Independence Day of November 9: step on the ridge of Cambodia

Political Analysis
THE INDEPENDENCE DAY OF UN-INDEPENDENCE
Op-Ed: Khmer Young

With aforementioned evidence and the current move of Hun Sen's leadership, it shows that the celebration of Independence Day this year is not about the survival of Cambodia, but it is showing about the celebration of the nearing to death of Cambodia. The death in which Cambodia cannot escape from Vietnam's attempt to swallow Cambodia since the fake help to liberate Cambodia from French. Without Bandung agreement, the destiny of Cambodia will be like present LPDR Lao. Lao has been legitimately fell into the hand of Vietnam because of its inability to untie themselves from the help of Vietnam in liberating their country from French. Now, under Hun Sen's leadership, though with the intervention of UNs, USA, and China, Cambodia is certainly unable to escape from that attempt.

The celebration of Independence Day for Cambodia today (November 9, 2009) coincided the statement of PM Hun Sen to appoint and greet fugitive ex-PM Thaksin as his personal economic advisor. Generally, this relationship of PM Hun Sen and Thaksin is trivial. But the outcome of this relationship is risky in the eyes of scholars and researchers.

Independence Day should be celebrated fully independent, but the prompt move of PM Hun Sen's policy towards creating tension conflict between Cambodia and Thailand illustrated un-Independence of Cambodia.

I do hope there are still many CPP's members who know well this plan of Vietnam including Hun Sen himself, your destiny are the same. Take Lao as an example, if you don't try to untie yourself today, your power will become paralyzed eventually like current Laotian leaders. But I can tell you (CPP's top leaders) must realize that the current move towards creating tension conflict with Thailad will not help both "border retreat of Thai troops and loosening yourself from Vietnam". You are exactly fastening yourself more tighter than before at the deadlock of Vietnam's plan.

Of course, it is easy to understand whenever Cambodia and Thailand seriously confront with each other, the powerful alliance of Indochina will be emerged as a great symbol again. It reminded us to the partnering strategy of joining forces between former colonial countries: Cambodia, Vietnam and Lao to fight against French.

At the back scene of Hun Sen's decision to appointing Thaksin illustrates many irregularities:

• Hun Sen's advisors who are likely Vietnamese or pro-Vietnamese have planned to advise Hun Sen to intensify conflict with Thailand in order to: remind the joining force led by Vietnam to fight against French, forget all about border encroachment of Vietnam at eastern zone, and joining force again to confront with Thailand.
  
• Independence Day of November 9 will not be independent because the former head of alliance, Vietnam, is still former head of alliance in this time to confront with Thailand.
  
• It is surely a conspiracy of Thaksin, Abhisit and Chavalit to divert the attention of Hun Sen to handle issue in the international stage by using mutual nation-state solution. I don't understand why Hun Sen's advisors are so afraid of using regional and international stage to solve the problem. Hun Sen's advisors have never valued the effectiveness of ICJ and Paris Peace Accord.
• Many Cambodian people at the border, thousand hundred Cambodian workers inside Thailand and students will face hardship if the conflict and relationship become more intense. Hun Sen's speech said that Cambodia will loss less than Thailand is really baseless and irresponsible.
• The imbalance of power between two hegemonic countries of Thailand and Vietnam will lead to the destabilization of Cambodia.
  
• Sam Rainsy's patriotic empathy towards Cambodian farmers along the border with Vietnam has been sued by Svay Rieng provincial court of Cambodian government to show its full respect of Vietnam and to jeopardize other Cambodians who dare protest with Vietnam regarding border controversial.

With aforementioned evidence and the current move of Hun Sen's leadership, it shows that the celebration of Independence Day this year is not about the survival of Cambodia, but it is showing about the celebration of the nearing to death of Cambodia. The death in which Cambodia cannot escape from Vietnam's attempt to swallow Cambodia since the fake help to liberate Cambodia from French. Without Bandung agreement, the destiny of Cambodia will be like present LPDR Lao. Lao has been legitimately fell into the hand of Vietnam because of its inability to untie themselves from the help of Vietnam in liberating their country from French. Now, under Hun Sen's leadership, though with the intervention of UNs, USA, and China, Cambodia is certainly unable to escape from that attempt.

I do hope there are still many CPP's members who know well this plan of Vietnam including Hun Sen himself, your destiny are the same. Take Lao as an example, if you don't try to untie yourself today, your power will become paralyzed eventually like current Laotian leaders. But I can tell you (CPP's top leaders) must realize that the current move towards creating tension conflict with Thailand will not help both "border retreat of Thai troops and loosening yourself from Vietnam". You are exactly fastening yourself more tighter than before at the deadlock of Vietnam's plan.

In Solidarity,

KY