For Cambodia, the ruling party politicians claim it is a democracy nature, rule of law and enactment of the law. But in practice, the Phnom Penh regime uses the law as a tool to serve its interests and will suppress those whom they do not prefer. Generally, the cases of the lawsuit of the Cambodian People’s Party senior officials or higher-ups affiliations in the court are always won, and especially if the plaintiff is the prime minister.
He is not only the accuser in the court to seek justice for him, but also he boss his single-party parliaments around to amend the law immediately to the court to devise a remedy to show that Cambodia was a rule of law and social justice in his favor.
There are several cases which show that the judicial system in Cambodia is under Mr. prime minister’s fist whether the judge or the prosecutor, even the Minister of Justice Ministry succumbs to his order. The prime minister can order the court or minister of justice to effectively handle his lawsuit.
What is the rule of law?
Rule of Law means "a state that steadily clings to the underlying laws. It is a form of state management which recognizes and protects the rights and freedom of people to access to an independent judiciary, which seeks for justice serving to citizens and to protect law enforcement---avoid violating the law.
Wording justice is the highest value for assuring a country of balance and order to be fair, there is a need to prepare each person according to their place and what they must do, and not violate their activities.
However, for Mr. Premier de facto leadership, it is the opposite. Besides Mr. prime minister has been using the judiciary as his political tool, sometimes he made himself as a judge instead of a court, and even insulted the royal family, I did not fear of the King, said the prime minister.
Everyone knows that Mr. prime minister has influenced all state institutions. For the judiciary, there is potent criticism from the public over the proceedings, some of the people called that the court was used as the puppet of the ruling party or the law enforcement is based on the mouth of law. At this point, Mr. Premier also used the judiciary to slam on the critics or the opposition party. Mr. Premier always won the case, like the case against the opposition party. It is more likely that Mr. Premier understands whenever he or his family wins it deems that is justice all about for society and the rule of law. But in a flipside of the justice, citizens and politicians of the dissenting party suffer and feel painfully from imprisonment, dissolution of the opponent, and incarceration.
In addition, the social problems on which the Prime Minister administration cannot solve, many people are disappointed with the government on development projects by granting over economic land concessions to private companies to invest rubber planting, natural mining, ore exploitation, deforestation, judicial system that not to stand for trial in place regarding to the principle of non-biased or fair independence.
Instead, tens of thousands of families suffer shedding tears in the wake of development and land disputes, almost across the country. From years, injustices still persist, for example, as in a case of land conflicts, landowners, victims often cry "insist to demand justice (chanting that unfair, corrupted court, you imprisoned landowners and why did not you arrest the land grabbers? You are the corrupted court, judge, and prosecutor. "
The conflict resolution system in the current regime is less effective, including judiciary police officers, especially the courts, which are found not independent and not provide justice to the victims. The issue sparked protests against the dealers/traders and government authorities, especially in 2013, the fifth election of the government mandate. The protest triggered overspreading to factory workers reach to confrontation of workers by stone-throwing against gunmen, eventually caused shooting to death and injuries on protestors in Phnom Penh in 2014. These incidents can also be alternative dispute resolution of Phnom Penh regime last to resort.
Amnesty International has issued a statement by urging the Cambodian government to cease using the judiciary as a tool to oppress the opposition and those who dare to criticize the government. A 40-page sweeping report entitled "Court of Injustice", a Crackdown on Action through Criminal Justice System in Cambodia. The report also describes the use of a judicial system to exert pressure on land activists, opponents, and human rights activists.
Moreover, the premier regime is also dissatisfied with the protest movement demanding justice among the public. Citizens are more likely not to forget about the bloody violence that took place over 22 years ago in central Phnom Penh, which was a massive massacre by the four-grenade attack on protest workers led by dissent leader. As of today, the families of victims did not even get justice.
For the family and the Prime Minister are untouchable. Frequently, courts would arrest Mr. Premier’s critics, either directly or indirectly. Premier uses a court to seek justice; even anybody uses Facebook to criticize his bad leadership. The courts then on the heel of arresting him/her after the lawyer of Premier had brought a lawsuit to seek justice. Justice exists for the only prime minister and his family.
The democratically elected countries fundamentally refer to their laws and separate them between legislative and executive bodies, which mean that the authorities have no effect on the judiciary. As of 40 years of the ruling Cambodian People's Party, Cambodia has fallen into the on the edge of the precipice of dictatorship, which in a nutshell law is based on the lips or mouth of law AND charade of democracy.
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