Yingluck waves to supporters.By The Nation
Published on July 3, 2011
In her first speech after 70 per cent of vote counting showed her Pheu Thai party wins over Democrat party, PM-candidate Yingluck Shinawatra thanked the voters who voted for her party and to give opportunity for her party to administer the country.
"It is not the victory of the party, but a chance to serve the people," she said.
She said she already talked with Chart Thai Pattana about forming the government and will talk with other parties later.
"We will implement every policy we have promised during our election campaigns. We will not disappoint our people," she said.
She already revealed that her difficult missions ahead are to improve the economy and society and to reconcile the country.
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Pheu Thai sweeps 255 MPs at 83.69 per cent vote count
The Nation
Published on July 3, 2011
After the vote count has been done by 83.69 per cent, the Pheu Thai Party appeared to sweep 255 MPs.
The Democrat came second with wining 163 MPs according to the count by the Royal Thai Police and EC as of 8 pm.
The Bhum Jai Thai would win 35 MPs, the Chart Thai Pattana 21 MPs, Chart Pattana Pua Pandin 10 MPs and Palang Chon seven MPs.
The Love Thailand would win four MPs, the Matubhum would win two MPs, and the Mahachon Party, Rak Santi Party and New Democrat Party would win one MP each.
The Nation
Published on July 3, 2011
In her first speech after 70 per cent of vote counting showed her Pheu Thai party wins over Democrat party, PM-candidate Yingluck Shinawatra thanked the voters who voted for her party and to give opportunity for her party to administer the country.
"It is not the victory of the party, but a chance to serve the people," she said.
She said she already talked with Chart Thai Pattana about forming the government and will talk with other parties later.
"We will implement every policy we have promised during our election campaigns. We will not disappoint our people," she said.
She already revealed that her difficult missions ahead are to improve the economy and society and to reconcile the country.
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Pheu Thai sweeps 255 MPs at 83.69 per cent vote count
The Nation
Published on July 3, 2011
After the vote count has been done by 83.69 per cent, the Pheu Thai Party appeared to sweep 255 MPs.
The Democrat came second with wining 163 MPs according to the count by the Royal Thai Police and EC as of 8 pm.
The Bhum Jai Thai would win 35 MPs, the Chart Thai Pattana 21 MPs, Chart Pattana Pua Pandin 10 MPs and Palang Chon seven MPs.
The Love Thailand would win four MPs, the Matubhum would win two MPs, and the Mahachon Party, Rak Santi Party and New Democrat Party would win one MP each.
The Nation
13 comments:
This is Shinawatra's dynasty like the Bush's dynasty. My hope with the new leadership in Thailand, relationship between Thailand and Cambodia will improve. Thus far PM Hun Sen seem to position himself in the winning corner while Sam Rainsy tended to position himself in the loosing corner. Thailand election hurt Sam Rainsy chance to ever become anything but another looser.
CONGRATULATION MISS BEAUTY
Failure to democratise and reform public institutions in Cambodia equates absence of political progress and democracy.
By consequence, the real losers are Cambodian people and Cambodia, not SRP or Rainsy.
Cambodia's opposition movement can only try and risk as much, including the personal risk of being assassinated or imprisoned by the power that be. Thailand, for all its ills allows its people to contest governmental power via the ballot box. Can the same be said of Cambodia's political system?
Kouprey
4 July 2011 2:50 AM
"for all its ills allows its people to contest governmental power via the ballot box. Can the same be said of Cambodia's political system? "
Have you not followed Thai political landscape? Thaksin who was democratically elected was ousted by a military coup. Is that democracy to you?
Cambodia has its election for people to vote and choose their leader. Just because the ruling party has its overarching influence over the majority of the people to vote for them doesn't make it illegal. Obviously, the ruling party has done their part to win the vote to govern the country. You can't hold the whole country at a gun point at the ballot box, can you? The people get something from the ruling party that they don't from the opposition is the reason for the almost 2/3 majority in the last election.
It's a sad thing not everyone is able to benefit but the majority does. That's democracy for you.
Whoever claimed that you can't say anything in Cambodia needed to exam the claimed closely. If people cannot say thing freely, what about the protest where ordinary farmers chased the authority with knife, bat, sling shot etc? The problem with opposition party in Cambodia, if any body fart; they blamed CPP. There are many unjust in the world. Let me give you some more example, in USA we have homeless sleeping infront the door step of capital building, etc. I dont see American blame O'bama saying he is heartless like in Cambodia. Everything wrong in Cambodia they blamed CPP but everything good, they say nothing. Dont get me wrong, I am CPP supporter nor Sam Rainsy but you have to be faired to the government. Cambodia is far from perfect in term of democracy and Cambodia working to improve it every day. There are so much development going on in the country, many students received scholarship to study a broad, investors creating jobs for Cambodian, stock exchange ready to open etc. Opposition only focuses on pointing finger on the wrong things while they themselve did nothing to help except being opportunist capture attention from the political headline from the struggle of the poor. Many time, when they get involve helping the poor, it makes the situation worse. While CPP built more schools, provide humanitarian assistance to the poors so thiers popularity growth; you dont need rocket scientist to figure that out. While Cambodia having war with Thailand, opposition went on his rampage on Thai's public TV talking bad about the Cambodian government. Dont you think that is democracy enough that you can do that without being prosecuted? In communist state, you'll be executed as traitor. Let see if you can do that during KR era. You can't even wore glass or look intellectual, let me remind you in case you forgot. Oh yeah, Sam Rainsy never seen a day in Khmer Rouge because he was busy studying in France. His parents rich so they couldnt afford school and nice house for him. There is nothing wrong with that. I am not jealous. PM Hun Sen was busy giving his life to defense Cambodia because that is what he beleive it was the right thing to do during that time.
