The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) of Cambodia is open to the possibility of forming a governing coalition with the current ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) following the 2008 national elections, local media reported Monday.
If the SRP continues to accumulate electoral gains as during April's commune elections, it could emerge from its traditional role as the opposition, the Party's leader Sam Rainsy was quoted by the Cambodia Daily as saying.
"We have scenarios according to which, if the CPP wins the election, we will not oppose forming a coalition government," he said.
Sam Rainsy said that he and SRP officials had discussed the possibility of a coalition at a closed-door meeting Thursday in Phnom Penh.
Meanwhile, Cambodian Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith on Sunday said that the CPP was currently only contemplating a Funcinpec coalition, the newspaper reported.
Joining with the CPP is a new stance for the SRP, he said, adding that a viable opposition is important for democracy. "Sam Raincy's party should continue to be an opposition party."
The SRP made strong gains in the commune elections this year, capturing 23.4 percent of the 11,353 commune council seats across the nation.
Source: Xinhua
If the SRP continues to accumulate electoral gains as during April's commune elections, it could emerge from its traditional role as the opposition, the Party's leader Sam Rainsy was quoted by the Cambodia Daily as saying.
"We have scenarios according to which, if the CPP wins the election, we will not oppose forming a coalition government," he said.
Sam Rainsy said that he and SRP officials had discussed the possibility of a coalition at a closed-door meeting Thursday in Phnom Penh.
Meanwhile, Cambodian Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith on Sunday said that the CPP was currently only contemplating a Funcinpec coalition, the newspaper reported.
Joining with the CPP is a new stance for the SRP, he said, adding that a viable opposition is important for democracy. "Sam Raincy's party should continue to be an opposition party."
The SRP made strong gains in the commune elections this year, capturing 23.4 percent of the 11,353 commune council seats across the nation.
Source: Xinhua
2 comments:
In his election campaigns both in 1998 and 2003, Sam Rainsy said in countless times that quote "there will never be a coalition between the SRP and the CPP, and so much so, there will never be a coalition between Sam Rainsy and Hun Sen; wherever there is Sam Rainsy, there must not be Hun Sen and wherever there is Hun Sen, there must not be Sam Rainsy" unquote.
Now Sam Rainsy turns around and contemplates a coalition with Hun Sen after 2008 general election. This proves the following:
1- Sam Rainsy is actually spitting on the souls of hundreds of men and women who have made their ultimate sacrifice for him and the SRP,
2- Sam Rainsy doesn't care one bit about all women who have lost their husbands, all men who have lost their wives and all children who have lost either their fathers or mothers to the illusion that Sam Rainsy is a formidable opponent to Hun Sen and the CPP,
3- Sam Rainsy is no opposition leader as he has always claimed; he is just another CPP prop like Kem Sokha and others,
4- Therefore, Sam Rainsy is another valet of Hanoi, another traitor to Cambodia and the Khmer nation.
Folks, open your eyes, your ears and your brain and think again as to whether or not you should keep on supporting Sam Rainsy and the SRP. Only People Power can reverse the dire situation we are all going through right now. No individuals, no political parties and nothing else can.
Soyons réaliste:
1- Nous savons ce qu'est un gouvernement CPP valet des viets et maffieux de surcroît.
2- Nous connaissons la corruption jusqu'à la moelle et l'opportunisme des partis royalistes ( Parti de Norodom Ranaridh et FUNCINPEC ).
3 - Khem Sokha - qui a un passé opportuniste et douteux ( cf. les procès de ses anciens collaborateurs ) - n'est qu'un joker de Hun Sen pour diviser l'opposition.
4- Quant à Sam Rainsy, il a risqué sa vie à plusieurs reprises pour défendre ses idéaux sur le terrain: en conséquence, faisons-lui crédit de quelques manœuvres tacticiennes avant de ( et afin de ) pouvoir le juger dans l'action gouvernementale.
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