង្គម​កុម្មុយនីស្ត​ទៀត​ទេ។ លោក​អំពាវនាវ​ឲ្យ​អាជ្ញាធរ​បញ្ឈប់​ជា​បន្ទាន់​ចំពោះ​ទង្វើ​ហាម​ឃាត់​នេះ។
បន្ថែម​ពី​លើ​នេះ​ទៀត អ្នកស្រី មូរ សុខហួរ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា ការ​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​អហិង្សា​នេះ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នឹង​សម្រួល​ដល់​អ្នក​សារព័ត៌មាន និង​ចែក​ប័ណ្ណ​សម្រាប់​អ្នក​សារព័ត៌មាន បន្ថែម​ពី​ប័ណ្ណ​សារព័ត៌មាន​ដែល​មាន​ស្រាប់​ជូន​អ្នក​សារព័ត៌មាន ដើម្បី​ថត​រូប និង​ថត​សំឡេង​នៅ​លើ​ឆាក ដែល​មាន​ប្រធាន និង​អនុប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​ថ្លែង​ទៅ​កាន់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​ នោះ៕

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