February 4, 2012
THREE TOPICS IN SAM RAINSY’S INTERVIEW WITH RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONALE (RFI)
Listen to Sam Rainsy’s 10-minute interview in Khmer at http://tinyurl.com/6wpyhed
In an interview with Radio France Internationale (RFI) broadcast on February 4, 2012 opposition leader Sam Rainsy elaborated on three main topics:
- Senatorial elections: The opposition’s remarkable gains (from two to 11 seats) at the January 29 Senate elections represented a victory of the human spirit over intimidation and the power of money. The ruling CPP lamentably failed to weaken the opposition SRP, which appears stronger than ever and stands as the only force capable of challenging Hun Sen’s anachronistic regime and bringing back dignity to the Khmer people.
- Triangular relations between Cambodia, China and Vietnam: It is in the interest of Cambodia to support the legitimate sovereignty right of China over the Xisha (or Paracel) Islands and the Nansha (or Spratly) Islands in the South China Sea. The Cambodian people should gratefully remember China’s punitive military intervention against Vietnam in February 1979 following the invasion and occupation of Cambodia by the Vietnamese army the previous month. In the future, only China can effectively help Cambodia defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity against expansionist Vietnam.
- Role of Cambodia as the new ASEAN president: Among other tasks, Cambodia should help Myanmar (or Burma) move further toward democracy. But ironically enough, whereas in Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has just been released from house arrest and allowed to run at coming national elections, in Cambodia the opposition leader has been forced into exile and prevented from running at coming national elections. Therefore Cambodia has shamefully become worse than Myanmar and cannot pretend to be a leader of any sort.
SRP Cabinet
THREE TOPICS IN SAM RAINSY’S INTERVIEW WITH RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONALE (RFI)
Listen to Sam Rainsy’s 10-minute interview in Khmer at http://tinyurl.com/6wpyhed
In an interview with Radio France Internationale (RFI) broadcast on February 4, 2012 opposition leader Sam Rainsy elaborated on three main topics:
- Senatorial elections: The opposition’s remarkable gains (from two to 11 seats) at the January 29 Senate elections represented a victory of the human spirit over intimidation and the power of money. The ruling CPP lamentably failed to weaken the opposition SRP, which appears stronger than ever and stands as the only force capable of challenging Hun Sen’s anachronistic regime and bringing back dignity to the Khmer people.
- Triangular relations between Cambodia, China and Vietnam: It is in the interest of Cambodia to support the legitimate sovereignty right of China over the Xisha (or Paracel) Islands and the Nansha (or Spratly) Islands in the South China Sea. The Cambodian people should gratefully remember China’s punitive military intervention against Vietnam in February 1979 following the invasion and occupation of Cambodia by the Vietnamese army the previous month. In the future, only China can effectively help Cambodia defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity against expansionist Vietnam.
- Role of Cambodia as the new ASEAN president: Among other tasks, Cambodia should help Myanmar (or Burma) move further toward democracy. But ironically enough, whereas in Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has just been released from house arrest and allowed to run at coming national elections, in Cambodia the opposition leader has been forced into exile and prevented from running at coming national elections. Therefore Cambodia has shamefully become worse than Myanmar and cannot pretend to be a leader of any sort.
SRP Cabinet
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