យើងមិនត្រូវការច្បាប់នេះទេ We Don't Need These Laws

យើងមិនត្រូវការច្បាប់គ្រប់គ្រងអង្គការ សមាគម សហគមន៍ សហជីព ទេ ! សូមឲរដ្ឋាភិបាល រដ្ឋសភា ត្រូវតែទំលាក់ចោលច្បាប់នេះ ! ព្រោះច្បាប់ទាំងនេះគឺជាច្បាប់ចាប់ជំរិត បំបិទសិទ្ធិសេរីភាព រំលោភសិទ្ធិពលរដ្ឋ សិទ្ធិនយោបាយ សិទ្ធិសេរីភាពអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល ។ល។ ​ These laws the government must drop out bring freedom of human rights democracy justice to Cambodia ! We all Say No Union&NGOs Laws ! "Non-Violence Overcome All Obstacles"

Vinaya or the rule of laws is important but they must be rightly articulated

Buddha taught his disciples that Vinaya or the rule of law is crucial for justice, peace, unity and advancement. However, Buddha stressed on right view and right understanding to duly implement their duty and obligation of this Vinaya. Whenever, the rule of law or Vinaya was created by a wrong view and wrong understanding, the greedy and the delusive will exploit this rule of law at the expenses of the bottom line people and the society will be inevitably apocalyptic.

Civil society or NGOs are the key player of social development. Civil society is the key actor in social, political and economic development in Cambodia. Civil society is the broker of this nation. In democratic countries, the government and civil society is inseparable and they are legally entitled to collectively work for the nation. They are guaranteed by the national constitution. In communist countries, civil society is strictly prohibited.

In Cambodia, many laws such as fishery laws, deforestion laws and corruption laws have become a tool for political supremacy. With this reality, how could one trust the upcoming civil society laws? This is the emergent question embedded in Cambodian mind and government must ensure that they have built trust for its citizens. If those laws are amended but never implemented or implemented for the greedy and the delusive, it is just a tool for modern political manipulation. We need right Vinaya and right practitioners in Cambodia.

Villagers petition via krama

Chhay Channyda

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Photo by: Pha Lina

Villagers hold aloft a 230-metre krama yesterday during their protest in front of the National Assembly.

More than 10,000 thumbprints of villagers from communities throughout 24 provinces and cities secured to a 230-metre blue krama was submitted to the National Assembly yesterday as a petition against the passage of three worrying laws.

Before submitting the petition, which weighed 50 kilograms, about 100 villagers from land-dispute communities and villages dependent on fishing and forestry stood alongside civil society representatives while holding the scarf and chanting.

“The citizens wanted the National Assembly to know that they are very concerned over draft laws which restrict their freedom,” Yeng Virak, president of Community Legal Education Center said.