A Change of Guard

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Wednesday 3 December 2014

Letter to the editor: A political kegacy for future generations

By Sam Rainsy

What the CNRP has been striving for is not intended to serve the interests of any political party or any individual and is not designed to only address the current political situation.

Our intention is to lay the foundation for Cambodia’s democratic future, for other political parties and leaders who will take up their positions in the years and decades to come in the spirit of democracy. We are actually engaged in institution building and consolidation of the democratic process.

A number of our demands to this end have been met in principle.

- Formation of a new and more independent electoral commission in order to ensure better and fairer elections in the future, when election results will better reflect the will of the people, which is the basis of democracy.

- The right to operate radio and television stations with national coverage to the minority (formally called opposition) party. This will ensure that the Cambodian people can receive information and ideas from various sources, which will allow them to make free and informed choices.

- Recognition by the government and the ruling party of the minority party as an institution with guaranteed rights and privileges, as a part of the checks and balances system that characterizes any democracy.

- Recognition by the government and the ruling party of the position of “minority leader” for the leader of the largest parliamentary opposition party, who will be the dialogue partner of the prime minister on issues of national interest.

What the CNRP has obtained represents significant strides towards democracy for a country which has only recently emerged from a long period of authoritarianism when a communist-born ruling party only strived to eliminate any form of opposition through most repressive means including violence.

Sam Rainsy

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Independent,democracy HA HA HA
I think will not Come as long as YUON control like that and no one can't do anything to millions illegal of YUON in Cambodia at all because you just said the word YOUN than UN said you're discrimination touch YOUN than you think 10 or 20 years to go what's going to happen? Yes you can dream about Independent democracy but I think it's only a dream and I heard all that word since i young and now i almost gone and i just hear that word .

Anonymous said...

Ahem... it's 'legacy' not 'kegaly'

Anonymous said...





Mr. Sam Rainsy,

First, I would like to profusely thank the CNRP's leaders, especially You (Mr. Sam Rainsy) and Mr. Kem Sokha, for their unrelenting efforts to rescue Cambodia from the one eye monster Hun Sen and his evil master Vietnam.

Cambodia will have democracy only when this monster Hun Sen stepped down when he lost the general election.

But, I don't see this traitor Hun Sen is going to abide by the rules.

We will have to wait and see if this devil Hun Sen has changed his temperament.

At the same time the CNRP should PREPARE on WHAT TO DO when this cheap traitor Hun Sen and his evil master Vietnam won't go away after the CPP lost this next election again.

The CNRP's leaders must elevate their COURAGE to the next level to face the reality if they want to succeed. You got to know who this evil Vietnam is. Vietnam will never give up Cambodia easily. And unfortunately for Cambodia, this evil Vietnam has found a slave Hun Sen who will do whatever it took to please his master Vietnam to stay in power. As he (Hun Sen) once said:" Oy Ter Chanh Leung Heuy, Oss Ey Oss Touv".

Bun Thoeun