The 7 January Unstoppable?

"After studying the [Cambodian] situation, we [Vietnamese] have decided that Cambodian officials only know how to bribe and be bribed. Offices are sold; nobody carries out orders; everyone works for his own account."

General Truong Minh Giang reporting to Vietnam Emperor Minh Mang, 1834, David Chandler, (2008), A History of Cambodia. 4th Edition. Westview Press, Page 150

"… ហើយខ្លួនខ្ញុំផ្ទាល់… សុទ្ធតែអំពាវនាវហើយ មិនថាពេលណា យប់ណា ថ្ងៃណាទេ លោកណា.... ដែលមកជួយ  ឱ្យលាងអាចម៏ម៉ាជិវិត ក៏សុខចិត្តដែរ ឱ្យតែមកសង្រ្គោះ ឱ្យរួចជីវិត។"

អ្នកនាំពាក្យគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា សុខឥសាន ថ្ងៃ​ទី ២ មករា ២០២០ ខ្មែរថែម     

Uncle Ho would be smiling in his grave and be proud of his descendants who have patiently carried out and materialised his federation plan to bring Cambodia and Laos into a Vietnamese controlled Indochina. A magic wander would work a lot faster, but a slow uninterrupted progression, like the fable of boiling frog with increasing heat, has suited them just as well. The Cambodia and Laos frogs have been adapting themselves without realising they are being cooked.

Best of all, Uncle Ho, his ancestors, and his descendants understand and exploit well a propensity for bribes of Cambodian government leaders and elites. It is a trait that has not changed for centuries. World Justice Project places Cambodia 125^th out of 126 countries in its 2019 Rule of Law Index, which includes corruption assessment. Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 of Transparency International ranks Cambodia 161 out of 180. They show, first, there is not much further down for Cambodia to go; second, an optimist would say once it hits the bottom there will be nowhere to go but up.

With the corruption backdrop, the Hun Sen regime is totally committed to a subservient relationship with Hanoi that facilitates an inevitable subjugation. Exchanges of visits, land concessions, border demarcations, military and police co-operations, and various treaties with Hanoi are frequent, but details are obscure. The CPP spokesman promises to wipe Vietnam’s arse for life for saving his life when glorifying Vietnamese 7 January actions. Hun Sen and others have persistently shown they share this sentiment and honour the Eisan wipe. They trivialise Cambodia’s vital role and contributions that help secure their savour’s victory in the Vietnam war – mainly due to their corruption mentality Vietnam has depended upon to enjoy a free ride.

The grabs for money and government positions have blinded Cambodian elite for centuries, no matter how well-educated they are. A high-profile pragmatist of the Campro network that groups over 500 of Cambodian intellectuals is confident that contemporary Cambodia equipped with higher education certificates, unlike their far less-educated ancestors, will stop a further loss of territory and Khmerness to Vietnam. He ignores impacts of corruption and greed that have made wealthy many of the Campro pragmatists. He assumes while Cambodian elite are gathering these degrees, their Vietnamese counterparts remain stagnant.

Now, with their new founded degrees, they have turned corruption into an art form creating opportunities in an unprecedent scale for making money – deforestation, sandmining, unvetted foreign investments, second rate constructions and infrastructures, etc… A comprehensive list is heart-breaking.

Hence, the Hun Sen regime has secured an unstoppable 7 January.

Those who want to at least slow it down must realise their counter plans and actions so far have been ineffective. They ought to try some new ideas, bearing in mind that Hun Sen has already been in the process of getting a young generation under his son to continue the Eisan wiping every time after Vietnamese get their bowel movement. They cannot keep doing the same things and expect a different outcome.

Ung Bun Ang

7i20

Funny News You Can Use

The chairman of the working group to construct the Win-Win Monument to glorify Hun Sen’s legacy is either lying or incapable of adding up. If it were true that the number of visitors to this Monument is more than 3,000,000 over a year, the daily average would be about 8,219 visitors, not the ridiculous low numbers he throws up. Or the whole year number is far less.

If he is not lying, then it is a negligence for such a simple arithmetic error, which is not unusual considering massive building defects that have already brought down several buildings in Cambodia. The latest statistics is that of 1,156 constructions, 27 have been demolished, 636 builders are required to sign a promise to comply with building regulations, as if they are optional.

“ក្រោយសម្ពោធជាផ្លូវការអស់រយៈពេល១ឆ្នាំមកនេះ មានប្រតិភូទាំងក្នុងនិងក្រៅប្រទេសសាធារណ ជន ជាតិនិងអន្តរជាតិនានា ចូលទស្សនានិងសិក្សាស្រាវជ្រាវ មានចំនួនជាង៣លាននាក់។ ក្នុងនោះ អត្រាប្រជាជនចូលទស្សនា គិតជាមធ្យម ក្នុង១ថ្ងៃ៥០០នាក់ ទៅ ១៥០០ នាក់។ ដោយឡែក នៅថ្ងៃ បុណ្យជាតិនិងថ្ងៃឈប់សម្រាកនានា ចំនួនចូលទស្សនាកើនឡើងគួរឱ្យកត់សម្គាល់ ពី ១០០០ នាក់ ទៅ ៣០០០ នាក់ ក្នុង១ថ្ងៃ ។”

ប្រធានក្រុមការងារសាងសង់វិមានឈ្នះឈ្នះ ណឹម សុវត្ថិ ថ្ងៃ​ទី ១ ខែ​មករា ឆ្នាំ២០២០ ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍

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