A Change of Guard

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Monday 10 November 2014

RCAF’s Banh warns dissenters [The military is a national army so it should serve the country, not any political party] លោក ទៀ បាញ់ ប្រឆាំង​ដាច់​ខាត​ចំពោះ​អ្នក​ចង់​ផ្តួល​រំលំ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល

As Cambodia's armed forces turned 61 over the weekend, Minister of Defence Tea Banh took the opportunity to remind opponents of the ruling party of the military’s might.
Speaking passionately at the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces’ (RCAF) anniversary celebrations on Saturday, Banh warned that opposition to the Cambodian People’s Party would not be tolerated.
“The Ministry of Defence totally opposes any individual who wants to take down the government and make society go backwards,” he said
Banh also defended the actions of the RCAF in the wake of last year’s disputed national election, when forces violently cracked down on numerous demonstrations.
“After the election results were announced, the RCAF participated and fulfilled their obligation … to maintain national peace, based on the constitution and other general legal statutes for the RCAF,” he said. “We strongly follow the orders.… We support the government’s policy.”
But activist monk Venerable Luon Sovath said that the military used its power to stop people demanding basic rights, not the overthrow of the government.
“The government has a role to guarantee people’s safety, but it should not mistake monks and people who protest to protect land, forests, and freedom of expression with toppling the government,” he said.

Sovath, alongside members of the Khmer People Power Movement, is to stand trial at Phnom Penh Municipal Court later this month on charges of treason and obstructing electoral procedures.
But, he said, he did not understand “what moves are classified as [attempting to] down the government”.
“Here people just protest to protect their farmland, houses and social justice, but they are accused of overthrowing the government, which means people are threatened to stop protesting” altogether, he said.
Chan Soveth, a senior investigator with rights group Adhoc, agreed that the military has used its position to threaten protesters and discourage them from further action.
“Such threats gravely affect human rights and make society go backwards,” he said.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

“The military is a national army so it should serve the country, not any political party”

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Tea Banh is too dumb to know the difference.

Anonymous said...

Tea Banh only serves his Viet master.

Anonymous said...

Last year CNRP claimed some Cambodian arm force would join them in challenging CPP. We did not see anything. Lies, lies, and lies.

Tea Banh announced and confirmed the Cambodian arm force will stand behind the Cambodian government. And he was true to his words.

-Drgunzet-

RealKhmer said...

Use your military's might to protect our borders, with Yuon, Lao, and Siam; not to intimidate or kill your own innocent people. Your pathetic military's might should face real enemy that stealing and destroying our country every day.

REAL MILITARY'S MIGHT STAY AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE AND THE CITIES.

REAL MILITARY'S MIGHT STAY AT THE LAND BORDERS AND SEA BORDERS.

REAL MILITARY'S MIGHT LOVE THEIR PEOPLE AND RESCUE THEIR PEOPLE FROM DANGER OR DISASTER.

REAL MILITARY'S MIGHT DO NOT BEHAVE LIKE A BUNCH OF THUGS TOWARD THEIR OWN PEOPLE.

REAL MILITARY'S MIGHT SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES TO FIGHT THE REAL ENEMIES AND THE INVADERS OF OUR MOTHERLAND.

Anonymous said...

You guys know that the oppositions and the protesters were using firebombs to throw at the Cambodian police right? Did you see the kind of damage they inflicted?

If the police cannot handle these trouble makers, it makes sense to use the military to restore peace.

-Drgunzet-