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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
In response to Prime minister Hun Sen’s warning to the Sam Rainsy Party which plans to organize village chief elections, Mrs. Mu Sochua, SRP Secretary-General, said that the election of new village chiefs is neither illegal nor an act of secession. In an interview with Voice of America by phone, Mrs. Mu Sochua said: “In the law on the selection of the commune council, in particular, there is one stipulation in the decentralization process which we can apply, and there is nothing that is illegal or constitutes an act of secession.” She added that the SRP wants to see the election proceeding in a democratic manner from the village chief and up, in order to avoid interference from political parties and this also will guarantee the independence of candidates.
KI-Media note: According to The Cambodia Daily, Mrs. Mu Sochua said that Hun Sen and the Ministry of Interior jumped to conclusions without paying proper attention to SRP’s proposal. She stressed that the SRP has no intention of organizing elections, but that it is promoting for all the commune councils, which are in charge of electing chiefs, to organize democratic elections for the village chief.
KI-Media note: According to The Cambodia Daily, Mrs. Mu Sochua said that Hun Sen and the Ministry of Interior jumped to conclusions without paying proper attention to SRP’s proposal. She stressed that the SRP has no intention of organizing elections, but that it is promoting for all the commune councils, which are in charge of electing chiefs, to organize democratic elections for the village chief.
3 comments:
SRP has no intention of organizing
elections, Mu Sochua? Then why
your people submitted a request
to the NEC for? Cut the craps,
let us all follows our democracy
procedure, shall we?
fool! what wrong with village chief election?
Are you going to hit by lightning Hun Sen?
As I said, there is no right or
wrong. Just rule-of-law to reckon
with. Also, in democracy you
have to get your opposition
approvals. Furthemore, If you are
nice and flexible to your
opposition, they usually returned
the favor, and since when
Sam Rainsy is flexible to the
CPP, huh?
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