Cambodian Prince Ranariddh secures track to renew political career
Prince Norodom Ranariddh in Phnom Penh on Thursday started to preside the rarely-known Khmer Front Party to finally secure a political track to renew his once-suspended royalist ambition, foreseeingly in the communal election in April 2007 and the general election in 2008.
His choice to join the minor party, which came after his plan to establish a new party, was allegedly blocked at the Interior Ministry, and another intention to attend the Sangkum Jantiniyum Front Party (SJF) presided by Prince Sisowath Thomico turned out to be unfeasible.
His political pursuit was consistently doubted by the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), as government spokesman and Information Minister Kiheu Kanharith told reporters that any efforts by the prince to form a self-purported royalist force would not constitute menace to CPP and the current political structure of Cambodia.
"If he wants to be an opposition party, let him be an opposition party," the Cambodian Daily once quoted the minister as saying.
Meanwhile, local political analyst said on Thursday in condition of anonymity that the prince enjoyed certain popularity among the Cambodians, thanks to his father who founded the kingdom, but this might not be enough to help him revive his past glory.
"He can renew his career, but will find it extremely hard, or almost impossible, to renew his former successes as prime minister, National Assembly president and major party president," the analyst added.
Despite of the rampant pessimism about his future, the prince himself appeared confident and optimistic.
He vowed to give up his teaching hobby which used to make him stay overseas for long time and therefore snatch his time for politics. He said he would focus on the request for a reasonable and accountable royalist existence in the Cambodian politics.
Ranariddh said on Thursday that people would vote for him because they knew him very well when he acted as President of Funcinpec.
"I am strong at the grass root level. I am now the opposition party," he said, while stressing his awareness of the tri- governance of the kingdom by CPP, Funcinpec and the Sam Rainsy Party with CPP as the front-runner.
Funcinpec was founded by his father in 1980 to mobilize the Cambodians to fight invaders, helped him become prime minister of the first ever government of Cambodia in 1993, but unexpectedly expelled him as party president last month due to his ignorance of party matters and incapability to cooperate with Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Meanwhile, Suth Dina, former president of Khmer Front Party, told reporters that he and other party members were very happy to hand over the party to Ranariddh.
"We all approved of handing over this party to him in order to strengthen the royalist regime in Cambodia," he said, adding that the Khmer Front Party revised its by-law and changed its name to the Norodom Ranariddh Party on Thursday.
The Party would care about freedom of expression, democracy, defense of royalist regime and territory, free multi-party system as well as respect for Cambodian Constitution, according to Ranariddh.
The prince was replaced by his brother in-law Keo Puth Rasmey, Former Cambodian Ambassador to Germany, during a special assembly of Funcinpec on Oct. 18, because he spent too much time abroad to care about the party and could not cooperate with Hun Sen.
Source: Xinhua
His choice to join the minor party, which came after his plan to establish a new party, was allegedly blocked at the Interior Ministry, and another intention to attend the Sangkum Jantiniyum Front Party (SJF) presided by Prince Sisowath Thomico turned out to be unfeasible.
His political pursuit was consistently doubted by the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), as government spokesman and Information Minister Kiheu Kanharith told reporters that any efforts by the prince to form a self-purported royalist force would not constitute menace to CPP and the current political structure of Cambodia.
"If he wants to be an opposition party, let him be an opposition party," the Cambodian Daily once quoted the minister as saying.
Meanwhile, local political analyst said on Thursday in condition of anonymity that the prince enjoyed certain popularity among the Cambodians, thanks to his father who founded the kingdom, but this might not be enough to help him revive his past glory.
"He can renew his career, but will find it extremely hard, or almost impossible, to renew his former successes as prime minister, National Assembly president and major party president," the analyst added.
Despite of the rampant pessimism about his future, the prince himself appeared confident and optimistic.
He vowed to give up his teaching hobby which used to make him stay overseas for long time and therefore snatch his time for politics. He said he would focus on the request for a reasonable and accountable royalist existence in the Cambodian politics.
Ranariddh said on Thursday that people would vote for him because they knew him very well when he acted as President of Funcinpec.
"I am strong at the grass root level. I am now the opposition party," he said, while stressing his awareness of the tri- governance of the kingdom by CPP, Funcinpec and the Sam Rainsy Party with CPP as the front-runner.
Funcinpec was founded by his father in 1980 to mobilize the Cambodians to fight invaders, helped him become prime minister of the first ever government of Cambodia in 1993, but unexpectedly expelled him as party president last month due to his ignorance of party matters and incapability to cooperate with Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Meanwhile, Suth Dina, former president of Khmer Front Party, told reporters that he and other party members were very happy to hand over the party to Ranariddh.
"We all approved of handing over this party to him in order to strengthen the royalist regime in Cambodia," he said, adding that the Khmer Front Party revised its by-law and changed its name to the Norodom Ranariddh Party on Thursday.
The Party would care about freedom of expression, democracy, defense of royalist regime and territory, free multi-party system as well as respect for Cambodian Constitution, according to Ranariddh.
The prince was replaced by his brother in-law Keo Puth Rasmey, Former Cambodian Ambassador to Germany, during a special assembly of Funcinpec on Oct. 18, because he spent too much time abroad to care about the party and could not cooperate with Hun Sen.
Source: Xinhua
2 comments:
SHUT UPP RANARITH... ITS TIME FOR YOU TO RELAX... THERE WILL BE NO MORE HUN SEN IN THE FUTURE AND YOU TOOO...
HUN SEN WILL BE ASSASSINATED BY HIS BODYGUARD... AND THAT BODYGUARD WILL BE CONSIDERED AS THE HERO OF THE NATION WHO FREE OUR COUNTRY FROM THE TRAITOR...
Ranarith! I am not sure you can change the name of KF Party to your name as it is already taken in your previous application to create a new political party, which still in process.
Your think you are smart and go for the shortcut of buying a political party, but you are so stupid hehehehehehehe
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