Monday, August 20, 2007

US Institutes reject newspaper report

Monday, August 20, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Two US institutes, the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI), issued a joint statement regarding a report published by a local newspaper indicating that these two institutes helped strengthen the NRP, to the envy of the SRP. These two US organizations clarified that they did not provide any financial help to any political party because it would be against Cambodian law prohibiting them to provide financial contribution to any political party in Cambodia. The two organizations said that they provide support to various political parties through setting up training seminars, and providing them with research information. All these activities were conducted under a political plurality framework, or they were conducted for each party separately. The two organizations regret to see the publication of such information.

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