AGENCIES, PHNOM PENH
Taipei Times (Taiwan)
Cambodia's ruling party won an overwhelming victory in weekend local elections, maintaining its firm grip on power, according to party projections announced yesterday.
Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) clinched control of more than 98 percent of Cambodia's communes in the country's second local elections held on Sunday, said Khieu Kanharith, the party's spokesman.
The National Election Committee is expected to release its official results on April 24.
Unofficial results announced yesterday were tallied by the main political parties, which have proved in the past to be in line with the official count.
About 70 percent of Cambodia's 7.8 million registered voters cast their ballots for local councils to administer Cambodia's 1,621 communes and urban sub-districts known as sangkat.
Hun Sen's party has ruled for nearly three decades and has strong rural support. Prior to the first local elections in 2002, communes were ruled by his loyalists appointed by the Interior Ministry.
Khieu Kanharith, who is also information minister, said ``only 27 communes and sangkat were lost to other parties.'' The projections indicated no major change from the 2002 elections, when the ruling party won control of all but 23 local councils.
The main opposition Sam Rainsy Party won control of 27 communes and sangkat, doubling its presence in local councils from the last elections, when it won 13, said Mu Sochua, the party's secretary-general.
Mu Sochua said the results showed the Sam Rainsy Party was emerging as "not just the only alternative but a very strong alternative" to Hun Sen's ruling party.
Sam Rainsy said yesterday that the elections had made his party the nation's second-biggest and called on the opposition to unite around him against Hun Sen in next year's general elections.
"Cambodia's political landscape has changed dramatically and now we are the only alternative party to the CPP," he said.
"We are confident that once all the democratic forces unite with my party, we will be in a position to win against the ruling party in 2008," he said. "That's why I am launching the appeal for all political parties that are not alliance with the ruling party to unite now to bring about democratic change in Cambodia."
Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) clinched control of more than 98 percent of Cambodia's communes in the country's second local elections held on Sunday, said Khieu Kanharith, the party's spokesman.
The National Election Committee is expected to release its official results on April 24.
Unofficial results announced yesterday were tallied by the main political parties, which have proved in the past to be in line with the official count.
About 70 percent of Cambodia's 7.8 million registered voters cast their ballots for local councils to administer Cambodia's 1,621 communes and urban sub-districts known as sangkat.
Hun Sen's party has ruled for nearly three decades and has strong rural support. Prior to the first local elections in 2002, communes were ruled by his loyalists appointed by the Interior Ministry.
Khieu Kanharith, who is also information minister, said ``only 27 communes and sangkat were lost to other parties.'' The projections indicated no major change from the 2002 elections, when the ruling party won control of all but 23 local councils.
The main opposition Sam Rainsy Party won control of 27 communes and sangkat, doubling its presence in local councils from the last elections, when it won 13, said Mu Sochua, the party's secretary-general.
Mu Sochua said the results showed the Sam Rainsy Party was emerging as "not just the only alternative but a very strong alternative" to Hun Sen's ruling party.
Sam Rainsy said yesterday that the elections had made his party the nation's second-biggest and called on the opposition to unite around him against Hun Sen in next year's general elections.
"Cambodia's political landscape has changed dramatically and now we are the only alternative party to the CPP," he said.
"We are confident that once all the democratic forces unite with my party, we will be in a position to win against the ruling party in 2008," he said. "That's why I am launching the appeal for all political parties that are not alliance with the ruling party to unite now to bring about democratic change in Cambodia."
11 comments:
Samrainsy's appealing to unite all democratic party is making CPP headach, this overwhelming winning of CPP is just the motivation to all democratic party bonding together.
Now, CPP is headach in mananging more money to buy those not to join with SRP.
I support Samrainsy's idea to rally a really demoratic struggle in bringing welfare, justic and independence to Cambodia
Bravo Democratic!
SPEAK..SPEAK BUT PEOPLE STILL SUPPORTED AND VOTED FOR CPP, BORN FROM PEOPLE, SERVE THE PEOPLE AND DIE FOR THE PEOPLE= PEOPLE VOTED FOR CPP.
WE WANT TO FREE KI-MEDIA FROM GRINGOS INFECTED BY AIDS AND SUPER RETARDED PARROTS.
AIDS = ALIENS INFECTED DONKEYS SYNDROM
and SUPER RETARDED PARROT AND MONKEYS
STAY AND TRY TO SURVIVE DEBIL ALIENS
I agree with 2:04pm But I hope all of them they have never been United and will forever never be United...
because most of them, they are not real politicians just Poli-Businessmen....especially FUNCINPEC & NRP
who always make Poli-Party tours they are Poli-Party Tourists touring from one to another to which they may gain benefits(Money, Posotions...-Ladies..etc..)
[It is not like CPP which was formed mostly from the real Moral/mental/ideal...doctrine/ideology.. CPP is clever to look carefully to those guys what he needs e.g Dollare, Sra or Ladies...which can spoil them e.g Ranarith Chakaping and other are soiled by those dollars/Ladies..this is a tactics...].
So that all of those(Poli Party Tourists) can be broken-up easily e.g their heads can be sold/ can be exchanged with any personal interest as said above, moreover, their Leaders also are not so stable in terms of mentality and Material(Property/assets...)and they are still junior in politics however their ages are old.....
