Voice of Democracy to stop its programs (1)
Voice of Democracy (VOD), initially a department of the US-funded Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), will stop all its programs after 30 September 2007. According to the Truth Committee formed by former CCHR employees, funding for CCHR has dried up since 01 May 2007. A recent statement by the Truth Committee points to "the dishonesty of [former CCHR president] Kem Sokha, who abused his position as leader of an NGO [so as to serve his] personal interest and [to pursue a] hidden political agenda under the banner of human rights." The Truth Committee, which includes renowned journalists and lawyers, accuses Kem Sokha of corruption and has filed a lawsuit against him for breach of trust. Click here to read the statement in Khmer.
CPP electorate shrinking (2)
At the recent 2007 commune election, the CPP collected 61 percent of the vote (3.1 million ballots out of a total of 5.1 million valid ballots). Officials from the ruling party claim that this result is as good as the outcome for the 2002 commune election, which also showed 61 percent of the vote going to CPP (2.7 million ballots out of a total of 4.4 million valid ballots). However, there is a big difference between the two elections. In 2002, voter turnout was 87 percent (4.5 million actual voters for 5.2 citizens/potential voters). In 2007, voter turnout dropped to 65 percent ( 5.1 million voters for 7.8 million citizens). This year, 2.7 million potential voters were discarded from the election process (versus 0.7 million five years ago) as a result of a deliberate policy by the CPP-controlled National Election Committee to disenfranchise non-CPP voters. If an additional 2.0 million non-CPP voters were actually included in the electorate, the CPP would have collected only 44 percent of the vote, a significant drop from the 61 percent obtained in 2002. At the 2003 legislative election, the CPP share of the electorate had already dropped to 47 percent.
Click here for more information on manipulation of voter list and disfranchisement of non-CPP voters.
Suspicious role of You Hockry in the NRP (3)
Some officials of the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) express their concern that their newly appointed Secretary-General You Hockry might be a spy for the CPP, whose role would be to manipulate and control their party from within. After the 1997 coup d'état, then Funcinpec Co-Interior Minister You Hockry did not leave the country with the rest of the Funcinpec leadership loyal to Prince Norodom Ranariddh, but chose to remain in Cambodia where he maintained a suspicious relationship with CPP Second Prime Minister Hun Sen, at a time when Funcinpec First Prime Minister Ung Huot had already sold out to the CPP.
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Voice of Democracy (VOD), initially a department of the US-funded Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), will stop all its programs after 30 September 2007. According to the Truth Committee formed by former CCHR employees, funding for CCHR has dried up since 01 May 2007. A recent statement by the Truth Committee points to "the dishonesty of [former CCHR president] Kem Sokha, who abused his position as leader of an NGO [so as to serve his] personal interest and [to pursue a] hidden political agenda under the banner of human rights." The Truth Committee, which includes renowned journalists and lawyers, accuses Kem Sokha of corruption and has filed a lawsuit against him for breach of trust. Click here to read the statement in Khmer.
CPP electorate shrinking (2)
At the recent 2007 commune election, the CPP collected 61 percent of the vote (3.1 million ballots out of a total of 5.1 million valid ballots). Officials from the ruling party claim that this result is as good as the outcome for the 2002 commune election, which also showed 61 percent of the vote going to CPP (2.7 million ballots out of a total of 4.4 million valid ballots). However, there is a big difference between the two elections. In 2002, voter turnout was 87 percent (4.5 million actual voters for 5.2 citizens/potential voters). In 2007, voter turnout dropped to 65 percent ( 5.1 million voters for 7.8 million citizens). This year, 2.7 million potential voters were discarded from the election process (versus 0.7 million five years ago) as a result of a deliberate policy by the CPP-controlled National Election Committee to disenfranchise non-CPP voters. If an additional 2.0 million non-CPP voters were actually included in the electorate, the CPP would have collected only 44 percent of the vote, a significant drop from the 61 percent obtained in 2002. At the 2003 legislative election, the CPP share of the electorate had already dropped to 47 percent.
Click here for more information on manipulation of voter list and disfranchisement of non-CPP voters.
Suspicious role of You Hockry in the NRP (3)
Some officials of the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) express their concern that their newly appointed Secretary-General You Hockry might be a spy for the CPP, whose role would be to manipulate and control their party from within. After the 1997 coup d'état, then Funcinpec Co-Interior Minister You Hockry did not leave the country with the rest of the Funcinpec leadership loyal to Prince Norodom Ranariddh, but chose to remain in Cambodia where he maintained a suspicious relationship with CPP Second Prime Minister Hun Sen, at a time when Funcinpec First Prime Minister Ung Huot had already sold out to the CPP.
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10 comments:
HHe,he, he! NRP who do not trust You Hokry. Who appointed YH to be your Secretary General ( Good as president=Nhek Bun chay). I think, is NR himself.
If you do not trust YH that mean, you do not trust HR?
Half good or half fool of you. Remember 1977, the deaths are fogoten, next time may be you!!!HOOOOoooooooo! HoooOOOOOooo!
The call of the deaths!
Yuo hockry is the opportunist. He see this as a chance to get with HUn Sen and NR together. He kown how the two talk. NR selected him and one reason is to kiss HS and get pardon. I will see this coming.
On the Kem sohka story. What facts do you have to support your opinion that he benefited?
has KI become an editorial?
Kem Sokha is just another power hungry politician. He is jealous of Sam Raingsy, and his CCHR is a joke.
Kem Sokha is just a spy of CPP who is aiming to seperate the votes of SRP...bear my speech and it is logical and reasonable to claim so..
Vote-buying and vote-manipulation by CPP are among win win strategy to win SRP....however, CPP's tactics are gradually revealed...
If so, NRP should learn a very bitter lesson from the infiltration policy of CPP....but SRP has to be aware and keep in open eyes with its internality...
Guys, obviously we need to pin
point the truth here. supposedly,
both fellows (Ah Sam Nazi and
Kem Sohka) are Rights activists,
but they don't see eyes to eyes
on their causes. Thus, one or both
of the two are not telling the
truth. What are they really about?
I still like my Sam Raingsy a lot, he is a read Khmer loving his own country and people. hahaha...
Real Khmer my ass, he's trying to
sell Cambodia to the west. I prefer
to stay east.
The rich slavery is better than the poor's.
True!
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