Ly Thuch (Photo: Rasmei Kampuchea)Three political parties’ reactions against the CPP
18 December 2007
By Mayarith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Representatives of three political parties reacted to yesterday’s report quoting Ly Thuch, the vice-chairman of the CPP working group in Pursat province, who claimed that 785 members of the Funcinpec, NRP and SRP defected their respective parties to join the CPP prior to the 2008 general election.
Ly Thuch who is currently a government minister, was a former Funcinpec party member who defected to join the CPP also.
Heng Chanthuon, the SRP representative in Pursat province, said that Ly Thuch’s claim was false: “I believe that this is his political habit, in general, he likes to go around saying that this or that person joins him, but in fact, he is looking down on political activists and all the people who are supporting our Sam Rainsy Party in Pursat province, as well as in other provinces. He doesn’t have a clear political goal or standing, he is a continuously changing politician, just like what we saw.”
From the NRP, Muth Chantha, NRP spokesman, declared that those who went to join the CPP were in fact Funcinpec party members: “I reviewed that report, there was no NRP party members who went in to join the CPP through Ly Thuch. Those who went there, were in fact Funcinpec party members, and he paints them as NRP members for political gain only. In reality, there was nobody from the NRP who went there. In particular, Ly Thuch was in charge of Pursat for 2-3 mandates already, and he led a group of 700 people to join the CPP once in July of this year, what he continues to do is to mop up Funcinpec party members, he cannot push NRP members to join the CPP.”
Nov Sovathero, Funcinpec spokesman, said that the switch of allegiance from one party to another is normal. Nov Sovathero said: “I believe that what he (Ly Thuch) is saying, that’s his problem, but for the current Funcincpec, all party leaders visited the grass root, and our party members feel more confident than before, and our (party) structure is strengthening up. Therefore, the switch of allegiance is normal, those who defected are not in large number, however those who remain with Funcinpec are numerous, and those who returned back from other political parties are also in large number, but the Funcinpec never talk about this issue because we believe that this is a normal affair for the party members. However, within Funcinpec, because the party president, Princess Arunrasmi (F’pec PM candidate) and the secretary-general (Nhiek Bun Chhay) strengthened and visited the grass root, there is a lot of progress in our current structure.”
Ly Thuch who is currently a government minister, was a former Funcinpec party member who defected to join the CPP also.
Heng Chanthuon, the SRP representative in Pursat province, said that Ly Thuch’s claim was false: “I believe that this is his political habit, in general, he likes to go around saying that this or that person joins him, but in fact, he is looking down on political activists and all the people who are supporting our Sam Rainsy Party in Pursat province, as well as in other provinces. He doesn’t have a clear political goal or standing, he is a continuously changing politician, just like what we saw.”
From the NRP, Muth Chantha, NRP spokesman, declared that those who went to join the CPP were in fact Funcinpec party members: “I reviewed that report, there was no NRP party members who went in to join the CPP through Ly Thuch. Those who went there, were in fact Funcinpec party members, and he paints them as NRP members for political gain only. In reality, there was nobody from the NRP who went there. In particular, Ly Thuch was in charge of Pursat for 2-3 mandates already, and he led a group of 700 people to join the CPP once in July of this year, what he continues to do is to mop up Funcinpec party members, he cannot push NRP members to join the CPP.”
Nov Sovathero, Funcinpec spokesman, said that the switch of allegiance from one party to another is normal. Nov Sovathero said: “I believe that what he (Ly Thuch) is saying, that’s his problem, but for the current Funcincpec, all party leaders visited the grass root, and our party members feel more confident than before, and our (party) structure is strengthening up. Therefore, the switch of allegiance is normal, those who defected are not in large number, however those who remain with Funcinpec are numerous, and those who returned back from other political parties are also in large number, but the Funcinpec never talk about this issue because we believe that this is a normal affair for the party members. However, within Funcinpec, because the party president, Princess Arunrasmi (F’pec PM candidate) and the secretary-general (Nhiek Bun Chhay) strengthened and visited the grass root, there is a lot of progress in our current structure.”
4 comments:
I knew this huy Ly Thuch when he was selling dried fish back in the 70s. A camel is smarter than this two face cockroach.
We'll put him on the leash!
Sick men! of FUNCPP! fuckup guy!
I personally think that you have no rights to say bad stuff about a person without proof of what they did that was bad. I get you don't like him but why? I don't see the reason why AT ALL. As a 12-year-old daughter of him, I am offended. And by the way, just because he sells dried fish back in the 70s doesn't make him dumber than a camel, that's just rude and it's like looking down on a poor person who became successful. My dad has worked really hard and I have barely seen him come home, in fact, I barely talk to him. So the fact that you guys are just saying bad and mean stuff about him and his work is just heartbreaking for me to see. And don't swear all of a sudden, what if a person who read this was sensitive to these kinds of topics...?
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