Monday, 30 July 2012
Meas Sokchea
Phnom Penh Post 
Kem Sokha gives speech to member of two opposition parties in Prey Veng Province. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post
Members of the newest political party in town are attending a meet-and-greet session in Phnom Penh today.
The Democratic Movement for National Rescue, a hybrid of the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, has invited its provincial leaders for a gathering at HRP headquarters.
The purpose is to “be aquainted with each other and strengthen cooperation”.
SRP
spokesman Yim Sovann and HRP spokesman Pol Ham told the Post yesterday
that the event will foster dialogue between commune chiefs from both
parties now under the same tent.
Sovann said the main point of
the session is to publish a political platform and to establish rules
for joint meetings in communes and provinces.
“We want them to know each other, because we have just started our new venture,” Sovann said.
Or,
as Pol Ham metaphorically put it: “Sam Rainsy Party and Human Rights
Party have already been married. We want to tell them about our
wedding.”
He added that today’s meeting is very important for all
members, as well as voters, to better understand the eventual merger
between SRP and HRP.
And that after the meeting, the members of
both parties will have an easier time campaigning on behalf of the new
party for the 2013 national election.
Pol Ham said that because
the party lacks a strong media presence, bringing the people together
from the communes, districts and provinces so that they can head back
and disseminate information themselves is key.
To contact the reporter on this story: Meas Sokchea at sokchea.meas@phnompenhpost.com
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