“Khmer for Khmer” leader Kem Ley said Wednesday that the controversial new political network will next month convene 150 members for an official founding congress and that the participants will ultimately decide whether to create a “parallel” party to run in the 2017 commune elections.
Mr. Ley, a political commentator and social researcher by training, has been leading a diverse team of civil society leaders, union officials and youth activists around the country, holding public forums with voters dissatisfied with the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP.
Since the group’s first meeting on October 19, Mr. Ley has denied claims from the CNRP that the group’s rhetoric of reform is a precursor of a new opposition party that will launch in time for the commune elections scheduled for February 2017.
On Wednesday, Mr. Ley said that in December, Khmer for Khmer will formally become a special program within his Citizen Action Network (CAN), an association of NGOs he said was already registered with the Interior Ministry.
Many members of the new reform network are already members of CAN, which has a functioning board of directors and secretariat, Mr. Ley explained.
“In December, on the 19th or 20th, we will launch ‘Khmer for Khmer’ under CAN and we will launch with 150 members,” he said. “The 150 members will decide whether we keep just a network…or to develop a parallel party.”
“It depends on the reforms of the other parties. We will develop standard operating principles for intra-party democracy. If the CNRP and CPP and Funcinpec reform and are good democratic competition, we will not have a party.”
Mr. Ley said his group’s main task now was to develop a document with 10 indicators voters can use to evaluate their local government, while the next step will be to begin work on a three-year strategic plan for the group.
“Now we have no plans to mobilize funds—we use our own funds —but we will have fees and expand our network of members,” he added. “Members will contribute money and we will also mobilize funds from development partners.”
19 comments:
Ah dickhead Kem Ley, wasn’t Kem Sokha’s party a parallel party to Sam Rainsy?
Ah chkae Kem ley hun sen dog.
Kem Ly,
To the Khmer people, YOU are a Khmer traitor in training !!!
It looks like this Kem Ly has been bought out by Traitor Hun Sen and Hanoi.
The CNRP is for the Khmer people.
Kem Ly's new party " Khmer for Khmer " should now be called instead " Khmer for Yuon ".
Drgunzet you compare yourself to me i am khmer ok you can pick anything from business to political or history. ..what are your superior at just pick it and let see how smart you are let me gave you some demonstrate on youn people . Youn was enslaved by chines for thousand years wasn't that true? And khmer empire conquer and influence half of South asia. Right? The khner civilization influenced Thai laos and Burma on language, culture, song music and architecture .....food. ..you count its. .Right, now you clearly see how khmer race are superior over youn race . Aren't they. ? Right?
and youn was enslaved by France for 83 years .Rigth. ? And recently youn was under Soviet colonial for 40 years .Right. now you can clearly see how dumb the youn race are.? . Khmer have 21 world heritage side. Can you tell how many youn has listed? . From the
past to now youn got nothing well known to the world more than Pho. .prostitute and murderous infantry troops. Oh I forgot youn got millions of thief too and remember youn thief cut people hand just to robe diamond ring. Right. .? Arent they . ? Isn't it true youn are the absolute real thug .right? Mike
Kem ley is another short litle dwarf too this mouthpiece guy are no deference from kem but he got no deal with my enemies thaithug and youn. Support you kem lay. Go ahead 70 percent of cnrp will support you.
There you said it, "khmer empire conquer and influence half of South asia". So now the Khmer people is facing a curse from those conquered people. In particular the Funanese who used to live in Mekong delta (the Khmer Krom).
Here is the Funanese curse, "One day, another stronger race will come and the Khmer shall have none of our land. We will also pray for them to conquer the Khmer and control Khmer home land."
Here is Khmer logic: Koh Tral belongs to Khmer because we have killed all the Funanese. There is no Funanese to claim Koh Tral. You did not kill us all, there are still some of us who want to claim Koh Tral.
Vietnamese logic: The majority people who live on Phu Quoc island were the Ming Chinese and Vietnamese descendants. They control the island and wish to be part of Vietnam. Phu Quoc belongs to Vietnam.
