Cambodia Newly Became The People's Republic Of Cambodia In History Today, January 5, 1976

Photo of the leader of the Red Khmer, Pol Pot in 1975. (Documentation Center of Cambodia Archieves)

JAKARTA History today 48 years ago, January 5, 1976, the leader of Khmer Merah, Saloth Sar or better known as Pol Pot changed the name Cambodia to the communist government, the People's Republic of Cambodia. The change was perpetuated because Pol Pot and Khmer Merah were able to win civil war.

Previously, Pol Pot often admired communist ideology. He began to explore this admiration as long as he studied science abroad. It was this understanding that made him move to seize Cambodia from the power of Lol Nol, which he considered a United States (US) doll.

Communist understanding was once the prima donna in Southeast Asia. Independence fighters throughout Asia take advantage of this understanding as a tool of resistance, independence, and independence. The narrative brings results.

Many Asian countries have reaped results by expelling colonialism and foreign influences in their territory. This condition has attracted many people with communist ideology. Pol Pot, one of them. Pol Pot witnessed for himself how the French colonialists attacked Cambodia.

The memory made him take full advantage of his opportunity to study in France well. Pol Pot then chose to actively study communists in France. He also became a cadre of the French Community Party (PCF). All kinds of knowledge and lessons from PCF are matured.

Ulam's beloved pinnacle arrives. He returned to Cambodia which was already independent from France. However, that independence did not make him satisfied. The leadership of the monarchy, Norodom Sihanouk, is considered unfit to exist. The narrative was also sung against Pol Pot, Lol Nol, an American-backed military.

Bekal pelajaran dari PCF digunakannya dalam membangkan Khmer Viet Minh yang notabene organisasi berdeologi communikasi. Kemudian, ia memperhatikan kehatiannya dan membangkanCommunist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) atau yang kemudian sering disebut Khmer Merah.

In fact, Pol Pot and Khmer Merah were not fast enough. Lol Zero actually first staged a coup against Sihanouk in 1970. The civil war between the governments of Lol Zero and Khmer Merah broke out. Khmer Merah is like following in China's footsteps under Mao Zedong who won against the government. Since then Pol Pot was asked as the leader of Cambodia in 1975.

His smiling face and calm attitude deny his brutality. He and his closest revolutionary group adopted Communism based on Maoism and Stalinism, then implemented it extremally. Pol Pot and the Khmer Merah movement tore Cambodia in an effort to 'purify' the agrarian community in the country and turn society into revolutionary workers -- farmers.

"Starting on the day 1975 when his guerrilla troops marched secretly to the capital, Phnom Penh, Pol Pot vacated cities, separated families, abolished religion, and closed schools. Everyone was told to work, including children. Khmer Merah banned money and closed all markets. Doctors were killed, as well as most people with skills and education that threaten the regime, "explained Seth Mydan in his writing on The New York Times page entitled Death of Pol Pot (1998).

Andil Pol Pot and Khmer Merah were initially considered saviors. The Cambodian people do not want to be led by the military who are considered US puppets. However, recently the Pol Pot came out. The government is not much different from Lol Nol.

Instead of the lifting of the Cambodian people's lives, the Pol Pot regime is actually considered to have brought Cambodia to a backward era. People are forced to work, as well as all kinds of brush political opponents. At its peak, Pol Pot then declared its communist government by changing Cambodia's name to the Cambodian People's Republic or in local language,Satheranakrath Pracheameanit Kampuchea on January 5, 1976.

On January 5, 1976, the leader of the Red Khmer, Pol Pot announced a new constitution that changed Cambodia's name to the Cambodian People's Republic and legalized its Communist government. Over the next three years, his brutal regime was responsible for the deaths of about one to two million Cambodians, attached to the History page.