Original report from Phnom Penh
04/07/2007
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday he would seek to mobilize landless voters ahead of national elections next year in an effort to strengthen his political position.
Speaking by phone on a tour of the US and Canada to build support for his party, Sam Rainsy said that people ejected from their land met difficulties voting in this year's commune election, which saw a low turnout of less than 70 percent.
The Sam Rainsy Party planned to help the displaced navigate the voting process in national elections next year, which could lead to more seats in the National Assembly.
Sam Rainsy also said Tuesday his party was working to bring more public officials before parliament to answer for their actions, a mandate provided in the constitution but rarely followed in the rubber-stamp Assembly.
Speaking by phone on a tour of the US and Canada to build support for his party, Sam Rainsy said that people ejected from their land met difficulties voting in this year's commune election, which saw a low turnout of less than 70 percent.
The Sam Rainsy Party planned to help the displaced navigate the voting process in national elections next year, which could lead to more seats in the National Assembly.
Sam Rainsy also said Tuesday his party was working to bring more public officials before parliament to answer for their actions, a mandate provided in the constitution but rarely followed in the rubber-stamp Assembly.
3 comments:
In the communist regime "Land is for the people that means land is a common property and didn't belong to anyone". People were slave labor.
When the regime changes, the same rulers became "capitalists maffiosis ", grab land from the people and sacrifice them for the so-called "development".
A big Irony!
SRP should hire time on radio FM 105 to send information about its activities to the public if it really wants to get more seat. SRP weakness is that this party has no information on radio or television except on Radio Free Asia and VOA.
The NEC will deny registration to those landless people. They cannot have a voting card if they don't have a proper address. Their former addresses have now become the properties of the CPP officials and their business associates.
So, the SRP should not put their faith entirely in one particular group. They must charm people in all sectors and highlight all the CPP sins that result in countless victims under various circumstances, not just the land grabbing alone.
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