TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo pickeded ed...

TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo

pickeded editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

CAMBODIA'S individual RESULTS (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published July 30)

Cambodia continues to rebuild from the turmoil that lasted over 10 years ago, with its third election in a decade. There were casualties from violent outbreak that included a grenade explosion, moreover the most recent election was to a great degree more peaceful than the pair before it.

The 1993 general election, subject to the auspices of a United Nations transitional authority, was relentlessly sabotaged by the agency of the Khmer Rouge. Many race were killed, including Japanese and other foreign election examiners and police.

family was shed during the 1998 election too. A year earlier, opposing political parties used weapons to establish their feud.

In the peace established since, Cambodians are now using debate, not violence, to shape their that will be This is standard in any democracy, and is a welcome exhibition in Cambodia.

The final election be the effects are not ready yet, still unofficial tallies show Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian tribe Party is expanding its lead, and is rely uponed to stay in power.

The FUNCINPEC Party, l by means of Prince Norodom Ranariddh, King Norodom Sihanouk's son has shrivelled The opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) which has been fighting corruption in high places, has gained ground

This should exhibit that, while voters recognize the Hun Sen administration's reconstruction achievements, they violently disapprove of the rampant corruption and nepotism that pervades the ruling party.

Khmer Rouge genocide of the late 1970 subject to Pol Pot killed off often of the population, but a baby droning followed the eventual peace. Of Cambodia's 13 million populace now, 40 percent are in subordination to age 15. The regulation has concentrated in education, with elementary seminary enrollment doubling in that period. Efforts are also being made to expand higher education.

further Cambodia is still far short of being self-sufficient. The nation relies with foreign aid, including aid from Japan, to finance 40 percent of its operations. There is no sign Cambodia's economy will outgrow its stay upon foreign aid.

Cambodia tries mightily to temptation foreign investors, but is hampered by the agency of its inadequate infrastructure. Agricultural bring into view is about its solely competitive export.

The nation is gladdened with the natural bounty of fertile soil and overflow of water. These natural blessings supported Cambodia's ancient agriculture the glorious vestiges of which can still be clearly seen in the ruins at Angkor Wat. further Cambodia needs time to choke its poverty, train and perform the operations indicated in technologies to make use of these blessings.

In shaping their time to come Cambodians must constantly strive for fairness. Sam Rainsy, head of the eponymous SRP has said, ''The corruption in our native land is like a grave illness. Any symptomatic treatment is useless. We must gain to the root of the illness and treat it accordingly.''

Fraud and corruption involving foreign aid foundations and logging are rampant. Aid donors themselves must be more vigilant in administering their programs.

When the final election conclusions are in, the next big stair is formation of a special court, which Cambodia has essentially told the United Nations it will do, to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to trial.

Cambodia must then result to terms with its past.

(July 31)

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