A Royal Solution for a Nationalist Vietnam
The Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League is politically pressuring the government of Vietnam to protect the liberty, religious rights of the Vietnamese people as well as the culture, traditions, languages of the Montagnards and Khmer Krom in Vietnam.
(PRWEB) November 23, 2004 -- Today, Vietnam is experiencing a minor period of
outward growth. Even the most dedicated Communists are abandoning old communist
economic policies, which have proven to be ineffective and sometimes harmful.
Capitalism is being introduced, with the Communist Party maintained only as a
vehicle to exercise absolute control of the elite Party leaders over the common
people.
The economic benefits currently enjoyed by Vietnam hide a plague
of tyranny and corruption that threatens the most basic foundations of the
country. Personal liberty and civil rights are virtually non-existent. There is
no freedom of speech, no freedom of religion and human rights remain at the whim
of the Communist Party.
Economically, Vietnam seems to be improving, but
the outer appearance can be deceiving. Most people are still very poor and the
foreign businesses established in Vietnam often only function to exploit
impoverished workers in need of a job. Corruption has served to make Communist
Party officials richer and the Vietnamese people poorer.
However, the
greatest danger to Vietnam is not easily seen. There is a lack of freedom, but
the Vietnamese have endured oppression in the past, surviving the domination of
China and France. This resistance was possible because Vietnamese nationalism
could always survive. Even during the long years of French colonization the
Emperor remained and the national traditions were always carried
out.
Today, however, things are much different. The Communist Party has
worked hard to destroy the traditional national culture of Vietnam and replace
it with the foreign culture of Communism, developed in Soviet Russia and Maoist
China. There is no longer an Emperor or any group to preserve Vietnamese
traditions, and keep them alive for all future generations. This threat is known
as “Cultural Colonialism”.
Many people in Vietnam, including former
Communists, are becoming alarmed by the way the national heritage of Vietnam is
being ignored and forgotten. It is also a constant problem for the exile
community, who must struggle to maintain their own ideals and traditions while
living in a foreign environment. What can save Vietnam from this danger of
Cultural Colonialism?
There are numerous ways to bring democracy, human
rights and political freedom to Vietnam. All parties claim to support these
things, so all that is necessary is that they honor their promises. However,
lasting freedom can only come for Vietnam if it is done in a way that recognizes
Vietnamese heritage and traditions. Only the limited monarchy of the Imperial
Nguyen Dynasty can succeed in preserving the cultural independence of Vietnam.
Of what value is freedom if the people lose sight of whom they truly are? Only a
government that upholds Vietnamese nationalism and personal freedom can fully
succeed in restoring the nation.
How have the Communists tried to solve
these problems? They claim to fight for the freedom and liberation of the
people, but instead of showing patriotism, loyalty and brotherhood, they killed
their own people, including the Khmer Krom and Montagnard minorities. They force
everyone to submit to a single political party and worship the foreign
demagogues of Communism, such as Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong. These
men instigated the massacre of tens of millions of people.
The Communists
also claim to be preserving the heritage of Vietnam through cooperation with
UNESCO, to preserve and rebuild the sacred palaces, tombs and temples of the Hue
Imperial City. However, this is simple hypocrisy as the Communist Party defiles
and ridicules the revered places and all they represent. They do not protect the
culture and traditions of the Vietnamese People and the Khmer Krom and
Montagnard minorities.
The Vietnamese communist government has shown
little reverence and respect in holding up the honored heritage of the
Vietnamese for economic exploitation (i.e. WTO). This only benefits the
Communist Party and glorifies their dictatorship over the people.
The
only way to solve these problems is by restoring to Vietnam a government similar
to that proposed by the Vietnamese Imperial Family. There must be democratic
elections for the people to choose elected officials, from whichever party they
wish, who will represent them in government. It is possible, as The Kingdom of
Cambodia has achieved a democratic government, under the protection of the
monarchy and the United Nations, which represents all political parties in
Cambodia.
There must be a clearly written constitution that will be
strictly enforced, and there must be the monarchy, to provide a focus for unity,
an Emperor that is above all parties and political disputes, who can maintain
the noble traditions of Vietnamese culture, care for all of his people
regardless of their politics and act a symbol, through the succession of the
dynasty, of the eternal values and principles of Vietnam that have existed since
the founding of the nation thousands of years ago. The Emperor is a link to the
past, and a living reminder of the historic and future greatness of Vietnam.
"When we are not devoted to serve the People, we cannot have the right
to ask for the favors from the nation."
The Vietnamese Constitutional
Monarchist League
# # #
Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb170761.htm