Wow! It's good to see two view points. I love it. Yes, we know that Hun Sen government are not perfect, but Hun Sen government is trying to do a lot things for Cambodia. Anyhow, if the government didn't try, it would not make any mistake. The way I see it. The more we try, the more mistakes we make, and it is better than not trying at all. I also support opposition as well. They're certainly know how to point out the mistakes that the government makes, and that is pretty good. I believe that Cambodia need opposition regardless what road map we take. However, SR is keep shooting himself on the foot.
Politically, if Hun Sen seperate himself from Youn, he might get my support. He hadn't convince me much as far as economy. Cambodia shouldn't rank almost at the bottom compare to the rest of ASEAN consider Hun Sen is in power for 20 plus years. But it's better than 10 or 20 years ago and I can see more improvement in the coming years. For that, I'll give him some credits.
Where did I mention that Thailand is a democracy? The frequent coups by the Thai military is one of those ills I referred to. In fact, Cambodia's trouble with Thailand over Preah Vihear and the prospect for democracy in Thailand itself is not yet free from the dark spectre or clouds cast by the Thai generals and, perhaps, by other powerful groups who are probably even more powerful than the generals themselves.
This writer is not too keen to engage in partisan argument that will probably go round in circle any way, particularly, one not being aligned to any political party. In fact, I will try to spare you unnecessary embarrassment by not taking your argument point by point. I will, however, urge you or anyone else who place premium on fairness in debate or social justice to separate subjective opinion from objective realities.
If one is affiliated with the ruling political party in Cambodia in any fashion, or just happens to be influenced by its propaganda and ideology, it would be difficult to acknowledge its defects or faults. Of course, this applies to one attached to a party from the opposition also.
We don't need to look to Thaksin's illegal removal by the military as evidence of imperfect democracy in Thailand, or to make some Cambodians feel better about the state of democracy closer to home. See the 1993 election supervised by UNTAC, and the violent coup instigated by the powerful Second Prime Minister in 1997 to consolidate political power and shut the door to political pluralism.
Now I don't blame a ruling party for trying to win legitimate votes by making use of its 'overarching' influence or economic resources. What really concerns many observers is the general absence of a genuine democratic procedure in virtually every social sphere. One should recall the widely perceived draconian draft law on NGOs and other civil bodies as an illustration of the ruling party fearing inroads made by those groups into areas (such as workers' rights)that hitherto remain largely under state manipulation and direction.
It is hardly the fault of SRP if it does not command the same amount of economic resources to vie for electoral support. Nor is it responsible for being emasculated as a political movement and opposition in just about every other respect. Have you ever asked what fair media representation would be like?
Democracy is not a one term that fits all. It designates a fluid concept that is used to describe particular or specific stages in political development. As I mentioned else where, the recent public demonstrations in Thailand staged by opposing groups at least signal that'democracy' as such is on the march in that country, even if these acts had sometimes been violently suppressed by the Thai military. By contrast, armed Cambodian police officers are seen shooting at farmers for tilling their farms in broad day light. What stage of democracy is Cambodia in?
Abhisit Vijajiva may not be everyone's cup of tea, but at least he is graceful enough to accept defeat and congratulate his rivals!
What gives some astute analysts and observers cause for pessimism as regards the prospect for positive change in Cambodian politics is not so much the opposition parties or lack of a credible challenger to the ruling regime, for there is no shortage of individuals who genuinely desire what is best for their long suffering compatriots or nation, but rather the nature and apparatus of the ruling CPP itself which still retains its anachronistic Stalinist character and essence. The CPP grandees and its central committee recently confirmed that the party endorses the PM as its sole unchallenged candidate to contest the next election, the one after that and so on . . .
Is this an indication that the party lacks better candidates, or because potential candidates are simply too frightened to put their names forward? Either way, it shouldn't make any difference given that the party itself has been formed to endorse that one man at the helm. No?
Kouprey
Dictator Country like Cambodian no matter how many time your fucking voted still ah slave Yuon CPP motherfuckers gonna win all the fucking time, it not gonna be fair votes. Fucking believing in me, unless we have U.N. to inspected all the vote otherwise don't fucking dreaming your gonna win because they have alot of illegals Vietcong that live in Cambodian willing to votes for their benefits. Stupidest regimese and fucking slaving regimese motherfuckers.
