The HRP held their congress in 2007. Mr. Kem Sokha is second from the left.By Ouk Sav Boury
Radio Free Asia
18th December, 2008
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
The Human Right Party (HRP) has announced its alliance with the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) in accordance with the wish of its supporters in and outside of the country.
Mr. Kem Sokha, president of the Human Right Party, said recently that the party’s supporters in America have asked the Human Right Party and the Sam Rainsy Party to work together to defend democracy which has gotten less voices since the 2008 election.
Mr Sokha said: “Because we are worried about the marginalisation of democracy in Cambodia, especially the restrictions of the role of the opposition parties that has caused all the democratic institutions to lose their checks and balances.”
A Sam Rainsy Party’s representative, Ms. Mu Sochua, said that she will forward the HPR’s request to the party president, Mr. Sam Rainsy, who is on an overseas mission.
She added that, before the election, the SRP and the HRP has once allied themselves in requesting the re-counting of the ballots.
She said that democracy in Cambodia has been restricted because the Internal Regulations of Parliament required that the minority must respect the majority in the parliament.
She said: “The SRP will stay with and allied with the HRP. We believe that we must demand, not to demand for the positions, but demand for democracy which is a key pillar in the democratisation process of Cambodia as well as in other countries.”
Mr. Sokha said that the alliance between the SRP and the HRP is not a merger of the two parties but it is an alliance in preparation for the elections in 2013.
He said that this alliance is needed to defend the votes of the democracy-lovers and his HRP will wait for the decision of the SRP‘s president. He said that the terms of the agreements will be worked out later to avoid any betrayals which had happened in the past with other parties.
Radio Free Asia
18th December, 2008
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
The Human Right Party (HRP) has announced its alliance with the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) in accordance with the wish of its supporters in and outside of the country.
Mr. Kem Sokha, president of the Human Right Party, said recently that the party’s supporters in America have asked the Human Right Party and the Sam Rainsy Party to work together to defend democracy which has gotten less voices since the 2008 election.
Mr Sokha said: “Because we are worried about the marginalisation of democracy in Cambodia, especially the restrictions of the role of the opposition parties that has caused all the democratic institutions to lose their checks and balances.”
A Sam Rainsy Party’s representative, Ms. Mu Sochua, said that she will forward the HPR’s request to the party president, Mr. Sam Rainsy, who is on an overseas mission.
She added that, before the election, the SRP and the HRP has once allied themselves in requesting the re-counting of the ballots.
She said that democracy in Cambodia has been restricted because the Internal Regulations of Parliament required that the minority must respect the majority in the parliament.
She said: “The SRP will stay with and allied with the HRP. We believe that we must demand, not to demand for the positions, but demand for democracy which is a key pillar in the democratisation process of Cambodia as well as in other countries.”
Mr. Sokha said that the alliance between the SRP and the HRP is not a merger of the two parties but it is an alliance in preparation for the elections in 2013.
He said that this alliance is needed to defend the votes of the democracy-lovers and his HRP will wait for the decision of the SRP‘s president. He said that the terms of the agreements will be worked out later to avoid any betrayals which had happened in the past with other parties.
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