Joint Statement On The Concerns about Ongoing Arrests of Political Activists
Posted by: Leadership Skills | Posted on: June 12, 2020សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍រួមស្តីពី ការព្រួយបារម្ភលើការបន្តចាប់ខ្លួនសកម្មជននយោបាយ
June 11, 2020 – by ADHOC- Cambodia
ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ ០៦រោច ខែជេស្ឋ ឆ្នាំជូត ទោស័ក ព.ស ២៥៦៤
ភ្នំពេញថ្ងៃទី១១ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០២០
សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍រួមស្តីពី
ការព្រួយបារម្ភលើការបន្តចាប់ខ្លួនសកម្មជននយោបាយ
យើងខ្ញុំជាអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល សហជីព និងសហគមន៍ សូមសម្តែងការព្រួយបារម្ភយ៉ាងខ្លាំងជុំវិញការចាប់ខ្លួនសកម្មជននយោបាយ ពិសេសអតីតសមាជិកគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ។
ថ្មីៗនេះ យើងសង្កេតឃើញសមត្ថកិច្ចបានបន្តចាប់ និងឃុំខ្លួនអតីតសមាជិកគណបក្សប្រឆាំងជាបន្តបន្ទាប់ ដោយការចោទប្រកាន់ពីបទ រួមគំនិតក្បត់ ញុះញង់ឱ្យប្រព្រឹត្តបទឧក្រិដ្ឋជាអាទ៍ និង បទញុះញង់ឱ្យយោធាមិនស្តាប់បង្គាប់ ដែលការចោទប្រកាន់ទាំងនេះបានរំលោភយ៉ាងធ្ងន់ធ្ងរទៅលើសេរីភាពក្នុងការបញ្ចេញមតិ និងសិទ្ធិធ្វើនយោបាយរបស់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ដែលទទួលស្គាល់ដោយរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា សេចក្តីប្រកាសជាសកលស្តីពី សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និងកតិកាសញ្ញាអន្តរជាតិស្តីពីសិទ្ធិពលរដ្ឋ និងសិទ្ធិនយោបាយ ដែលប្រទេសកម្ពុជាជារដ្ឋហត្ថលេខី ។
រដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា មាត្រា ៥១ថ្មីចែងថា “ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ គឺជាម្ចាស់វាសនានៃប្រទេសជាតិរបស់ខ្លួន។ អំណាចទាំងអស់ជារបស់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ…” មាត្រា៣៥ ចែងថា “ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ មានសិទ្ធិចូលរួមយ៉ាងសកម្មក្នុងជីវភាពនយោបាយ …របស់ប្រទេសជាតិ” និងមាត្រា៤១ ចែងថា “ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរមានសេរីភាពខាងការបញ្ចេញមតិរបស់ខ្លួន សេរីភាពខាងសារព័ត៌មាន…។” ដើម្បីឱ្យប្រទេសជាតិមានការរីកចម្រើនលូតលាស់ និងសុខសន្តិភាពពិតប្រាកដទៅបាន គឺទាល់តែប្រជាពលរដ្ឋមានសិទ្ធិសេរីភាពក្នុងការបញ្ចេញមតិ និងសិទ្ធិចូលរួមក្នុងសកម្មភាពនយោបាយបានដោយសេរី និងពេញលេញ។
ក្នុងស្ថានភាពបច្ចុប្បន្នដែលប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ក៏ដូចជាពិភពលោកទាំងមូល កំពុងប្រឈមដោយសារជំងឺកូវិដ១៩ ដែលធ្វើឱ្យប៉ះពាល់យ៉ាងខ្លាំងដល់ចរន្តសេដ្ឋកិច្ច សង្គមកិច្ច ទីផ្សារការងារ និង ភាពភ័យខ្លាចដល់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ។ ហេតុដូច្នេះ ក្នុងនាមយើងខ្ញុំជាអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល សហជីព និងសហគមន៍ ស្នើដល់អាជ្ញាធរមានសមត្ថកិច្ច តុលាការ និងស្ថាប័នពាក់ព័ន្ធបញ្ឈប់ការយាយី និងបន្តចាប់ខ្លួនអតីតសមាជិកគណបក្សប្រឆាំង ក៏ដូចជាប្រជាពលរដ្ឋផ្សេងទៀត ដែលគ្រាន់តែពួកគេសម្តែង មតិដោយសន្តិវិធី។ ជាការពិតណាស់ ការបន្តចាប់ និងឃុំខ្លួនសកម្មជនទាំងនោះ មិនមែនជាជម្រើសដ៏ល្អក្នុងការដោះស្រាយបញ្ហានោះទេ ផ្ទុយទៅវិញ រឹតតែធ្វើឱ្យប្រទេសជាតិជួបនូវវិបត្តិកាន់តែធ្ងន់ធ្ងរបន្ថែមទៀត ព្រមទាំងធ្វើឱ្យសង្គមជាតិទាំងមូល បែកបាក់កាន់តែខ្លាំងឡើងៗ ទៅវិញ។
ដូច្នេះយើងខ្ញុំជា អង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល សហជីព និងសហគមន៍ សូមអំពាវនាវដល់រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល និងភាគីពាក់ព័ន្ធ ដូចតទៅ៖