So, we see the two different mentalities from two different races. The Khmer race want to wipe out other people while the Vietnamese race want to absorb.
Nasty, nasty Khmer. Fortunately, you are very weak now a day.
-Drgunzet-
Mr Kem Ley is highly intelligent and nationalist. He has a very strong point. From his standpoint a new party only will be created if the CNRP or the CPP is not serving people's interests. The CNRP leader Mr Sam Rainsy wasn't tough enough to face against Hun Sen. I believe that having a group of intellectual like Mr Kem Ley is powerful tool to put pressure particularly on the CNRP to work harder to deliver its great promises to rescue Cambodia and its people made during the electoral campaign.
When CPP ask CNRP to unite, you won't. When some one else want to form another party, and won't unite with CNRP, you will accuse them this and that.
Basically your mentality is: Only your party is good. Only Khmer race is good.
You have trouble co-existing with other people and other races. Now you see why you have to be put under control. I can see why the Thais tried to wipe you out many times in the past. They know you will be trouble.
I think Vietnamese made a mistake in rescuing and protecting you.
-Drgunzet-
Dirt Drgunzet,
The ever lasting miseries of the Khmer people are the results of Viet expansionism.
After a well engineered genocide on the Khmer people, your dead Uncle Ho invaded Cambodia with the purpose of installing a puppet, thus a puppet regime.
Even if Hun Sen goes down, Hanoi just picks another puppet.
Therefore the long lasting solution for Cambodia is to penalize and punish the Hanoi Puppeteer !!!
Alright then, the Vietnamese will have to control you until you agree to submit to them. You must be put under control so that you cannot cause problem.
-Drgunzet-
3:00 am
If Mr.Kem Ley were to be an intellectual and a nationalist as you portrayed, he should have done at least the followings :
1. Try to improve and make changes within the ranks of the CNRP
2. If all else fails, use his new party as a " scarecrow " ONLY .
5:08 am
Dirt Drgunzet,
About another week or so, YOU and your trolls are going to be under Khmerization's CONTROL for good !
Got it ? Get it ? Good !!!
If Mr.Kem Ley were to be an intellectual and a nationalist as you portrayed, he should have done at least the followings :
1. Try to improve and make changes within the ranks of the CNRP
2. If all else fails, use his new party as a " scarecrow " ONLY .
9 November 2014 5:19 am
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A good idea, Kem Ley should have asked to become the president of CNRP then make change. If Rainsy refuses to transfer leadership and power, then he can proceed with making a new party.
Rainsy joined the National Assembly. He is no longer worthy to lead the opposition. Kem Ley is clean. He has not submitted to CPP yet.
-Drgunzet-
Cursing or ming dynasty or Youn crap are not logic. The fact is youn illegally swallow koh tral. Are Any countries in the world they support your fascist act.? By law it belong to Cambodia but if you support youn using force to rip other countries off that is your robbery mentality. By the way youn was kick out to the sea by chines right? .youn stealing Champar land right? And youn swallowing laos
right? Now you clearly see youn mentality is a real mafia crook aren't they? . If you believed crook are superior or crook are good than do not blame the US for the lost of million youn life during viet war it a curs like you said. ..and does it proof to you enough youn is barbarian dumb murderous race ? Aren't they? Youn should learn new civilization and be a good behave. otherwise you can't be a good neighborhood. .and there will be imminent for the chines to come after you on south China sea island. Mike
6:59 am,
Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha agreed to join the National Assembly for strategic manouvers only.
Should results be not satisfactory, coordinated mass protests accross the country will be conducted simultaneously peacefully and otherwise.
Drgunzet @9 November 2014 6:59 am
Yes good idea, you should replace Nguyen Tan Dung too since you seem to be smarter than him.
11:02 am
MIKE,
You now start attacking Yuon Drgunzet.
That is great and good for you.
We thought you were a " Kbal Yuon Kluon Khmer ". Now of a sudden, you stand up and fight, importantly fight Yuon.
We welcome you with open arms !
We now consider you as our Khmer brother !
Congratulations !!!
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