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About the shadow cabinet (2005-Feb-10)
N.P. : The notions of Opposition Leader,
Defense Critic, Tourism Critic, etc. are State institutions and have more
than 100 years of age in Great-Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland....
In these countries, members of government must be elected MPs and
sit face to face to the official opposition.
Not only the budget but every policy are discussed and approved by voted
laws in the Parliament. So l'exécutif et
le législatif work together (not like in USA or in France).
The Tourism Critic in the shadow cabinet asks questions to the Tourism
Minister and will be likely the next boss of the Tourism ministry if the
Opposition wins the next election.
M. Cheam Channy wanted to act as Defense
Critic in a country where the opposition is not only un-recognized as "official"
in the Constitution, but the very notion of opposition has never been accepted
by people in power (not by Sihanouk, nor Lon Nol, nor Pol Pot, nor Pen
Sovann?, nor Ar Kbal Pee Phneak Bei,
nor Hun Sen). So, maybe the SRP wanted too fast a democracy?
Anyway, the court can ask for the defense of Cheam Channy those suckers
and crooks from Canada and Australia -- the corrupt Cambodian Canadians
and Cambodian Australians who have been or are still in the power circle
-- to explain la pratique de la démocratie dans des pays à
régime parlementaire.
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Oncle SAM : Va-t-en! Ne viens plus chanter et danser à Long Beach! |
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1) Prominent US Senators ask for sanctions on Phnom Penh government
Samngatki : In a February 3 letter related to the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of three Cambodian opposition lawmakers, five prominent US Senators – Bill Frist, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Patrick Leahy, and Norm Coleman – ask Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to "immediately review [US] assistance programs for Cambodia and to encourage other donors and international financial institutions to do the same" and to "examine the possibility of imposing sanctions on the Cambodian government unless and until the Assembly reverses its recent action". The letter continues: "Among the possible sanctions we urge you to examine is a visa ban on [Cambodian] members of parliament who voted to strip their colleagues' immunity. Such a ban is consistent with the goals of the President's Proclamation dated January 12, 2004, which establishes a policy of denying entry into the United States to corrupt public officials." The letter forcefully stresses that "the United States must back its words with specific actions." The US Senators also note that National Assembly and Funcinpec President Norodom Ranariddh "has aligned himself with the more hardline elements of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), including Prime Minister Hun Sen", and that the vision of the current Cambodian leaders for their country's development "apparently includes neither justice nor freedom" given their "penchant for violence and lawlessness."
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2) Famine à Korng Pisei, Kampong Speu
Mme.
Ouk Savborey, de Radio Free Asia, a fait le
reportage suivant :
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