១. ស្នើដល់អ្នកនយោបាយ ទាំងគណបក្សកាន់អំណាច ទាំងគណបក្សប្រឆាំង និងភាគីពាក់ព័ន្ធទាំងអស់ ត្រឡប់មករកការចរចា ដើម្បីរកដំណោះស្រាយនយោបាយរួមគ្នា ដោយឈរលើគោលការណ៍ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និងគោរពតាមរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ ដោយតម្កល់ផលប្រយោជន៍ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ និងសង្គមជាតិជាធំ។
២. ត្រូវគោរពសិទ្ធិពលរដ្ឋ សិទ្ធិនយោបាយ និងសេរីភាពបញ្ចេញមតិរបស់ពលរដ្ឋសកម្ម។
៣. ធ្វើការដោះលែងអ្នកជាប់ឃុំដោយរឿងនយោបាយ និងអ្នកទោសមនសិការ
៤. ត្រូវបញ្ឈប់ជាបន្ទាន់នូវការបន្តយាយី ចាប់ និងឃុំខ្លួនសកម្មជននយោបាយ និងពលរដ្ឋសកម្មផ្សេងទៀត ដែលបានប្រើប្រាស់សិទ្ធិស្របច្បាប់របស់ពួកគេ។
គាំទ្រដោយ៖
១ អង្គការសម្ព័ន្ធភាពការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកម្ពុជា (CHRAC)
២ សមាគមការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍នៅកម្ពុជា អាដហុក (ADHOC)
៣ សម្ព័ន្ធខ្មែរជំរឿន និងការពារសិទ្ធមនុស្ស លីកាដូ (LICADHO)
៤ គណ:កម្មការឃ្លាំមើលការបោះឆ្នោតដោយសេរី និងយុត្តិធម៌នៅកម្ពុជា (COMFREL)
៥ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលពលរដ្ឋដើម្បីអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ និង សន្តិភាព (PDP-Center)
៦ វិទ្យាស្ថានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យកម្ពុជា(CID)
៧ សម្ព័ន្ធសហគមន៍កសិករកម្ពុជា (CCFC)
៨ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសម្ព័ន្ធភាពការងារ និងសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស (CENTRAL)
៩ សម្ព័ន្ធសហជីពកម្មករចំណីអាហារ និងសេវាកម្មកម្ពុជា (CFSWF)
១០ អង្គការកម្មវិធីអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ធនធានយុវជន (YRDP)
១១ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកម្ពុជា (CCHR)
១២ សហភាពការងារកម្ពុជា (CLC)
១៣ អង្គការតម្លាភាពកម្ពុជា (TIC)
១៤ បណ្តាញយុវជនកម្ពុជា (CYN)
១៥ សមាគមប្រជាធិបតេយ្យឯករាជ្យនៃសេដ្ឋកិច្ចក្រៅប្រព័ន្ធ (IDEA)
១៦ សម្ព័ន្ធគណនេយ្យភាពសង្គម កម្ពុជា (ANSA)
១៧ សមាគមខ្មែរកម្ពុជាក្រោម ដើម្បីសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ (KKKHRDA)
១៨ បណ្តាញសហគមន៍ព្រៃឡង់ (PLCN)
១៩ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលកម្ពុជាដើម្បីការពារសិទ្ធិកុមារកម្ពុជា (CCPCR)
២០ អង្គការការពារសិទ្ធិជនជាតិភាគតិច (MIRO)
២១ អង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សដើម្បីតម្លាភាព និងសន្តិភាព (HROTP)
២២ កម្ពុជាឯករាជ្យប្រឆាំង (CIACC)
២៣ សម្ព័ន្ធដើម្បីសុចរិតភាព និងគណនេយ្យភាពសង្គម (CISA)
២៤ អង្គការក្រុមការងារដើម្បីដោះស្រាយទំនាស់ (ACT)
២៥ មជ្ឍមណ្ឌលអប់រំច្បាប់សម្រាប់សហគមន៍ (CLEC)
២៦ អង្គការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សំលេងសហគមន៍ (BCV)
២៧ សមាគមឥន្ត្រទេវី (IDA)
២៨ អង្គការសកម្មភាពប្រជាជនដើម្បីការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ (PADO)
២៩ អង្គការស្ម័គ្រចិត្តដើម្បីសង្គម (CVS)
៣០ បណ្តាញយុវជន CamAsean (CamAsean)
Thursday June 11th, 2020 – Original Source for Your Reference: ADHOC- Cambodia
Phnom Penh, June 11, 2020
Joint Statement On
The Concerns about Ongoing Arrests of Political Activists
We, the undersigned Cambodian Civil Society Organizations, Trade Unions and Communities, would like to express our grave concerns over the arrest of former political activists, specifically of former members of the Cambodian National Rescue Party.
