Phnom Penh (FN), Nov. 22 - After their poor country ended its war and they survived the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodian people have only one wish – to live their lives in peace with their family and with decent occupation.

They have never thought of going through another bloodshed and mountain of tears. That is the reason why they have valued peace highly and have always been ready to prevent any attempts by the opposition party to overthrow the legitimate government by taking the model of Arab Springs, which were allegedly supported by the U.S., both technically and financially.

On November 9th, 2017, all Cambodians across the country are celebrating their nation`s 64th Independence Day. They are behind their king and leaders to protect their hard-fought peace and development, as well as their independence and sovereignty. Nearly 30 years of war was harshly enough for them, as their country was almost completely demolished, with all infrastructures, economy`s foundation and culture being destroyed. They would never want to go back to their traumatic past, and their only one wish is to live in peace and development.

For those who voted for the CNRP, their real wish is to see the betterment of their lives and the improvement in public services, such as education and healthcare, etc. They were hunger for them and wanted them within a click despite them knowing that these work needed resources and time. They blindly believed in the propaganda of the CNRP, which made hundreds of promises, though some of which were found to be ridiculous and impossible.

Before each election, the opposition party wickedly made political propaganda to attract votes, despite some being considered as to cheat and confuse the public. After election, CNRP`s leaders betrayed Cambodian people and their supporters` will. They were up against the will of the people who love and want to maintain peace and development by conspiring with foreigners to secretly plan an Arab Spring-modeled revolution to overthrow the current legitimate government and its leaders through what they called a “positive change” and a “protection of human rights and democracy”.

The government has responded to the people`s will again and again. The CPP-led government has thrived to successfully resolve some of the on-going social issues, such as land concession, land dispute, low wage, health problem and people`s well-being, etc. The people were happy with these achievements. While what the second-placed CNRP has done betrayed the will and the wish of the voters, the foreign superpower`s interference was considered as a violation against the spirit of the international law and community.

Cambodian`s wish is always with the spirit of positive change, democracy and Khmer-love-Khmer, and they didn't want the opposition party to do anything that would harm their peace that they valued as their life. To be honest, the CNRP supporters` cast didn't guarantee that they agreed with their party`s leaders conspiracy plan. What they really wished for was peace and development. However, the acts of a small number of CNRP`s party leaders harmed their future and their expectation ended just like “wax under the sun”. The sin did exist! The revolution mastermind Kem Sokha was arrested, and convicted Sam Rainsy was on the run. CNRP was at dilemma and its grassroot-leveled supporters were in turmoil while a lawsuit had been logged to the High Court to dissolve the party, following the disclosure of conspiracy evidences of the party with the U.S., which is unlawful under political party law.

Both CPP and CNRP supporters in Cambodia would certainly not favor any treason acts and were completely against the idea of bringing Cambodia under any foreign colonization, though it is to be the U.S. Any political interference in Cambodia by foreign nations equaled to violation against Cambodian`s wish. Cambodian people see peace as a prerequisite requirement for any development while opposition party`s acts were of harmful intention to the people. Any foreign nations behind such a harmful plot showed no respect of Cambodian people, who are the owners of the country. They wanted to determine the fate of Cambodia in place of its own people, and they wanted to be our parents. While their lips were talking about freedom and democracy, their heart beat on their plan to strengthen their geopolitical position in ASEAN through their mischievous plot with opposition politicians.

Cambodian people could see the wicked intentions of the U.S. Embassy to Cambodia and some U.S. senators, namely John McCain – widely known as the head of the IRI that oversaw the revolutions in Ukraine and some other countries – and Ted Cruz – who has sought pressures on the Royal Government of Cambodia as an independence and sovereign state. In response the calls from these senators, Samdach Techo Hun Sen on November 8th told the U.S. not to interfere the process of democracy, multiparty system, and election in Cambodia in the coming year 2018. Otherwise, this superpower would see another misery like in the past.

What some of the opposition politicians have been doing was against the interest of Cambodian people. Calls for pressures and sanctions against Cambodia by some self-deported opposition politicians were destroying Cambodia`s image in the international stage and were affecting the earnings and lives of the Cambodian people. However, it showed their real natures – shameless and ruthless – they could do anything to reach their destination and to break the jail for Kem Sokha. They called for their party`s members to leave Cambodia and plotted a wicked plan against Cambodia through their “Three Don`ts Policy” – don't invest, don't provide assistance, and don't purchase products from Cambodia. They were happy when some countries intimidated to cut down development assistance and to impose sanctions on Cambodia. This shown that they were happy to see their success even though it cost Cambodia`s peace and stable economy. It also shown they wanted Cambodia to return to the past tragedy and Cambodians to remain in poverty, so that they were easy to deceive their own people.

In the faces of foreign interference and self-destruction by some opposition politicians, Cambodia firmly determined to protect its hard-fought peace and to continue its multiparty system and democracy process through the upcoming 2018 elections, namely senate election in February and parliamentary election in July. Any overreactions that may affect those elections by foreign nations equal to the killing of democracy in Cambodia! If the sanctions, the cut down of the development assistance and the boycott of Cambodia`s products are to happen, CNRP must take full responsibilities in front of Cambodian people, law and history. CNRP, please stop harming Cambodian people`s wish!

Chao Chaksmok

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