Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodian royalist parties announced Tuesday they would recognize the results of last month's national election, in which they were soundly defeated by their arch opponent, Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The parties had earlier joined the main opposition group, the Sam Rainsy Party, in rejecting the poll's results as illegitimate.
The self-named party of exiled Prince Norodom Ranariddh - who is in exile - had with Sam Rainsy's group condemned the July 27 election as rigged in favor of Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party.
But in a statement Tuesday, Prince Ranariddh distanced himself from his opposition ally and said the election was held in a "transparent, free, fair and democratic manner." He said he recognized the preliminary results announced by the National Election Committee last week.
The Funcinpec party that Ranariddh once led also said in a separate statement that it accepts the results despite some voting irregularities.
Analysts said they suspected that Ranariddh's about-face could be part of a deal with the ruling party to help pave the way for the prince to return to Cambodia.
"This is only a strategy to allow Ranariddh to return to the country," said Hang Puthea, director of the election monitoring group Nicfec.
Ranariddh, now staying in Malaysia, is facing an 18-month prison sentence after Cambodia's Supreme Court late last month upheld a lower court's conviction against him in an embezzlement lawsuit filed by his former Funcinpec colleagues.
Cambodian judicial system is known for being corrupt and susceptible to political pressure from the government.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith welcomed Ranariddh's new stance but denied any deal with the prince.
The election organizers said Hun Sen's ruling party received some 58 percent of the more than 6 million votes cast, confirming its projected landslide victory.
It said the runner-up Sam Rainsy Party trailed with about 22 percent, followed by the Human Rights Party with 6.6 percent, Ranariddh's party with 5.6 percent and Funcinpec with 5 percent.
It did not yet give the allocation of seats in the 123-seat National Assembly, but Hun Sen's party has said it will get 90 seats.
The Sam Rainsy Party, which has been projected to get 26 seats, continued to reject the results due to "massive fraud."
The parties had earlier joined the main opposition group, the Sam Rainsy Party, in rejecting the poll's results as illegitimate.
The self-named party of exiled Prince Norodom Ranariddh - who is in exile - had with Sam Rainsy's group condemned the July 27 election as rigged in favor of Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party.
But in a statement Tuesday, Prince Ranariddh distanced himself from his opposition ally and said the election was held in a "transparent, free, fair and democratic manner." He said he recognized the preliminary results announced by the National Election Committee last week.
The Funcinpec party that Ranariddh once led also said in a separate statement that it accepts the results despite some voting irregularities.
Analysts said they suspected that Ranariddh's about-face could be part of a deal with the ruling party to help pave the way for the prince to return to Cambodia.
"This is only a strategy to allow Ranariddh to return to the country," said Hang Puthea, director of the election monitoring group Nicfec.
Ranariddh, now staying in Malaysia, is facing an 18-month prison sentence after Cambodia's Supreme Court late last month upheld a lower court's conviction against him in an embezzlement lawsuit filed by his former Funcinpec colleagues.
Cambodian judicial system is known for being corrupt and susceptible to political pressure from the government.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith welcomed Ranariddh's new stance but denied any deal with the prince.
The election organizers said Hun Sen's ruling party received some 58 percent of the more than 6 million votes cast, confirming its projected landslide victory.
It said the runner-up Sam Rainsy Party trailed with about 22 percent, followed by the Human Rights Party with 6.6 percent, Ranariddh's party with 5.6 percent and Funcinpec with 5 percent.
It did not yet give the allocation of seats in the 123-seat National Assembly, but Hun Sen's party has said it will get 90 seats.
The Sam Rainsy Party, which has been projected to get 26 seats, continued to reject the results due to "massive fraud."
20 comments:
HRP of Mr. Kem Sokha will be ready to take atleast 10% or more more next election!!!!
Ah KOUN SDECH JKORT WILL DO ANYTHING FOR PUSSY , WHEN HUN SEN OFFER HIM ONE.
I don't understand why Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha still associate with the imbecile Ranariddh. He is not human. I wish lightening strikes and puts him away, so that he stops embarrassing other Khmers.
Can those so called Cambodia Royal know how to stand on principal!
