Thursday, 19 January 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
A coalition of Cambodian Muslim groups joined forces yesterday to pledge their allegiance to the minority opposition Human Rights Party, one of the groups’ leaders said.
A coalition of Cambodian Muslim groups joined forces yesterday to pledge their allegiance to the minority opposition Human Rights Party, one of the groups’ leaders said.
Will Baxter/Phnom Penh Post
Members of Cambodia’s Cham Muslim community celebrate Ramadan in 2010 at a mosque in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district.
Sith Ybrahim, president of the Khmer Islam Movement and former Funcinpec parliamentarian, said he had led representatives from 12 Muslim groups to join as party members of the Human Rights Party.
“I listened to every principle of every party, and the others have always spoken about democracy, but it is democracy for the individual not the public,” Sith Ybrahim said, adding that the HRP offered a unique and appealing political platform.
“HRP has a term limitation for the party president, and the three leaders – party president, president of the central committee and president of the discipline committee – all work in concert and agreement,” Sith Ybrahim said.
“I listened to every principle of every party, and the others have always spoken about democracy, but it is democracy for the individual not the public,” Sith Ybrahim said, adding that the HRP offered a unique and appealing political platform.
“HRP has a term limitation for the party president, and the three leaders – party president, president of the central committee and president of the discipline committee – all work in concert and agreement,” Sith Ybrahim said.
3 comments:
Islam is the way....
bin sinal,
HRP vs. SRP vs. CPP vs. More... Post Hun Sen will be too many factions and in-fightings. Looking forward to the division of this country into East, West and Central. There goes Cambodia, cry...
7:44 AM,good point! However as an outsider,I'm wondering whether CPP had any tricks in play to make those factions at odd at each others in order to weaken them and eliminate them or innocently not get involve in any dirty tricks at all.
Even business firm often had resorted to do just that:
Microsoft Vs Netscapes.
Now that CPP is emerged as the strongest,the next move should be keeping deliver good products to satisfy the customers. Cambodia would benefit the most if all political parties play by the rule and concentrate on deliver good programs to serve the people who in turn decide which one is the best to vote for.To enable that to happen, an independent press should allow to inform people the ins and outs, pros and cons of all programs without bias.
Be truthful to yourself, your fellow citizens and have fear in God or in bad Kamma, but best of all in your own good conscience lest your country will be swallowed alive by Tais/Viets.
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