Sunday, 12 June 2016

Hun Sen Gets It Ready

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“He [Hun Sen] started this dialogue a few years ago but he just didn't believe in it. It's not his style. Monologue is his style. And it was Sihanouk’s style, and Jayavarman VII’s style. Those guys don’t do dialogue.”

Monash Emeritus Professor David Chandler, 16 May 2016, Voice of America



«សម័យ​នេះ​គេ​សប្បាយ​ណាស់។ កាល​ពី​សម័យ​ខ្ញុំ ទើប​វា​ពិបាក អាយុ ៨​ឆ្នាំ សង្គ្រាម​កើត​ឡើង ត្រូវ​បង្ខំ​ចិត្ត​ធ្វើ​ទាហាន របួស ៥​ដង ខូច​ភ្នែក​ម្តង។ ត្រង់​ហ្នឹង​ហើយ​ដែល​ខ្ញុំ​មិន​បណ្តោយ​ឲ្យ​ជន​ណា​ក៏ដោយ ទោះ​បី​អាសិរពិស​ប៉ុនណា​ក៏ដោយ បំផ្លាញ​នូវ​សន្តិភាព​ដែល​យើង​រក​បាន​ទាំង​លំបាក។ អត់​អនុញ្ញាត​ទេ។ តម្លៃ​ណា​ក៏ដោយ​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បង់ គឺ​បង់​ថ្លៃ​ដើម្បី​ការពារ​សន្តិភាព បង់​ថ្លៃ​ដើម្បី​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ បង់​ថ្លៃ​ដើម្បី​ការ​រីក​ចម្រើន​នៃ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​កម្ពុជា គ្រប់ៗ​រូប»
លោក​នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ៧ ខែ​មិថុនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦ វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី 


អ្នកឯងចង់ទៅដេកកន្លែង៤ម៉ែត្រ៤ជ្រុង ទៅដេកទៅ។គ្មានអាណាគេថាអី។

លោក​នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ៧ ខែ​មិថុនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦ ខេមបូឌា ដេលី


“Just use violence, get people scared, and that’s what Hun Sen has done. But I think he’s scary… I’m never going to say on your program or anywhere else that Hun Sen should be overthrown by force, but he is not going to be overthrown any other way.”

Monash Emeritus Professor David Chandler, 16 May 2016, Voice of America


“We can call it a hotel or detention centre. The prisoners and the families who have money, they can [pay] rent and stay there.”

Deputy Prime Minister & Interior Minister Sar Kheng, 29 March 2016, The Phnom Penh Post


“We can rent [luxury facilities] to those who have money… They [the criminals] are used to living in good conditions and they may want to continue living in good conditions. So they have that option.”

Spokesman for the Interior Ministry’s General Department of Prisons, Nuth Savna, 29 March 2016, The Phnom Penh Post


Premier Hun Sen has three major options to deal with the current challenge to his power: talking with his opponents, keeping Kem Sokha holed up, and storming the CNRP headquarters to arrest the man.

The talk option sounds sublime, though both do not even agree if there is a crisis. Nevertheless, a successful talk may result in more family dinners and new glorified titles for all concerned. There are numerous would-be unpalatable compromises, bitter past experiences, and enormous egos that need constant massaging, keeping the culture of dialogue dormant. And Chandler is convinced that these “guys don’t do dialogue”.

Letting Kem Sokha coop up in the headquarters is not viable beyond short term. Though the premier says nobody cares about Kem Sokha being trapped there, he does – he would look powerless. Court cases and summons are being piled up, and all would become a joke unless Kem Sokha is forced to face the music. For a regime that takes so much pride in its own brand rule of law, such blatant resistance is intolerable. Hun Sen must choose soon what he respects – his rule of law, or Kem Sokha’s defiance; otherwise, even his supporters will see that he is indecisive and not as powerful as he wants them to think.

Hence, the storming choice becomes increasingly attractive. This will show Hun Sen’s raw power – that he is in control. There will be clashes that may prove bloody for those who honour their vow to stand between guns and Kem Sokha. Yet, Hun Sen says he will foot “any costs” to protect what he calls his hard-won peace and development from threats his opponents like Kem Sokha represent.

There are two possible outcomes from this option. If the armed forces can overcome Kem Sokha’s devout supporters, Kem Sokha will be thrown in jail. It may be a bit rough for him to move from what Hun Sen describes as a four-metre-by-four-metre space in the CNRP premises to an overcrowded cell of a penal system built for 8,500 inmates but actually accommodating over 17,500. It will not be his first time, though. He has been there, and still deciding it is worth his while to keep on challenging Hun Sen.

Nevertheless, if CNRP had Plan B that would invoke people’s power minus non-violence, Chandler’s claim that only force can overthrow Hun Sen would be tested. Sometimes only the language of violence will make violent people like the premier understand the audacity of those who have nothing to lose.

Hun Sen is jumpy; he must feel an aura of the people’s power. Suspicions rule his actions when he has even the smallest meetings broken up to ease his mind. As an insurance policy he has approved a new prison that offers hotel facilities equipped with air-conditioning and presumably, gourmet menus, the construction of which begins this month. If the people’s power overwhelms his armed forces, Hun Sen will then have somewhere to live a life that he is accustomed to without drastic adjustments.


Ung Bun Ang
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By The Way

According to CPP spokesman Sok Eysan, Ban Ki-moon “governs” more than 200 countries. Does he really? The UN secretary-general plays many roles, but governing member states is definitely not one of them. At the last count, the number of the UN member states is 193, not over 200. He should take some time to verify facts, in lieu of flying on the seat of his pants, before opening his mouth.

Does Ban Ki-moon base his concern for the widespread intimidations and harassments in Cambodia on factual errors like Sok Eysan in his rebuke? Is Ban Ki-moon so bewildered by the bombings and killings in the Middle East that he loses his sense of reality in Cambodia? 


«រាល់​បញ្ហា​ដែល​កើត​ឡើង​រហូត​ដល់​អ្នក​ខ្លះ​ជាប់​ពន្ធនាគារ អ្នក​ខ្លះ​ជាប់​ឃុំ ហើយ​នៅ​ក្នុង​នីតិវិធី​តុលាការ​នេះ គឺ​អាស្រ័យ​ទៅ​ដោយ​បុគ្គល​ទាំងអស់​នោះ​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​ល្មើស​ច្បាប់។ អ៊ីចឹង​ខ្ញុំ​យល់​ថា អាច​ឯកឧត្តម បាន គីមូន ត្រួតត្រា​ប្រទេស​ជាង ២០០​ប្រទេស។ ដូច្នេះ​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ចន្លោះ​ប្រហោង​ខ្លះ ឬ​មួយ​មមាញឹក​ទៅ​រឿង​មជ្ឈិមបូព៌ា​កំពុង​តែ​ទម្លាក់​គ្រាប់ កាប់​សម្លាប់​គ្នា​ហុយ​ផ្សេង​ [sic]នោះ ក៏​មិន​ដឹង ​បាន​ជា​មើល​ឃើញ​សភាពការណ៍​កម្ពុជា អាច​យល់​ច្រឡំ​យ៉ាង​ដូច្នេះ ។»

អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា លោក សុខ ឥសាន ថ្ងៃទី មិថុនា ២០១៦  វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី  




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