Hun Sen vs. Ranariddh.PM warns political rival
Thursday, 09 December 2010
By Cheang Sokha
Phnom Penh Post
Prime Minister Hun Sen has lashed out at his royalist opponent Prince Norodom Ranariddh, warning that his recent return to politics could drag the monarchy back into politics.
Speaking at the inauguration of a new university building in Battambang province on Thursday, Hun Sen warned Ranariddh – who announced his return to political life this week – against doing politics as a representative of the Royal Palace.
“You can do whatever you want, but there is one thing: If you do politics it will be linked to the monarchy, you have to be clear on this point,” he said in reference to Ranariddh, who is a senior adviser to King Norodom Sihamoni.
“If you want to do politics, you have to quit the Supreme Council as adviser to the King, otherwise the King will lose neutrality on the matter of politics. The name of the King will be used for propaganda, saying I am a brother of the King, I am the son of former King, and it will link the King with politics.”
Last weekend, Ranariddh said he would return to head the Norodom Ranariddh Party more than two years after he walked away from politics.
Speaking to supporters in Kampong Cham, he issued a stinging denunciation of his former colleagues in Funcinpec, the royalist party he led to victory in the 1993 elections, saying its current leadership had sold itself out to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in exchange for minor government posts.
He also issued a call for Funcinpec members to defect to his camp....read the full story in tomorrow’s Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story online from 3PM UTC/GMT +7 hours.
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No role for Ranariddh, says Hun Sen
Thursday, 09 December 2010
By Meas Sokchea Phnom Penh Post
PRIME Minister Hun Sen yesterday issued a statement saying that he will not welcome the Nationalist Party into his Cambodian People’s Party-dominated ruling coalition, despite the return of royalist heavyweight Prince Norodom Ranariddh to political life.
Hun Sen wrote that the current government – a coalition the CPP and Funcinpec formed after the 2008 election – would likely remain unchanged.
“I really do not want to make a tripartite coalition government [of the] CPP, Funcinpec and Norodom Ranariddh Party,” Hun Sen wrote, using the NP’s former name. It is set to readopt the name at its party congress this weekend.
Ranariddh announced his return to politics in Kampong Cham on Saturday, more than two years after his retirement.
In announcing his return, Ranariddh railed against his former party Funcinpec, claiming that the current leadership had sold themselves to the ruling CPP in exchange for “rotten” government posts and personal benefits.
Ranariddh – who led Funcinpec to victory at the United Nationdsbacked 1993 election but was expelled as party president in 2006 – called for loyal Funcinpec members to defect to the NP/NRP ahead of elections in 2013.
In his letter yesterday, however, Hun Sen warned that any Funcinpec government officials defecting to the party would “be fired from their post immediately”.
Since Funcinpec’s electoral victory in 1993, the royalist movement has been on a steady decline. At the 2008 elections, Funcinpec and the NRP gained just four of the 123 seats in the National Assembly.
By Cheang Sokha
Phnom Penh Post
Prime Minister Hun Sen has lashed out at his royalist opponent Prince Norodom Ranariddh, warning that his recent return to politics could drag the monarchy back into politics.
Speaking at the inauguration of a new university building in Battambang province on Thursday, Hun Sen warned Ranariddh – who announced his return to political life this week – against doing politics as a representative of the Royal Palace.
“You can do whatever you want, but there is one thing: If you do politics it will be linked to the monarchy, you have to be clear on this point,” he said in reference to Ranariddh, who is a senior adviser to King Norodom Sihamoni.
“If you want to do politics, you have to quit the Supreme Council as adviser to the King, otherwise the King will lose neutrality on the matter of politics. The name of the King will be used for propaganda, saying I am a brother of the King, I am the son of former King, and it will link the King with politics.”
Last weekend, Ranariddh said he would return to head the Norodom Ranariddh Party more than two years after he walked away from politics.
Speaking to supporters in Kampong Cham, he issued a stinging denunciation of his former colleagues in Funcinpec, the royalist party he led to victory in the 1993 elections, saying its current leadership had sold itself out to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in exchange for minor government posts.
He also issued a call for Funcinpec members to defect to his camp....read the full story in tomorrow’s Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story online from 3PM UTC/GMT +7 hours.
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No role for Ranariddh, says Hun Sen
Thursday, 09 December 2010
By Meas Sokchea Phnom Penh Post
PRIME Minister Hun Sen yesterday issued a statement saying that he will not welcome the Nationalist Party into his Cambodian People’s Party-dominated ruling coalition, despite the return of royalist heavyweight Prince Norodom Ranariddh to political life.
Hun Sen wrote that the current government – a coalition the CPP and Funcinpec formed after the 2008 election – would likely remain unchanged.
“I really do not want to make a tripartite coalition government [of the] CPP, Funcinpec and Norodom Ranariddh Party,” Hun Sen wrote, using the NP’s former name. It is set to readopt the name at its party congress this weekend.
Ranariddh announced his return to politics in Kampong Cham on Saturday, more than two years after his retirement.
In announcing his return, Ranariddh railed against his former party Funcinpec, claiming that the current leadership had sold themselves to the ruling CPP in exchange for “rotten” government posts and personal benefits.
Ranariddh – who led Funcinpec to victory at the United Nationdsbacked 1993 election but was expelled as party president in 2006 – called for loyal Funcinpec members to defect to the NP/NRP ahead of elections in 2013.
In his letter yesterday, however, Hun Sen warned that any Funcinpec government officials defecting to the party would “be fired from their post immediately”.
Since Funcinpec’s electoral victory in 1993, the royalist movement has been on a steady decline. At the 2008 elections, Funcinpec and the NRP gained just four of the 123 seats in the National Assembly.
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