Parties’ rhetoric heats up
Mon, 28 September 2015 ppp
Meas Sokchea
Prime Minister Hun Sen greets Cambodian expatriates last week in New York where he told the congregation that the CNRP had a plan to topple the government during the 2013 elections. PHOTO SUPPLIED |
Opposition
deputy leader Kem Sokha has promised to retire from politics if his
Cambodia National Rescue Party does not win a resounding victory in the
2018 general election.
The
CNRP deputy president made the comments in a speech in Kampong Cham
province on Saturday, during which he also urged other parties that
intend to field candidates in 2018 to join forces with the country’s
main opposition.
“I
dare to say that we will win because the [CNRP] is still keeping to its
position and not turning away. I want to call on all Khmer patriots in
all political parties to consider the national democratic interest and
unite with the [CNRP],” he said.
“Because
[the ruling Cambodian People’s Party] knows our stance is to win and to
guide the country to change the leadership … [CPP politicians] are
angry,” he added.
Sokha’s
comments came just days after Prime Minister Hun Sen told a gathering
of Cambodian expatriates in the US that the CNRP had “a plan to topple”
the government “through people power” at the last election in 2013.
Hun Sen quoted Sokha as saying that if the premier did not step down he would be forced out as a “final measure”.
Hun
Sen then reportedly told Sokha that he was fortunate not to have
attempted to overthrow him as it would have been Sokha’s “funeral day”
if he had.
The
rhetoric comes amid a fractured detente between the two major political
parties, known as the culture of dialogue. Since it was announced in
July 2014, the purported cooling of rhetoric has been marred by arrests
of CNRP supporters and members, and of a Sam Rainsy Party senator, Hong
Sok Hour.
CPP
spokesman Sok Eysan yesterday dismissed Sokha’s comments, saying the
CNRP was using the sentencing of CNRP activists as a political tool to
gain support, while in fact the 15 CNRP members and supporters given
lengthy sentences earlier this year had broken the law and were punished
accordingly by the courts. The CNRP and rights groups, however, say the
hearings were politically motivated and did not meet the minimum legal
standards for a fair trial.
Speaking
to Australia’s ABC Radio on Friday, CNRP president Sam Rainsy called
Hun Sen’s Cambodia a “dictatorship”, a term the ruling party warned the
opposition against using under the new culture.
“This
is just a fact as observed by everybody, including the civil society,
who deplores the continuous shrinking of Cambodia’s democratic space,
especially the restriction of freedom of expression,” he said yesterday.
Yesterday, Rainsy maintained that the culture of dialogue wasn’t on shaky ground.
“It
has been designed not just for Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy, nor for only the
CPP and the CNRP, but for the long term . . . It’s a must if we want to
strengthen democracy and to put an end to the culture of violence in
our country.”
4 comments:
Dear Compatriots,
First and foremost, Khmers are NOT fighting Khmers. Khmers are fighting the sold-out Khmers.
Please let me propose some solutions :
1. Let the 2018 election run its course.
The CNRP will definitely win again.
2. When Hun Sen refuses to relinquish his power. Then the leaders of the CNRP shall advise and solicit the supports and help from the signatories of the 1991 Peace Accord.
3. The CNRP shall mobilize the Khmer people to coordinate mass protests all over the country
SIMULTANIOUSLY.
4. At some point, some true Khmer field commanders and soldiers will joint the fight.
5. When the body counts reach a certain number, the signatory countries WILL come to
our rescue.
6. The UN will convene an emergency session to impose corrective measures for both Cambodia and Vietnam.
The Vietnamese are willing to lose their lives to invade somebody else's country.
Why don't we Khmers be willing to lose ours to
DEFEND OUR MOTHERLAND ?
មានមួយចំនួននៅតែឆោតចំចោះជនក្បត់ជាតិ ដោយទទួលស្វាគមន៏ មេនរកផ្ដាច់ការ ហើយជាជនក្បត់ជាតិ ចារកិច្ចយួនតាំងពីព្រែតនេះអាយុ១៩ឆ្នាំម្លេះ ។
Poster 11:45
The 2018 general election will for ever shape the future of Cambodia and Cambodians.
We cannot afford the status-quo. Change must be made to happen.
After loosing this election, when Traitor Hun Sen doesn't step down, the Khmer people
must make him step down !!!
យកល្អសម្លាប់វាចោលទៅ វាតែម្នាក់ធ្វើអោយខ្មែរវេទនាមួយប្រទេស
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