PRINCIPAL
LAW
HONESTY
RIGHT
JUSTICE!
this fucking stupit RANNARITH will be HUN SEN DOG and Khmer betayal for the rest of it life .
anything for power , money , especaily SREY SNORM , if i don't accept this offer from MP , HUN SEN I must be stupit , look at me now I have Million dollar in the bank plus my young mistress Phally , If i accept this offer a gain I will Gain at lease 2 or 3 more million and more young mistress , If you want to get Rich joint MP HUN SEN like i did ...!!! Be smart like me .
from : RANNARITH
Why Ranariddh wants to go back to Cambodia? He should go and join his " PAPA " in China and North Korea.
Does he still want to kiss Hun Sen's ass?
selling out like a coward he as his bloodline.
Only a few weeks of coalition Ah Chkai Rannarith has revealed his dirty attitude already. We must push him to 2/3 of jail first before he can ask his brother to release him. After his release, his political life will be finisheed for his crime of stealing public monies. Khmer
Ah Ranaridth is ASSSSSHOOOLE Prince!!!!!!
Ah Ranaridth is hun sen dog, it can bark and fuck at the same time.
this fucking prince is worsen than
cambodian shits. Cambodian shits, can use for furtilizers to grow many thing and more valueble than Ranaridth. This prince let hun sen's cronies killed many of his braved men in order an exchange for his own power.
We Cambodian wishes all the earth to absorb him and all the lightening strikes him where ever he lives. And We wish he will be served to a maximum sentences.
If not, the laws in Cambodia are useless and be abolish for good.
Death to all [Norodoms]
Death to all Vong Ta trosak ph'em.
Long live khmer Republic and only Sisawath families.
I'm not surprise.....you don't need analyst to understand Rannaridth....this Latest from CPP and Rannaridth is to isolate SRP and HRP on this rigged election issue and for Wrecknarridth it's a chance for him to come back to Cambodia. Wrecknarridth's supporters should know by now - stop wasting times and your own life for this guy, otherwise you are not worth than a dog. This goes for the SRP and HRP as well, give up in dealing with Wrecknarridth for good, the guy is brainless and soulless. I don't know what words I should use to describe this guy.
Even if he agree with the election result,he can't return home unless he served time in jail for 18 months and paid the fine for $150,000.00 first.
YEE CHOS POURK AH SDACH EY KO KROLECH KROLOCH MLESS.
We must remember that Rannarith was a child with a disfunctioning parents. His father has left his mother when he was so small. His mother has remaried again even his father was a king. In general studies, all people who were from disfuctioned family, would grow up in by causing more problems to the society. We can see that all Royal families children with parents disfuctioned families have end up in the same problem. They cannot archieved their goal properly and they will not care about others at all. We look at Sirik Matak children and Sihanouk Children, they are totally different because Sirik Matak was a father of a family and Sihanouk was a man breeder ( like bad horse for breeding). THis Rannarith will change his behavious at all at any circumstance.
U dont like pussy? I like pussy. Kissing Hun Xen's ass is rewarding, u know? I'd be thrilled to suck his cock if he's kind enough to let me in.
N. Rannaridh
N. Rannaridh is not human. He is an animal. Therefore, he can be called Ah Chhke N. Rannaridh, licking pussy young girls. He is one of the disgrace royal family members. He takes after his daddy. LOL
Please forgive the prince. That's all he knew. Do you know some trash you can use them but not the kind of trash like that prince. His family's root is king kong and do not try to compare them to our old KING during KHMER EMPIRE.
Yeah you are right 11:26, these royal family cannot be compared to the King of the KHMER EMPIRE.
After Longvek these families always run and continues to run as we all see and know that.
18th march sihanouk ran to china and N. korea, sihamoni ran to Russa and france, Rannariddh ran to france and now ran to Malaysia.
What's the cambodian people hope?
zip.....and chaos.
I as a son of khmer nation can not understand what prinz N Ranarith said. Is it really clear what he said? His whole familieund and nobody else has the khmerland destroyed. This is very difficult to determine whether he psychological and mental ill .It is safe free, fair and democratic election, because he not be allowed during the elction campainge. For me, this Norodom Sihanuk's family is very stupid and hurt only the khmer nation otherwise not.
Prince Ranaridh has contributied so much for the country, peace, stability and prosperity for the past 20 years.
The prince has made the right decision so that he can come back to a political life-- ensure Cambodia on the path of democracy..
The prince is one of our great leader...he is symbol of softness and peace for all Cambodian..
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