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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

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How Hun Sen Fails in Myanmar

 

«​ប៉ុន្តែ​ខ្ញុំ​និយាយ​ក្នុង​នាម​ជា​កម្ពុជា មិនមែន​ក្នុង​នាម​ប្រធាន​អាស៊ាន​ទេ​ណា​។ សុំ​កុំ​ចងភ្ជាប់​ខ្ញុំ​ជាមួយ​ប្រធាន​អាស៊ាន។​»

នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ថ្ងៃទី១ ខែកុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ២០២២ កាសែតភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍


«ឥឡូវ​វា​ស្ថិត​នៅ​ក្នុង​ស្ថានភាព​ធ្វើ​ក៏​ខុស មិន​ធ្វើ​ក៏​ខុស​។ ឥឡូវ​មាន​តែ​អ៊ីចឹង!​ បើ​ថា​​ គេ​មិន​ចង់​ធ្វើ​យើង​ក៏​មិន​ចង់​ព្រួយ​ហ្នឹង​ហត់ ព្រោះ​ឥឡូវ​យក​គោ​ទៅ​ដាក់​មុខ​រទេះ​​ ឥឡូវ​ធ្វើ​ម្ដេច​ទៅ​មុខ​រួច។ ក៏​ប៉ុន្តែ​សុំ​បញ្ជាក់​​​ណា នៅ​សល់​តែ​១០​ខែ ថ្ងៃ​នេះ​១៦ សល់​តែ​១០​ខែ ​១៤​ថ្ងៃ​ទៀត​ទេ​វ៉ើយចប់​ភារៈកិច្ច​ហើយ​។ សូម​អញ្ជើញ​ប្រធាន​ក្រោយ​ធ្វើ​ទៅ។ បើ​វា​ពិបាក​ពេក​ វា​ពិបាក​ពេក។»

នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​​ហ៊ុន សែន ថ្ងៃទី១៦ ខែកុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ២០២២ វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី

 

“We [Hun Sen and Joko Widodo] discuss development in Myanmar. I reiterated clearly Indonesia position on the importance of implementation of [the] 5-Point Consensus to [5PCs] bring democracy back in Myanmar through inclusive dialogue… Should there be no significant progress on the implementation of the 5PCs, Myanmar should only be represented by non-political level at ASEANB meeting.”

Indonesia President Joko Widodo, 5 Jan 2022 Twitter


«ខ្ញុំ​អត់​មាន​ផលប្រយោជន៍​ណាមួយ​ទៅក្នុង​បញ្ហា​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​នយោបាយ ចង់បាន​ឥទ្ធិពលនយោបាយអី ខ្ញុំ​អត់​មាន​ទេ ព្រោះ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​តូច​ណាស់​បើ​ប្រៀបធៀប​ជាមួយនឹង​ប្រទេស​មីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា។​»​ 

នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ថ្ងៃទី១ ខែកុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ២០២២ កាសែតភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍

 

Hun Sen is utterly confused and frustrated when serving a brief stint as a peace crusader in the Myanmar conflict. He fails in getting the military junta to embrace his Thank-You-Peace political marketing stunt.

He is unclear who he is when playing international politics. First, he assumes a role as the ASEAN chair. Hun Sen could not wait to take over the ASEAN alternate chair and the Myanmar case with gusto. Before his ASEAN term begins in January, he has flagged his travel plan to Myanmar sending a clear message to General Min Aung Hlaing that he wants to be there.

However, when it is clear his Myanmar effort falls by the wayside, he says he has acted on behalf of Cambodia, not ASEAN. He does not want this early flop to mar the rest of his term. After all, his last term in 2012 is also a dud; it is the first time ever in history ASEAN fails to issue a joint statement when the then chair Hun Sen rejects a consensus on South China Sea maritime disputes.

He is now counting the days his chairmanship will be over. In his usual gangster slang, he says from this day, 16 February, there remains only 10 months and 14 days to go before passing on the conflict to the next chair.

Hun Sen is frustrated. He has not expected ASEAN to come down so hard on his unilateral move to rehabilitate Myanmar. The frustration must be unbearable particularly for the strongman who is accustomed to getting literally everything he wants. In Cambodia, every time Hun Sen yells, “Jump”, his minions will ask, “How high?”

Three days before the man flies into Myanmar, Indonesia President Widodo begins to rain on his parade. An ultimatum from the president is clear – the leash he puts on Hun Sen is short. He wants the Chairman to bring democracy back in Myanmar before accepting General Hlaing into ASEAN. With similar pressures from Singapore, Malaysian, and the Philippines, Hun Sen has since kept to the ASEAN script, despite extreme discomfort for the strongman to endure in the straitjacket.

Hun Sen pretends to be in charge by coming up with two initiatives. He issues his own four-point plan for General Hlaing to consider. The first point is for Hlaing to implement the 5PCs, which has already been rejected; and other three sound very similar to three of the 5PCs. The second initiative is to establish an ASEAN Troika that Hun Sen claims to be very crucial to resolve the deadlock; it has also been ignored. It seems all his attempts to save his face only reinforce him as a laughingstock.

He then resorts to lies. Hun Sen says there is no benefit for him to get involved in [international] politics; he says he does not want to have any political influences. This ridiculous claim comes from the man who lives and breathes politics and adores every world stage opportunity anyone offers him.

He has lost it, completely.


Ung Bun Ang

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Malaysia Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah should be thankful for his lucky star. Hun Sen has only told him not to be so rude towards the ASEAN leadership, especially towards himself – the ASEAN Chair. He says the man does not know a language of diplomacy; this comes from the prime minister who is fond of using gangster slang in his public address in Cambodia. Hun Sen would drag this minister through court to answer charges of incitement, public disorder, or something sinister that his Phnom Penh court would make it impossible to escape jail sentences at best. 

Anyhow, what does this Malaysian minister say that has driven Hun Sen up the wall? The man tells Aljazeera News: “There are people who think that he should not have taken the visit because his visit has been construed or interpreted as a recognition of the military in Myanmar. Malaysia is of the opinion that he has the right to visit Myanmar as the head of government of Cambodia. However, we also feel that because he has already assumed the chair of ASEAN, he could have probably consulted the other ASEAN leaders and sought our views as to what he should do if he were to go to Myanmar.”

 

Asked if Hun Sen’s visit will achieve anything, Saifuddin gives it a flat abrupt “No”. The man is not merciful on Hun Sen’s ego. How rude.


«​សុំ​កុំឱ្យ​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ការបរទេស [​​ម៉ាឡេស៊ី​នេះ ព្រហើន​ពេក​ដែលមាន​សម្តី​សំដៅ​មិន​គប្បី​ចំពោះ​ថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំ​អាស៊ាន ជាពិសេស​ប្រធាន​អាស៊ាន​តែម្ដង ដែល​មិន​សមជា​ភាសា​ការទូត ដូច្នេះហើយ​កុំឱ្យ​យក​លក្ខណៈ​ព្រហើន ដែល​លើកឡើង​កន្លងទៅនេះ មិន​ដូច​ភាពជាក់ស្ដែង ដែល​អ្នកមួយ​ចំនួន ដែល​គេ​តាមដាន​ការងារ​អាស៊ាន ឬ​ធ្វើ​ការងារ​អាស៊ាន​នេះ ហើយ​គាត់​ខ្វះ​នូវ​ការគួរសម​ទៀតផង​។»​

នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន   ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៤ ខែ មករា ឆ្នាំ២០២២ កាសែតភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍


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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous6:15 AM

    Yes, TOTALLY he has lost លោក Angung, couldn't agree more...អរគុណ!!!

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