#TeamEurope Supports Cambodia in Coronavirus Crisis
Posted by: Leadership Skills | Posted on: June 11, 2020Original Source: EU Cambodia, Brussels, 11/06/2020 – 11:43, UNIQUE ID: 200611_3Press releases
As part of the global efforts to support partner countries around the world, Team Europe* is mobilizing 443 million euros in grants and loans to work with Cambodia in fighting the global covid-19 pandemic, and mitigate its socio-economic effects.
Team Europe is the combined effort of the European Union, its Member States and their financial institutions and implementing agencies. Together, they provide significant financial and technical support to help Cambodia address immediate needs, protect the most vulnerable, mitigate the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus crisis and prepare for recovery. In Cambodia, Team Europe works together with its European partner Switzerland.
All Team Europa programs and projects contribute to enhancing democratic principles, promoting and protecting human rights and strengthening gender equality.
The EU Ambassador to Cambodia Ms Carmen Moreno said: “The coronavirus pandemic demands cooperation and solidarity. Team Europe stands together with Cambodia in these challenging times. We have to work together to ensure a sustainable and strong economic recovery, and to help mitigate the impact of this pandemic on human lives, jobs and livelihoods. To this purpose, we combine our resources and join efforts with the Government, the people of Cambodia and civil society, in response to this global challenge”.
The support of the European partners to Cambodia focuses on three essential priorities, in line with the country COVID-19 Master Plan.
In Supporting health, Team Europecontributes to expand research and testing capacities in Cambodia, supports the implementation of the COVID-19 National Action Plan and strengthens the health system. European partners are reinforcing and reorienting their programs on nutrition as well as hygiene, access to clean water and sanitation, to be more responsive to the pandemic needs. Team Europe strongly supports the World Health Organisation and contributes to finance its programs in Cambodia.
At a time when jobs, livelihoods and food security are in danger, European partners contribute to support people, livelihoods and employment; reaching out to the most vulnerable population through social protection programs, scholarships, improved access to education, assistance to workers and returned migrants. Team Europe’s programs sustain livelihoods through aquaculture and fisheries, rural infrastructures development and they contribute to address the challenges related to microfinance crisis management.
Europe will work with Cambodia to support economic recovery and job creation. Team Europe support will contribute to strengthen key areas of the economy and involve public investments for economic development, energy efficiency and green recovery. European programs and projects will contribute to build resilience in the private sector and to support job creation, to ensure a robust recovery and a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient economy, in keeping with the Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement
This EURO 443 million support (equivalent to USD 483 million and KHR 1,990 billion) combining new allocations, funds already programmed and redirected funds, is channelled through the Royal Government institutions and partner organisations, including civil society organisations.
* Team Europe stands for the EU and its Member States. In Cambodia they are joined by our European partner, Switzerland.
Encl. Team Europe Infographic:
EU COVID-19 Response Cambodia Data.pdf
Team Europe Development Assistance to Cambodia.pdf
The ‘Respectable’ Faces that Help Cambodia’s Elite Loot the Country
Posted by: Leadership Skills | Posted on: June 7, 2020Source: RFA in English , RFA in Khmer, By Jack Davies
For 30 years international donors have poured money into Cambodia, and for 30 years international moneymen have helped siphon it out.
In August 1990, one year before he took up his role as U.S. ambassador to Cambodia, Charles Twining wrote that “the Phnom Penh regime is … acquiring a significant reputation for corruption.” Three decades later the country has the same prime minister, Hun Sen, and his government the same reputation for graft. Another constant for the last 30 years has been the apparent willingness of outwardly respectable banks, realtors and consultants to help politically connected Cambodians expatriate their country’s riches.
