Sunday, 13 March 2011
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
Flagging confidence in the leadership of the royalist Funcinpec party has led to the defection of more than 100 members to the Norodom Ranariddh Party, NRP officials said.
Pen Sangha, a spokesman for the NRP, said today that 127 Funcinpec members described as party activists in Kampong Cham’s Stung Trong, Chamkar Leu and Kroch Chhmar districts declared their defection to the NRP during a visit to the region by the eponymous party head Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
“Commune and district party officials have led their activists and supporters to defect to the NRP,” Pen Sangha said.
“We see that when the prince goes to the provinces, he receives widespread support from members and activists.”
He added that at the grassroots level, Funcinpec party members no longer have confidence in their leaders, such as Keo Puth Reaksmey and Nhek Bun Chhay, because they have failed to articulate a clear political platform.
Prak Chanthy, a former women’s movement leader for Funcinpec, said today her defection was the result of a loss of confidence in the party’s leadership.
“The top leaders have never gone down to visit the grassroots [organisation]. The top leaders have turned to the Cambodian People’s Party. I don’t have a branch to hang on to, so I must defect to the NRP.”
Or Sophat, Funcinpec’s deputy president in Prey Chhor district who took part in a welcoming event for the visiting prince, said he has no plans to defect to the NRP but would support a merger of the two parties before refusing to discuss the issue further.
Funcinpec spokesman Tom Sambol, however, dismissed reports of the defections, saying the allegations were the result of exaggerated reports by NRP officials.
“I have already checked the permanent commission of districts and provinces, and there are no members that have defected to the NRP,” he said.
“People close to the prince have reported these defections simply to earn favour with him. I believe that no one has defected because I am a strong man in Kampong Cham province as well.”
The reported defections come at a time when internal disputes within Funcinpec have pitted top leaders against each other over the alleged mismanagement of party property and funds.
Funcinpec central committee member Phan Chantha last month charged the party’s secretary general, Nhek Bun Chay, with selling the party’s headquarters on Norodom Boulevard for US$3.85 million and purchasing new offices in Kandal province for an undisclosed price.
Nhek Bun Chhay has dismissed the allegations, saying at the time that Phan Chantha had accused him because he was planning to defect to the NRP.
23 comments:
1- This is a result of the long-term plan orchestrated by CPP under Yuon's advisory group to dismantle the nationalists combined with the incapability of Prince Norodom Ranaridh who has little integrity, honesty, and natinalism but selfishness.
2- Solution:
support SRP. Even HRP cannot even do thing bey itself. Do not let the drown person grab you, or both will die drowing.
This Ranariddh Party should be closed and done with. why suffer Khmer people again?? ran the country since the 80's and 90;s Nothing!
-tired of the words- FUNCIPEC, Ranaridh party, Party reform, changin this, changing that. You dare not challenge the real people's enemy.
All of you are already dead. All you have is surviving spirit that are asking for offering -Sam Nen- from CPP
We have to betray each other for something goods and personal interest!
I am a politician,
I love my country,
I want to be a real patriot,
but....I need money, expensive car, villa... to support my children and my other wives just like some body else, too.
be ready March 18...hope real poor dark Khmer people will killed you all Khmer traitor of the country!
To all Khmer people
Khmer every where need to stand up at the same time and kick Hun Sen regime on March 18 for the sake of our country, liberate our people from tyrant. We must take part together on that date, March 18, to struggle for a change in Cambodia, we must joint hands and hands, shoulders and shoulders including monks, people and the people from all walk of life. Now we set the date March 18 to topple Hun Sen regime. Please, stand up together in Phnom Penh on that date.
March 18, 10:00 AM
At Soun Pracheathipatey
ieffective is what the royalists are! i think they need to get a real education and so forth! there's no more free lunch for privileged individuals, etc, you know!
i think this group of political institution needs lots of reforms as well. they seemed to cling on to the free lunch mentality which is wrong, to say the least! let's remind them this is not the dark ages anymore, ok! we are more advanced in this day and age, so get with the program, ok! make sure to get good education, ok! don't be so selfish and greedy, etc... respect the rule of law, too, ok!
