By Ratha Visal
3rd July 2008
Radio Free Asia
Translatef rom Khmer by Khmerization
A Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) activist in Koh Peah commune, Siem Bork in Stung Treng province claimed that 20 members of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has abandoned their party and defected to the SRP.
President of the SRP in Koh Preah, Mr. Yim Bunna, claimed that the defections happened on the 23rd of June 2008 after the SRP opened its office in the commune but the SRP did not organise any defection ceremony because it wanted to protect the safety of those defectors.
Mr. Yim Bunna said: “They asked me to do it but I wanted to protect their safety.”
This is the first time that there is a claim that the CPP’s members had defected to the SRP during the election. In the past there were no CPP’s members had defected publicly.
One anonymous Koh Preah resident who said that he has a CPP membership card since 1993 told Radio Free Asia that the defectors include group’s leaders and ordinary members who decided to defect to the SRP because of the injustices and abuses committed by the CPP officials against them. He said: “They defected because of their livelihood is facing hardship, so they become demoralised and decided to defect.”
Mr Phum Sorn, a CPP commune chief, said that he did not know about the defections, but said that it is the rights of the people to choose any political parties they like.
He said: “Twenty members of the CPP defected to the SRP? No, I never heard of this.”
Mr Vann Vuth, a CPP deputy provincial governor of Stung Treng province, said that there is no one from the CPP who have defected to the SRP as has been reported. He said that only the SRP members have defected to the CPP in his province.
Mr. Sok Song, official from an election monitoring group COMFREL, said that it is normal for people to defect to other political parties they like. He said: “It is the people’s rights. They have the rights to choose the parties they like.”
During the fourth mandate election which will be held on the 27th July 2008 there were many SRP members who have defected to the CPP and who have received appointments to high-ranking government jobs.
According to Koh Preah commune chief, in 2008 there were 75 SRP and Funcinpec members who have defected to the CPP.
According to the report from the commune official, there are 700 people who have registered to vote in the upcoming election. And during the 2nd commune election in 2007, only one CPP commune chief was elected as a councillor.
3rd July 2008
Radio Free Asia
Translatef rom Khmer by Khmerization
A Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) activist in Koh Peah commune, Siem Bork in Stung Treng province claimed that 20 members of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has abandoned their party and defected to the SRP.
President of the SRP in Koh Preah, Mr. Yim Bunna, claimed that the defections happened on the 23rd of June 2008 after the SRP opened its office in the commune but the SRP did not organise any defection ceremony because it wanted to protect the safety of those defectors.
Mr. Yim Bunna said: “They asked me to do it but I wanted to protect their safety.”
This is the first time that there is a claim that the CPP’s members had defected to the SRP during the election. In the past there were no CPP’s members had defected publicly.
One anonymous Koh Preah resident who said that he has a CPP membership card since 1993 told Radio Free Asia that the defectors include group’s leaders and ordinary members who decided to defect to the SRP because of the injustices and abuses committed by the CPP officials against them. He said: “They defected because of their livelihood is facing hardship, so they become demoralised and decided to defect.”
Mr Phum Sorn, a CPP commune chief, said that he did not know about the defections, but said that it is the rights of the people to choose any political parties they like.
He said: “Twenty members of the CPP defected to the SRP? No, I never heard of this.”
Mr Vann Vuth, a CPP deputy provincial governor of Stung Treng province, said that there is no one from the CPP who have defected to the SRP as has been reported. He said that only the SRP members have defected to the CPP in his province.
Mr. Sok Song, official from an election monitoring group COMFREL, said that it is normal for people to defect to other political parties they like. He said: “It is the people’s rights. They have the rights to choose the parties they like.”
During the fourth mandate election which will be held on the 27th July 2008 there were many SRP members who have defected to the CPP and who have received appointments to high-ranking government jobs.
According to Koh Preah commune chief, in 2008 there were 75 SRP and Funcinpec members who have defected to the CPP.
According to the report from the commune official, there are 700 people who have registered to vote in the upcoming election. And during the 2nd commune election in 2007, only one CPP commune chief was elected as a councillor.
8 comments:
Of course who wouldn't, after Ah Savage infidel Scam Raixy shot one of the TV commentator and threating the same thing would happened to them unless they join the Stupid Republican Partay (SRP).
Mr SAM RAINSY is the ONlY leader that his hand are clean of KHMER blood , so now people are start to realize that no matter what , if Mr SAM RAINSY become a leader to lead the country , He not gonna be brutal as HUN SEN is , plus the peoples know that , if mr SAM RAINSY become a PM and he didn't do his job , they alway can vote him out or He will retire himself ,it a win win situation for our Khmer peoples . so they deside to defect to Sam Rainsy party.
That not it , million more will defect to Sam Raisy Party from Cpp , on the day of election.
god bless KHHMERS.
Eh, Ah Kromkantouy Ko @ 9:29 AM!
Does not matter if you scream until your lung explode, no one in the right mind would be fooled by your f-up brain! Ah Lop!!
I mean it in a nice way.
9:29 AM
Hi sad little fellow!
More CPP members have probably defected to SRP in the past but they dare not say it publicly. Some ordinary people probably changed to vote for the SRP long time ago but they are scared to say it publicly.
Yeah, right, 9:42, that's what the Khmer Rouge told people when they asked them to join the regime. Who are you trying to kid?
7:22pm, Sam Rainsy is not kidding, I'm very sure he know what he's doing. If he won the election, khmers would feel much safer in term of security, freedom.
Yeah, and the Khmer Rouge said the same thing, that is they weren't kidding either, and that we will feel more secure and free.
What else do you got, 8:25?
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