The Agreement: Turning point

Finally, after one year of deadlock an Agreement between the CPP and the CNRP was signed, that mean the 55 MP elect of the CNRP will join the National Assembly making the Hun Sen Administration fuly legal and constitutional. Other point was also agreed: the National Election Committee will become a constitutional institution composed of 4 CPP and 4 CNRP and 1 accepted by both.
   As a cosequence of the deal the 7 MPs from CNRP along with 2 other activists arrested at the July 15 melee were released from Prey Sar jail.
   The beginning of a new political and psychological warfare for the next elections: the 2017 Communes and 2018 legislative. Date to be announced, possible in February ...

The beginning

... of the end of Democracy. On this day July 5th in 1997 and the day after, the forces loyal to 1st PM Prince Ranarriddh were defeated by the ones loyal to 2nd PM Hun Sen. Whatever the causes, that battle led to the polarization of the Royal Armed Forces over the CPP that will lend support over the years to its administration. The strong man get stronger and recently PM Hun Sen said that only him can command the Army.
      Without the rules of check and balance, Democracy in Cambodia exist only on paper. The beginning of the end that started in 1997 ...
       A new struggle for genuine Democracy by the Opposition that began in 2013 ... for another 10 years?

39th Anniversary

Of our admission as refugees to the US ... On this day, July 3rd, in 1975, after our arrival in June 6, we were formally issued the I-94 card admitting the 6 of us as parolee with refugee status. The next day July 4th, we were celebration the Independence Day and day later we were out of the Camp Pendleton to temporary housing before boarding the flight to Seattle. We were later resettled in Edmonds, WA ... the beginning of a new adventure. Gone with the Destiny ...

Incorporation of the Cambodian American Foundation

It is a dream come true. At the party celebration my 77th Anniversary, I announced in public that there is one more organization that I had to set up. That is the Cambodian American Foundation or CAMF. After many months of exploration and much support I went to Olympia and the 3 pages of the Articles of Incorporation of the CAMF were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Washington administration.

Next step, to have Bylaws approved and the CAMF leadership elected. And we go to the public.