The Huffington Post
Days after Cambodia's government claimed victory in its bid for
reelection, opposition leader Sam Rainsy expressed dissatisfaction with
what he described as the "disenfranchisement of a large portion of the
electorate" in the country's recent election.
Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, told
HuffPost Live on Tuesday that the CNRP saw huge gains in the vote,
nearly doubling its presence in parliament by claiming 55 seats. The
Cambodian People's Party and Prime Minister Hun Sen won 68 seats out of 123, a fall from the 90 it formerly controlled.
The CNRP claims that the CPP distorted election results through voter
fraud, removing names from electoral rolls and limiting the
opposition's access to the public by tightly controlling media.
Sam Rainsy's assessment of the situation is simple: "Outgoing Prime
Minister Hun Sen is afraid of me and he does not want to have a fight
with me."
When host Ahmed Shibab-Eldin asked why Hun Sen might fear the opposition, Rainsy replied that the winds of change in Cambodia are in the CNRP's favor.
"I am the only real challenger to him, and my party has enjoyed
growing popular support while his party, a former communist party that
has been in power for 30 years, has now encountered more and more
popular resistance," Rainsy said. "Because of human rights abuses,
people are more and more unhappy with the ruling party."
He added that he deeply values the young people of Cambodia who have
taken to social media to make their voices heard despite the ruling
party's grasp on the country's media.
"There are many similarities between the youth in Cambodia and the
youth in the Arab world," Rainsy said. "The youth are very dissatisfied
with the regime. They are unemployed. They are frustrated. They want the
end of corruption. They want total justice. It is a long way to go."
4 comments:
sam rainsy you act too childishness . only ignorance having nature of flatery proud . hun sen he got uper hands and one million timer smarter and faster responding than you. you may put everythings at risk. and hun sen doesnt need to do so. he hase thousand of people ready to wrapped you with plastice back. rainsy you are just a small cups. ok meov.meov. meov. wasnt it true .?. mike
Fucker dumb shit,small brain Mice! Go back to Hanoi and sucks Yuon kdor now before you're become fish's foods in Maekong River!!!! Remember 1974-75 ah Yuon konthorp? It wasn't true,ah gook Mice!
what seems to be sacarstically response from very well known internationally person Sam Rainsy, using the word 'afraid of me and real challenge'.
He would rather say, 'Cambodian people, through CNRP, now speak a clear and united voice to Hun Sen, time is change. Adding ' Hun sen needs to listen to people's message and I(Sam rainsy)will carry this message will help to carry this mssage to him.'
15 DAYS REMAINING,...THAN WE WILL INITIATES THE DEMOCRATIC YOUTH MOVEMENT.
"WE ARE WAITING"......IF NO JUSTICE,...PREPARES FOR THE "CONSEQUENCES"
Signed: KHMER YOUTH MOVEMENT
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