The days of the Royalists are over. It has been over for quite some time now. They simply can't admit that they defeated themselves. These Royalists are just in denial over the fact that they are nowadays irrelevant when it comes to Cambodian politics.
Who wants to support a political party whose leaders fight each other like little kids and flip flop in their decision making?
These Royalists are better off working as tour guides and janitors for the Royal Palace. It would save their dignity and same them from further embarrassing themselves.
yes, i think royalist should help to keep cambodian identity and culture alive, not in politics, though! i like the concept of ceremonial status, not active politics like sdach ta sihanouk, bad for the country if you know study politcal science, etc, you know! ceremonial symbol is way better for royalist than active poltics, really. the world is doing that more and more nowadays, not just in cambodia, ok!
i think the reason is conflict of interest, etc. they demand too much double standard, exemption to the rule, etc, etc, not good for the country in the long term and well-being of the future of the cambodia as a nation, really! wake up and be smarter than the past, ok! examine our history and see why it is not a good idea for royalist to be active in politics in leading the country; take the dark ages era of cambodia as an example, ok! we say no more like that in khmer history! time to change and reform permanently for the sake of the well-being and advancement of cambodia, etc. god bless cambodia.
GO BACK READING YOURSELF 10 MORE TIME 2:42am! !!!! AND HOPE YOU CAN WRITE CLEARER!
3:15 AM
I am not 2:42 AM but I think you are the one who can read but incapable of understanding .
I think the royal family should be doing what they are good at...
Singing, performing and making Karaoke videos and broadcast them Bayon TV channel # 3.
Starring Sy Ha nouk and Nonick
Ranarith and Pahalla
Sy Hak Mony (he' s good at ballet already)and Bopha Tevy (also a very good dancer)
Chakro Poung an...??? etc...
Is NRP coffin make of expemsive wood????
HELLO LITTLE PRINCE!!.
WELCOME TO THE POLITICAL LIFE AGAIN.
YOUR FATHER HAD KISSED-UP HUN SEN FOR YOUR RETURN AND EVERY WORDS FROM YOUR MOUTH PROVED YOUR KISSING-UP HUN SEN AS WELL.
ARE YOU HAPPY TO BE DEMOTED FROM PRIME MINISTER TO A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, THEN TO POLITIC PARTY LEADER?. THIS IS BECAUSE OF YOUR BAD LEADERSHIP ABILITY.
PLEASE DO NOT THINK THAT A PRINCE CAN ALWAYS BE A GOOD LEADER. YOU
FAILED YOURSELF IN THE PAST AND NOW YOUR COME BACK. WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION?.
Sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff....
I'm a law professor and I ca not be a prime minister?
sniff...But Ah Khmeng Watt who never been to school and he' s been ...sniff sniff..a prime sniff minster sniff sniff.. for for... live?..sniff sniff....that' s so...sniff sniff un..sniff fair..sniff..sniffff...
Baay Kdaing
Get alot of money from people, sleep well in the palace, never concern about Khmer people who lost their properties and get killed by the Khmer authority, What kind of King?
Ranaridth will go down as the worse Politician in Khmer Political History . He started as a Prime Minister and then went down all the way to just 2 seats in the Parliament and by the next Election , I think he will get zero seat .
Khmer Ga
Royal disaster!
Useless rotten rats...have not done anything good for the country.
PPLspeak
playing politics just wanted to get pay.
what a wasted of Khmer life supporting this fools! Khmer people in Cambodia need to be education.
Don't blame the NRP or FUNCINPEC, if people are stupid enough they can go on to support them.....stupidness is in the blood of the khmer people that's why Hun Sen/CPP can stay in power up to now.
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