02 April 2011
By Den Ayuthyea
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soch
Click here to read the original article in Khmer
The Funcinpec held its congress on 02 April 2011.
On 02 April, the Funcinpec held its party congress at its new headquarters located in Bakkheng commune, Russei Keo district, Phnom Penh city. The congress approved a number of amendment change, as well as the separation of responsibility between the party’s legislative branch and the party’s executive branch.
In the results of the congress – which was participated by more than 3,000 party activists – the party approved the nomination of Keo Puth Reaksmey, the former party president, as the party leader, and it also approved the nomination of Nhiek Bun Chhay, the former party secretary-general, to the position of executive president, as well as approving the nomination of Lu Laysreng, the former party no. 1 vice-president, to the position of party honorary president.
Nhiek Bun Chhay, the new Funcinpec executive president, declared with confidence that this party will receive even more support from grassroot party activists, especially during the upcoming 2012 commune election, and the upcoming 2013 general election.
Nhiek Bun Chhay claimed: “I believe that the Funcinpec has nowhere else to drop further, it only has 2 seats left [at the NatAss (National Assembly)]. It can only try to get up, how much it will get up depends on our efforts.”
In addition to this, Keo Puth Reaksmey – who was recently approved to become the party leader – indicated that this party still maintains its standing and it will continue to cooperate with the ruling CPP party in order to continue to develop the country.
Keo Puth Reaksmey indicated that: “There were party reforms in 2006, and we will continue to reform, i.e. we do whatever to divide the responsibility a little bit at a time. This is what we call no dispute, no wrestling [power] from each other because each one of us do not know what to wrestle for, because [when it comes] to greed, each person wants it very much, but if we want only a little, this is what we are doing.”
Doctor Sok Touch, an independent political analyst in Cambodia, is very interested in this issue, i.e. the Funcinpec party with its newly elected leaders, can it preserve its internal cohesion in order to avoid party splitting, notwithstanding its support for the upcoming 2012 and 2013 elections? “We already saw it: When Keo Puth Reaksmey and Lu Laysreng are nominated to these positions, it means that the pair have been promoted out of power. Therefore, the one who grabs power in the party is H.E. Nhiek Bun Chhay. If it is Nhiek Bun Chhay, then we can see how can it be a royalist party, when there is no royalist line, no royalist blood at all? Therefore this is a problem. Therefore, the point I want to make is that: let’s not talk about the election, how can this party maintains its stability until the election? This is the question.”
The Funcinpec party extraordinary congress was held on 02 April 2011. This is the party’s very first congress since the one they held in 2006 where they decided to remove Prince Norodom Ranariddh from his position as party leader.
The Funcinpec congress on 02 April also approved the nomination of 3,000 party candidates to the commune election, and it also approved 120 members of the leadership committee, as well as 45 reserved members for the party leadership committee. These approvals are valid for the next 5 year of the party mandate.
4 comments:
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smarter than Seng Theary, Ms. Rattana Keo,
Fuck bun chhay.
From ung huot
It doesn't matter who is leading the Party , F pec will be dead by the next election . They don't have their own agenda , they are there only to raise hands for CPP .
Fucksihanouksex monarchy party means nothing to Khmer people,why this stupid group party is still showing face to the public?
All the monarchy parties go to hell,Cambodians do not need you.
You all are crooked , serve CPP, and
serve Vietnam.
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