In recent months, an investigative series by Radio Free Asia examining the overseas real estate holdings of Cambodia’s ruling elite has turned up properties worth $30 million. Upcoming stories will reveal further properties, worth in excess of $100 million.
That figure is just a drop in the ocean of wealth that leaks out of the country illicitly each year. In 2016 alone, at least $1.8 billion was laundered out of Cambodia, according to an analysis by U.S. think tank Global Financial Integrity.
Cambodia is not alone. Global Financial Integrity estimates that economies around the world haemorrhaged more than $800 billion just in 2017. The global financial system is hardwired to facilitate the movement of capital across international borders as seamlessly as possible, and for as long as it’s been that way there have been well-dressed criminals taking advantage of it.
From Phnom Penh to Panama City
Few names symbolised the symbiosis of political power and commercial clout in 1990s Phnom Penh quite like Teng Boonma. When in 1997 Hun Sen orchestrated a bloody coup against his royalist coalition partners, Boonma admitted – but later denied – that he had stumped up more than $1 million to bankroll the bloodshed. Many observers viewed the cash as payback to a regime that had protected his lucrative businesses that skirted both sides of the law. He was a major importer and exporter of consumer goods and, according to the U.S. State Department, narcotics – a charge he repeatedly denied.
Having spent much of his life in Thailand, like many of Cambodia’s early tycoons he began cutting informal deals with the country’s government in the 1980s, before the economy had officially opened.
It was an open secret at the time that commercial success in Cambodia was only possible with political patronage, which came at a price. A 1994 internal memo from international cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco stressed the “importance of Government, Provincial official contacts” for doing business in Cambodia, but cautioned, “it’s clearly somewhat of a ‘Pay your money, take your choice’ situation, as to who today of ‘influence’ will be in the same position tomorrow.”
What was true in 1994 was truer still five years earlier, but corporate records obtained by RFA show that did not deter lawyers in Hong Kong – then a British colony – from helping Boonma register and administer a string of Panamanian companies in 1989 to manage his commercial affairs. Meanwhile in Panama, Boonma shared a corporate lawyer with Osama bin Laden’s half-brother.
Passports to freedom
A decade later in 1999, Boonma found himself in trouble with authorities in Hong Kong, where many of his businesses were headquartered, when prosecutors charged him with making false statements to immigration officials. Somewhat ironically, they were forced to drop the charges when the tycoon claimed immunity on the grounds he held a Cambodian diplomatic passport.
Read More …‘Our survival is at stake now,’ Chinese Telecom giant Huawei crumbles after US ban on Semiconductor exports
Posted by: Leadership Skills | Posted on: May 21, 2020Original Source TFIPost by Amit Agrahari 19 May 2020 in Opinions
Huawei, the largest Chinese technology giant with annual revenue of more than 120 billion dollars, has said that its “survival” is at stake after USA’s semiconductor (chip) export restrictions on the company. “We will now work hard to figure out how to survive,” said Guo Ping, rotating chairman, at Huawei’s annual analyst conference. “Survival is the keyword for us now.”
Earlier, on Friday, the US released new guidelines regarding the export of semiconductors, the most essential part of any consumer electronics and technology equipments. As per new guidelines, any foreign company which seeks to export semiconductors based on secret American design has to apply for a license to US Department of Commerce, which the department is most likely to deny.
The US Commerce Secretary explicitly said that the Department will “narrowly and strategically target Huawei’s acquisition of semiconductors”. Given the fact that semiconductors are the most essential device for any consumer electronics or telecommunication device; this ban would result in the collapse of Huawei.
“This new rule will impact the expansion, maintenance, and continuous operations of networks worth hundreds of billions of dollars that we have rolled out in more than 170 countries,” Huawei said in a statement.
In May last year, the US put a ban on American technology export to Huawei by its companies, but many countries in East Asia like Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea manufacture consumer electronics essentials using American technology. Therefore, it was easy for Huawei to game the US export ban and import these products from other East Asian countries, but with new rules in place, even these countries will not be able to supply equipments to the Chinese giant.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a Taiwanese company that manufactures semiconductors based on secretive American design, announced that the company would not take any new order from Huawei.
Huawei is the second-largest customer- accounting for 14 percent of total orders- to the Taiwanese company which manufactures semiconductors for all top consumer electronics of the world including Apple. Therefore, the ban is bound to hurt TSMC’s business but they would have to follow American rules, as they use secretive American technology to design chips.
Semiconductor, popularly known as the chip, is very essential in manufacturing any modern electronic equipment ranging from Smartphones to Refrigerators, and with the ban on access to it; Huawei would head nowhere in the global technology race.
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