By Yun Samean
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
The Sangkum Cheat Niyum Front Party claimed Wednesday that the government is trying to obstruct it from holding a public gathering in Phnom Penh Friday.
Spokesman Suth Dina said the party has been requesting permission to hold a public gathering since Aug 30, but the municipality has not replied.
The party sent a representative to submit yet another request to the municipality Wednesday morning, but City Hall refused to accept it and said it would reply to the original request later in the day. On Wednesday evening, Suth Dina said he had still not heard from City Hall.
"The government doesn't want our party to hold the meeting because they are thinking that the new party will challenge the government's power," he said. The party has invited 2,000 people including 40 foreign diplomats, NGOs and representatives from the three main political parties to attend the gathering on the grass-covered traffic island opposite Funcinpec's headquarters near the Japanese Bridge, he said.
"We are keeping our plan to use the park," he said, at least until he hears from City Hall.
In August the Ministry of Culture refused to rent the Chaktomuk Theater to the party established by Prince Sisowath Thomico, Suth Dina said. Prince Thomico said the delay is politically motivated. "The delay is clearly involved with politics. Cambodian democracy is limited," he said.
Officials in Russei Keo district also prevented supporters from handing out invitations to the meeting, he added.
Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Kep Chuktema refused to comment and deputy City Hall cabinet chief Suon Rindy said he was unaware of the request to hold the public meeting. Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak referred questions to City Hall.
Sam Rainsy said he identified with Prince Thomico and the problems his party is facing. "It reminds me of the beginnings of the SRP. I have gone through all the same problems as Prince Thomico," he said. "It is political," he added. "It is a pretext to slow down the creation of something that could be anti-Hun Sen."
(Additional reporting by James Welsh)
Spokesman Suth Dina said the party has been requesting permission to hold a public gathering since Aug 30, but the municipality has not replied.
The party sent a representative to submit yet another request to the municipality Wednesday morning, but City Hall refused to accept it and said it would reply to the original request later in the day. On Wednesday evening, Suth Dina said he had still not heard from City Hall.
"The government doesn't want our party to hold the meeting because they are thinking that the new party will challenge the government's power," he said. The party has invited 2,000 people including 40 foreign diplomats, NGOs and representatives from the three main political parties to attend the gathering on the grass-covered traffic island opposite Funcinpec's headquarters near the Japanese Bridge, he said.
"We are keeping our plan to use the park," he said, at least until he hears from City Hall.
In August the Ministry of Culture refused to rent the Chaktomuk Theater to the party established by Prince Sisowath Thomico, Suth Dina said. Prince Thomico said the delay is politically motivated. "The delay is clearly involved with politics. Cambodian democracy is limited," he said.
Officials in Russei Keo district also prevented supporters from handing out invitations to the meeting, he added.
Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Kep Chuktema refused to comment and deputy City Hall cabinet chief Suon Rindy said he was unaware of the request to hold the public meeting. Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak referred questions to City Hall.
Sam Rainsy said he identified with Prince Thomico and the problems his party is facing. "It reminds me of the beginnings of the SRP. I have gone through all the same problems as Prince Thomico," he said. "It is political," he added. "It is a pretext to slow down the creation of something that could be anti-Hun Sen."
(Additional reporting by James Welsh)
5 comments:
There might be a war. Hun sen will send his police and army to bring down the meeting. Everybody needs to on the look out and run for your life. This is the only tactic that hun sen knows how to stop any kind of opposition. Use the police and the army to do the work for him since he lacks intelligence.
Indeed, the city governor has no right to control political party activities. This kind of adminitration need to be re-transform. The city Mayor job is to build the city and must stay aways from political interference.
I do not know how many cities in the world this current PP mayor have visited and how many cities mayor in the world play the role as PP mayor. Some identified roles of PP municipality are: collecting tax and keeping as own or city money, evacuating people from houses, selling or exchanging state property land, creating obstucles for people, using police or military forces to disperse rally, pushing for development by sending people out and keeping land for companies, appeal to peopleto contribute to clean city, then enjoying super life on behalf of goverment and leaders, not people.
Comical chak smok and aa toum pek buon niak tactic.
Hun Sen is afraid of no one but his wife.
CPP is afraid of no other party but its members bickering.
Chea Sim wanted Hun Sen dead while Heng Samrin wanted his adopted son Hoc Lung Di runs against Sar Kheng for prime minister,if Bun Ranni ended up hanging Hun Sen for infidelity before 2008.
By then Hoc Lung Di shall gain access to Bun Ranni heirloom locket.
To all khmer they just play the game to keep us think their some kind of democracy, and to built the Royal family look interesting!
go to hell to them all start with Samdech tamok!
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