Mr. Kem Sokha with the Cambodian flag (blue and red) and his party's logo (white and green).Radio Free Asia
By Ouk Sav Boury
7th January, 2009
Mr. Kem Sokha, president of the Human Right Party, said that he plans to negotiate with Sam Rainsy in the middle of January in order to work out the plan to form an alliance between the two parties to compete against the Cambodian People’s Party.
Mr. Kem Sokha said on 7th of January like this: “We have experiences in the past that if we don’t unite, we will never beat the Cambodian People’s Party. Second, if he agrees that if we don’t unite we cannot beat the Cambodian People’s Party like what I believe, then what other reasons we cannot join forces? We should not have any suspicions of each other, but we must trust each other. We will explain to each other our reasons and at that time we will raise the issue of creating a leadership structure and I will agree for him to be the president of the newly-formed alliance, and if he wanted to be the prime ministerial candidate for our alliance I will support him.”
The Sam Rainsy Party president, Mr. Sam Rainsy, cannot be contacted for the comments regarding Mr. Kem Sokha’s proposal. But the secretary-general of the Sam Rainsy Party, Mrs. Ke Sovannaroth, said: “We don’t just form an alliance that was just formed and then die again one day. The future alliance must be an alliance that is strong, an alliance that has a stance, a goal and a clear vision.”
Mr. Kul Panha, chairman of the election monitoring body COMFREL said that an alliance is an ideal thing but any alliance must have a clear goal in order for it to be successful.
Mr. Kul Panha said: “An alliance is like a double-edged sword if the alliance is lasting. But if the alliance not lasting it can make their supporters lose trusts in them.”
It must be noted that, in the 2008 elections the Cambodian People’s Party won 90 seats, the Sam Rainsy Party won 26 seats, the Human Right Party won 3 seats, Funcinpec Party won 2 seats and the Norodom Ranariddh Party won 2 seats.
By Ouk Sav Boury
7th January, 2009
Mr. Kem Sokha, president of the Human Right Party, said that he plans to negotiate with Sam Rainsy in the middle of January in order to work out the plan to form an alliance between the two parties to compete against the Cambodian People’s Party.
Mr. Kem Sokha said on 7th of January like this: “We have experiences in the past that if we don’t unite, we will never beat the Cambodian People’s Party. Second, if he agrees that if we don’t unite we cannot beat the Cambodian People’s Party like what I believe, then what other reasons we cannot join forces? We should not have any suspicions of each other, but we must trust each other. We will explain to each other our reasons and at that time we will raise the issue of creating a leadership structure and I will agree for him to be the president of the newly-formed alliance, and if he wanted to be the prime ministerial candidate for our alliance I will support him.”
The Sam Rainsy Party president, Mr. Sam Rainsy, cannot be contacted for the comments regarding Mr. Kem Sokha’s proposal. But the secretary-general of the Sam Rainsy Party, Mrs. Ke Sovannaroth, said: “We don’t just form an alliance that was just formed and then die again one day. The future alliance must be an alliance that is strong, an alliance that has a stance, a goal and a clear vision.”
Mr. Kul Panha, chairman of the election monitoring body COMFREL said that an alliance is an ideal thing but any alliance must have a clear goal in order for it to be successful.
Mr. Kul Panha said: “An alliance is like a double-edged sword if the alliance is lasting. But if the alliance not lasting it can make their supporters lose trusts in them.”
It must be noted that, in the 2008 elections the Cambodian People’s Party won 90 seats, the Sam Rainsy Party won 26 seats, the Human Right Party won 3 seats, Funcinpec Party won 2 seats and the Norodom Ranariddh Party won 2 seats.
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