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Editorial by Manekseka Sangkum: 

Do not respect and revere traditions, institutions, customs etc. blindly. There is nothing to suggest that this King has acted - or is acting - on behalf of the best interests of his supposed 'subjects'. His decision to cave in to Hun Sen's threat to abolish the monarchy unless he ratified the 2005 Supplemental Border Treaty with Vietnam alone tells the world where he stands on life and death matters of national importance.

Presently, the King is also about to ratify all the boundary mappings completed up to now with Vietnam which will legitimise all the unilateral territorial gains and concessions handed over to that country on a platter as a result of the unprecedented advantage and leverage that the same country has had over Cambodia. Considering all of this, and if anyone still thinks or believes these are examples of a dignified and devoted "Khmer Monarch" deserving of his nation's reverence or obedience, then he or she must be wittingly or unwittingly aiding in this long-suffering nation's downfall and catastrophe!

The enormity of the treason and crimes committed - willingly or unwillingly - in this way far surpasses in moral weight and substance any number of choices of rhetoric or words uttered in condemnation of the offenses.

Apologists and detractors will inevitably claim the King is a “constitutional monarch” who is there to "reign but does not rule". Yet, such a ridiculous claim is a delusion of the worst kind. Can a country be said to have a 'constitutional monarch' while the National Constitution itself is being violated and trodden underfoot daily by the dictator-in-chief as he deems fit?

Who would be the greater affliction and ‘insult’ to the Khmer people, the Monarch or his rude critics?

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