Thursday, August 6, 2009

Mu Sochua is not fighting for nothing

Mu Sochua, a Khmer lady has not been doing nothing, because she doesn't keep her fear and injustice feeling in a quiet place. Like Suyi of Burma and Cory of Philippine, Sochua is heading forward for the sustainable and genuine peace, prosperity and democracy of Cambodia.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr said "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people". Mu Sochua is the prolific current Cambodian democratic leader who is not silencing in front of a dictatorial leader. After the suffering of civil war, Cambodian people are facing with a new type of regime which has visibly emerged as the pseudo-democracy. Hun Sen who is the main leader has never given up his political culture of violence, dictatorship and he has well utilized the brand name of democracy to fool Cambodian people through the biased mass media and patrimonial system. Observers spontaneously stated that the government has stepped backward by silencing the voices of all dissents and opposition. Sam Rainsy Party has been cornered by Hun Sen government. Mu Sochua has to stand up from that corner and many more will stand up with her.

What Cambodian people want to project for their future? Does current stability of Hun Sen government ensure their future sustainable peace and growth? No one know or can predict it rightly. But what we know and can predict correctly is that when the rule of law and democratic principle are not flourished in any land, that land is still under a despotic leader. So Cambodian people wish to stand up or to keep this status quo?

Look at this video clip. Thousand answers are waiting your brilliant voices and participation. We don't see any national news reporters took this video to broadcast in the TV channel for Cambodian people to watch. Cambodian people are currently living under the darkness with one-sided mass media. All good things are repeatedly broadcasting to fool the Cambodian people. But how about corrupted officials, violence, land eviction and this type of video clip? Do Cambodian people have chance to weight their belief?

Mu Sochua dare to face with powerful prime minister Hun Sen in this lawsuit. It is really injustice for her when a victim like her has been easily twisted. When she used her basic rights to protect herself from insulting, that basic rights has badly reversibly affected her, under this pseudo-democratic country.

University professor James Q. Wilson said that "Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness"

Interestingly, Former German naval officer and victim of the Nazis, Martin Niemöller said that "First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out -- because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out -- because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out --because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak out for me."

Cambodia folk tale of "a fox and a young sheep". Cambodian people are like a young sheep that have been cared by a fox.

The above quotes were beautifully mentioned by Professor Peang-Meth in his weekly articles. He also ended one of his articles very intrigued that "Man can learn, unlearn, and relearn. Encourage man to think freely, to innovate and not to shy away from risks; dare man to read, write and speak without fear; instill in man hope, which specialists define as “energy and ideas that drive people to change their circumstances,” to reach goals, to have motivation, and to seek improvement. This is the road to a better way for Cambodians."

Mu Sochua, a Khmer lady has not been doing nothing, because she doesn't keep her fear and injustice feeling in a quiet place. Like Suyi of Burma and Cory of Philippine, Sochua is heading forward for the sustainable and genuine peace, prosperity and democracy of Cambodia.

KY

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