Stalinist character? Little too extreme, don't you think? But wait! Wait! Tell me more about the Stalinist character.
I have heard some people call Hun Sen as Pol Pot in present day, and Mao Jin Tong, and now Stalin. So, tell me how Hun Sen is fitted into these kinds of people? Trust me, this is not sarcastic question.
In summary, there are rooms for improvement. Being critical to CPP seem to be the easiest ways out for opposition because it is not much they can do because lacked of resources to gain ground in their popularity contest to the ruling party; talking down at CPP leadership because they gained power through assistant from Vietnam seem to be the right thing to do in Cambodia's politic. Let me clarify some points so that people can clear theirs thought processes a little bit when folks called PM Hun Sen as "Youn Pupet." I am not denying nor defend him. In all fairness, let reexamine the Cambodian situation during the KR era which I lived in that era and I faced the brutal regime. Cambodian prayed every night hoping someone to rescue them whether the West of the East. We would called any body "mother" if they willing to save us from hell. Vietnam and CPP came to rescue us; we didnt see American, France, China, UN or any of these super power or so called educated political leaders that claimed democracy for all Khmers. All we saw was this young skinny black boy and his groups educated by Buddhist monk willing to lost his life to save us. The opposition is dead on the money for accusing CPP as "Youn Pupet", I dont think CPP should feel shame for asking Vietnam to invade Cambodia; at that moment whether it was the wrong choice; Cambodian forgave them. CPP saved my ass from KR and those of you that recently born wouldn't know what it was like if you never face the bruatal regime, wouldn't know what was like counting each day if you are dead or alive. You wouldnt know what it like watching your friends die infront of you; you wouldn't how it felt watching your own mother executed infront of you. Was it a mistake business dealing? yes, what choice do we have at that time? ZERO. There was no other movement that can save us from KR; Cambodia was cut off from the rest of the world. War is a business like any other business; you want my services it will cost you. You dont have money to pay, then you will pay with your land. American stationed thier troops around the world, do you think it was free protection? Hell no; ask Japanese, South Korea, and others. If you go to the bank to borrow money to buy a house, the bank will charge you interest for using its money. The same concept applied with Vietnam. How many Vietnam soldiers lost theirs lives invaded Cambodia? This is why Cambodia continues to repay. Recently, Cambodian government was forced to pay back the debts incured by Gen LON NOL regime from the 70s. We had to pay the American back on the money Lon Nol borrowed. What make you think Vietnam should loose their men and waste their weapons for free? This is the real world, there is no such thing as free lunch. Do we know how many years CPP contracted with Vietnam to pay those debt? We dont know, unless the government willing to tell the country what we owe them and how many years for us to pay off the debt etc. Was it written in the agreement? Was it a gentleman agreement? People needs to understand why they did what they did. They did it to save Khmer lives whether it costs us arm and legs. However, It is time for Cambodia to be opened about it and not hiding in the dark. Dont get upset or embarrass when questioned about it. CPP made decision at desparate time. Cambodia understands and you will remain our hero. I agreed with the comment related to Abhisit, at least he knows how to conceed and congratualate the winner. I too proud of his action as the looser and willing to recognize that he lost. Do we have this type of atmospher in Cambodia? hell no. The oppostion never congratulate the winner, yet oppostion continues its campaign throughout the years never stop. They dont care if it is not time for election or not. Why can't the opposition man enough to accept defeat and wait for the next term or pledge to help rebuild Cambodia?
Warrior Blood at 1:05 AM,
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia might improve because Hun Sen won't have a personal clash with Yingluck and Thaiksin as he does with Abhisit. However, don't forget that the relations between the two countries started to get deteriorated when Thaksin was the PM and when his proxies, Samak and his brother-in-law Wongsowat was in power. Remember in 2003, when Cambodian protesters burned down the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh in response to alleged comments by a Thai actress Suwanan Kongying about Angkor Wat belonging to Thailand? That was under Thaksin. Thai troops invaded Preah Vihear in 2008, that was under the Samak government, a proxy of Thaksin and armed clashes in October 2008 in Veal Entry and Phnom Trop, that was during the prime ministership of Mr. Wongsowat, Thaksin's brother-in-law.
On the diplomatic front and relations between the two governments might improve, but we must not forget that the border situations could be still be as bad because border issues are not determined by the Thai government, but were driven by nationalistic sentiments incited by the Thai ultra-nationalists like the yellow shirts people, the military and the Thai royal institution.
However, it is good to wait and see how the relations between Cambodia and Thailand play out after the new Thai government came to power.
If you want to be fair reguarding the long time PM Hun Sen, you need to look at the Cambodian Constitution.
"The constitution states that you can run for PM position for life"
When the constitutuion was created, was there any one stand up and challenge it ?
We need to look at the voting records to see who voted for it ?
You will be suprise to see many hypocrite on the list !!!!
As right now, I beleive CPP have enough votes to pass the law of prohibiding people from critisizing the PM or the King !!
Why don't they exercise that option !!! It is just like in Thailand (King).
Do you know why ??????
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