Tuesday, January 25, 2011

SRP To Rotate Parliamentarians Mid-Term

Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Monday, 24 January 2011
"The rotation agreement would need to be honored, to avoid internal party conflict in the upcoming 2013 parliamentary election."
The Sam Rainsy Party is preparing for a repositioning of National Assembly seats for its lawmakers, halfway through the election cycle.

The opposition party’s vice president, Kong Korm, is returning from a two-day party meeting that ended in Manila Sunday, where exiled party president, Sam Rainsy, issued instructions for the rotation, officials said Monday.

The party holds 26 legislative seats in the National Assembly, and party officials say the replacement of party members to different seats will strengthen the party’s chances in upcoming elections.

The rotation is in response to a reminder from eight steering committee members reminding the president of the rotation.


Kong Korm, who is the acting party president while the president remains abroad, “will directly meet with you all to confirm and explain the decision of the party,” Sam Rainsy wrote.

Noun Vuthy, a member of the steering committee, confirmed the decision, which will be implemented in March.

The rotation of all 26 seats is determined by the amount of money candidates paid during the election campaign in 2008. The first five candidates for each province paid $24,000 in campaign funding, while the next four each paid $22,000.

The rotation will switch out the top-tier candidates for the second-tier candidates.

Am Sam Ath, head of investigation for the rights group Licadho, said the rotation would change up party experience and policy. The rotation agreement would need to be honored, he said, to avoid internal party conflict in the upcoming 2013 parliamentary election.

But the rotation could also cause problems in parliamentary coherency, he said.

Meanwhile, the party will have to prepare for 2012 commune council elections, as Sam Rainsy remains in exile to avoid criminal charges he has decried as politically motivated.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

*Nationalist Party or Power Party like CPP???.
*Ah Porng khdor na kor dauch,ah Porng khdor na dai oyy tai Khmer.
DEARR TAI KHNAUCH.

Anonymous said...

i think all leaders should set good example of good governance, this way, they won't be labeled as hypocrites because hypocrites is dishonest and untrustworthy e.g., they say one thing, but they do another thing, that's hypocrites. cambodia should work hard to rid of that bad habit! encourage good governance at all cost, ok! god bless cambodia.

Anonymous said...

So when Sam Rainsy going to step down from party president and give the position to someone else. Son Chay and Mu Sochua is qualify to become president of the party.

Dang, the clean SRP member paid 24k for MP seat!?

Anonymous said...

and they say they are corrupt-free! go figure, they are real hypocrites, alright! it is easier for them to say than acutally do something about it, you know. the funny thing is that they think they are perfect and always run away to hide in france or elsewhere, you know! how can good khmer people and citizens trust them like that, really!

Anonymous said...

1:26AM!
YOU ARE INSULTING YOUR ANCESTORS AND YOURSELF. IT'S SO PITIFUL. REGARLESS WHAT NATIONALITY YOU HAVE ADOPTED, YOU ARE STILL A KHMER. RIHHT OR WRONG THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.
3:12AM!
YOUR SONG IS DECADES OLD. YOU ARE PRO CPP OR A CPP MEMBER FLAT FACED.
ASK HUN SEN WHAT HE DID IN 1977 WHEN HIS OWN LIFE IS ENDANGERED???
COME ON LET'S GET REAL. FOR THE TIME BEING ENJOY CPP'S POOP. BYE.

Anonymous said...

critic goes both ways , you know! srp is not critic-free, either, ok! can't handle the truth? get used to it, ok!

Anonymous said...

MR. RAINSY!
I HATE CPP, BUT I DON'T LIKE SRP EITHER. YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT SRP PARLIAMENTARY SEATS ARE FOR SALE TO HIGHER BIDDER??? IF I GIVE YOU $1,000 OOO CAN I TAKE OVER SRP??? YOU WILL BE MY VICE PRESIDENT OK???

Anonymous said...

គណបក្សសមរង្សីត្រូវតែប្រឹងដើម្បីរស់ បើពុំដូច្នោះទេ ច្បាស់ជាស្លាប់មិនខាន។ ហ៊ុនសែន បានព្រមានរួចទៅហើយ មិនមែនទើប តែថ្មីៗនេះទេ គេចង់រំលាយជាយូរណាស់មកហើយ។

Anonymous said...

Why do you and your relatives give Kos Trol, sea and lands to Vietnam? Why? and Why?

Why do you and all of your relatives involve alot of murder cases in Cambodia? Why? Why?

Why do you murder cambodian K5,1997events and so on and so on with lost count? Why?

If you are so good why do you and your families murder cambodians? Why? and Why?

If you are so good why do about 90%cambodians are so poor but you and your relatives are billionair and millinor? Why? Why?

Why do you try to kill people from telling the true? Why? Why?

What is the difference from Khmer Rough and you, Sir?

If you are so good Why do you block KI from cambodians?

Don't you and your families scare of hell for ethernity?

When you die can you bring all of your power and money with you?

Dr. Hun Sen and Dr. Big ass lady and his belove Dr. Hun Manet Please don't put us in jail or kill us for this! We want to live like you and your families do!

Khmers victim of 1997