Another main reason is the leaders of those ones are not so strong in terms of Moral, and/or knowledges/Experince(except some as NRP who is said to be PhD in Law...) but their subordinates are mostly lowly educated, poorly trained however they formed oversea/outside Cambodia. If they are originated locally/within Cambodia they just the guys who was useless and have any mistakes or are unacceptable by other parties locally ....). I can choose a real simple cause while recently Ranarith was offered by PM Hun Sen around 500 posts/posotions(Funcinpec Quotas) of Chief of Departments/Deputy Chief of Cabinets etc..mostly those posts were sold freely in the Oressey/Olympic markets; any one could buy it with some USD2,500-USD5,000 without any real Scientific-Technical Knowledge relating to those posts....regardless in Cambodia there are well trained personnels from oversea and locally.
In Conclusion, they are real Political Investors,,, which can not be strong and are always very fragile.....
Acha Knoy
Phnom Penh
Hey 3:36 PM,
Isn't your nick supposed to spell - ACHEA KNOY? And you say you are from Phnom Penh??? Damned...you're funny as hell!!! lolz
LOKOS GRINGOS INFECTED OF AIDS =
ALIENS INFECTED DONKEYS SYNDROM AND
SUPER RETARDED PARROTS = SPR
JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH OF ALIENS!
TIME TO REALIZE YOU HAVE LOST...
OR JUST GO THE MOON AND MEET THE MARTIANS! IDIOT K ALIENS IN THE US , CAN ADA AND AUSTALIA...
WE WANT TO CLEAN CAMBODIA FROM THE OVERSEAS K ALIENS!
LOKOS GRINGOS INFECTED OF AIDS =
YOUN SERVANTS INFECTED DONKEYS SYNDROM AND
COMMUNIST PRO YOUN PARTY = CPP
JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH OF YOUN SERVANTS!
TIME TO REALIZE YOU HAVE LOST...
OR JUST GO THE MOON AND MEET THE MARTIANS! IDIOT YOUN SERVANTS IN CAMBODIA
WE WANT TO CLEAN YOUNS AND YOUN SERVANTS FROM THE CAMBODIA!
LoL, ha ha ha ..., LOL,... These
people think they can defeated the
Coolest People Party (CPP).
Moreover, they think they are
educated. Well, FYI, educated don't
mean shit if you can't applied it.
I bet you all will failed Hanoi
Univerty Exam. You got your diploma
only because the proffessors felt
pity for your pathetic people. Who
in their right mind will want
garbages like you to do anything
for us (Khmers)?
Here, you go again 12:09AM,please trash us some more.
Spend my times to writting the messages to all of you. Do you believe what're the ass ? CPP sure u mean u'll die for it U know what i mean The Pol Pot Hell are came from the around ur people.
I think u're being enjoy the red light in Cambodian town, let support the justice guys. Ex : Sam Rainsee is the finest good man let vote casting the ballot for him guys !!
I don't want to rais the example against ur idea, i am the young generation of Cambodian, but let us focus to the developing coutnry and some other justice and injustice countries in the world, I convince Cambodian to have the compassion toward ur people. In my perpective u don't believe something to much like ur people are believing now, Whatever u said is angry and jealousy u're not want the other party to win like Sam or Fun....because u want to know the fact I will tell you please accept these : You're all the "Sino Pipeline" The Immigrated people that u're focus on confusion and Killed alot of people like in Pol Pot regime, I think that u'll going to bring it back if ur people still have the jealousy ! It 's better for you to get away off like to America or to some country in Asia. I think that u don't want the other to win because u've the sticky of heart and God watching you never blessing u !! pain all the time unto ur race for the unequal. U must accept that, I am not aget along with you guys !!!!! Bye
U'RE THE CORRUPTIBLE PERSON,I TELL YOU MORE I LIKE SOME COMMENTS U MEAN IS CORRECT,HOW ABOUT UR EDUCATION BACK GROUND ? LET TALKING ABOUT THE ANTROPOLOGY THAT CAMBODIAN PEOLE ARE THE SINO MINIATURE LIKE THE PEOPLE IN NOTHERN THAILAND OR LAOS TODAY, I THINK IF U'HAVE BIAS TO WHERE OR TO BANGKOK IT'S THE SAME BECAUSE NEVER GET OFF THE CHINESE CONCEPT ALONG LINE ETHNIC CAME FROM THE CLOSE AREA, BUT IF YOU STUDY ABOUT THE LITERATURE AND CULTURE "KHMER" IS THE EMPIRE AND RULEE CLASSES, U KNOW WHAT I MEAN ? THE HUMILITY OF THE NOBILITY.... MAKE THE KHMER TRIBE ALREADY PERISH AMONG YOUR PEOPLE BUT PLEASE UNDERSTNAD IF YOU GET INTO THE CONECEPT KHMER ARE ALWAY IN THE GOOD FORM AND GOOD LOOKING WAY, IT'S ENCREADABLE THINGS IF YOU GOING AROUND OUR COUNTRY YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING IS TRUE, WHY YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW SOMETHING NOT REALITY AND CRUELTY LIKE THAT. GOD HAVE MAKING US UNITY FOR ALONG TIME EVEN ON THE LAND OF KAMPUCHEA KROM THAT I'VE BEEN TOO. I BELIEVE THAT ALL HUMAN KIND ARE : PLEASE STUDY MORE ABOUT CULTURE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE TO KHMER AS THE WAY YOU'RE NOT BUDISM OR CHRITIAN BUT U'RE THE PRETENDER, I DON'T SHOW THE NEGATIVE THING TOWARD OUR PEOPLE BUT IT'S POSITIVE FOR YOU TO FORSHAKE WHAT'S MAKE U AFRIAD,IT WILL STOP UR JEALOUSY AND MAKE THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD TOGETHER, FUCK LET'S VOTE FOR THE GOOD PERSON !!!!!
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