Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Opposition party and US to talk Rainsy return

Human Rights Party president Kem Sokha (L), Sam Rainsy (C) and SRP lawmaker Mu Sochua attend a press conference together in August 2008 in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post

Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post

The trio at the head of Cambodia’s newly merged opposition party is heading to Washington early next month to talk with unnamed US Congressional and State Department officials about bringing their absentee leader, Sam Rainsy, back to take part in the 2013 national elections.

“The question is, will the US accept a government that does not respect the will of the people?” asked opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua in an interview yesterday, implicitly referring to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.

Sochua is aligned with the new Cambodian Democratic Movement for National Rescue, a union forged in Manila this month between the Human Rights Party and the Sam Rainsy Party.


The US is seen as a country that can effect human-rights change in Cambodia – at least in the eyes of the 13 Boeung Kak women released on June 27 after being sentenced in May to two and a half years in prison.

They believe talks US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had with Foreign Minister Hor Namhong in Washington helped secure their freedom.

Travelling with Sochua to Washington from August 7 to 15 are Rainsy and Human Rights Party head Khem Sokha.

US Embassy spokesman Sean McIntosh confirmed that Sochua met with embassy Chargé d’Affaires Jeff Daigle on Monday to discuss the national elections in Cambodia and that the embassy is helping to arrange meetings in the capital.

Whether she and top members of the Cambodian Democratic Movement for National Rescue will have any luck there is another matter.

Sochua declined to answer questions about what-if scenarios should Rainsy fail to return and campaign in elections next year.

When asked if Sokha could lead the party, she said the HRP head “is very clear in his heart and his mind that his energy will be for the return of Sam Rainsy. And Mr Sam Rainsy will be a candidate for the premiership”.

Sokha didn’t seem to disagree. “This meeting, we will tell them that we have already merged because they want to see us joining hands with Sam Rainsy,” Sokha said.

A spokesman for the CPP said foreigners cannot interfere in Cambodian sovereignty because the government has been elected by the people.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

The US cannot have a double standard.
On one hand, the US are trying to promote democracy and human rights all around the world.
On the other, the US keep supporting and doing business as usual with dictator Hun Sen and his Viet puppet regime.
The US can persuade Hun Sen to let MP Sam Rainsy
into his own country.

Anonymous said...

The US cannot have a double standard.
On one hand, the US are trying to promote democracy and human rights all around the world.
On the other, the US keep supporting and doing business as usual with dictator Hun Sen and his Viet puppet regime.
The US can persuade Hun Sen to let MP Sam Rainsy
into his own country.

Anonymous said...

The cpp was never honestly elected by khmer people.

Anonymous said...

To 5:13 PM,

Why the US can't play a double card in Cambodian politic? That is the strategy for super power, look back to China who play always 2 cards with Cambodia. The USA will do the same that is the best game for politic.

Anonymous said...

" RESPECT THE WILL OF PEOPLE " . Why doesn't the so called Democratic
Movement .... do referendum to make sure whether or not Khmer voters want
MUA SOCHUA or KEM SOKHA to be their next PM ? SAM RAINSI has tried
to unseat CPP for three times without success and his popularity is winding down
Without new candidate for the new strategy , the election result is predictable :
HUN SEN WILL WIN WITH LANDSLIDE - DON'T BLAME NEC OR ANYBODY
BESIDE YOUR STUBBORN HEAD . It is obvious that the DMNR is busy with
one individual , SAM RAINSI rather than spending time for national issue . If RAINSI falls and cannot get up by himself , he is no good leader .
TRY FEMALE CANDIDATE WHO IS MORE COURAGEOUS THAN RAINSI !

ខ្មែរ-អ្នកស្រែម្ចាស់ឆ្នោត

Anonymous said...

IF IN DEED THAT WE KHMER LIKE MUA SOCHUA AND KEM SOKHA MUST SUPPORT FOR HERO SAMRAINSY RETURN THAT SHOW PARTY IS LOYAL TO THEIR LEADER. THIS IS ONE OF IMPORTANT ROLE THAT ALL KHMER MUST LEARN TO UNIT, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT KHMER BUILD TRUST & UNIT EACH OTHER,THIS IS ALSO A STRONG STAND AGAINST THE MAFIA HUN SEN AND CPP CRONIES. SO PLEASE STOP ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF US TO VIOLATE THAT TRUST IN KHMER CULTURE. #2 H.E. SAMRAINSY IS NOT A CRIMINAL, HE IS A HERO BECAUSE HE PUT HIS LIFE IN DANGER IN ORDER TO PROTECT KHMER VILLAGE FROM VIET THIEVE ENCROACHMENT, AS FOR HIS SACRIFICE THAT'S WHY THAT WE MUST PAY RESPECT & RETURN OUR LOYALTY BACK TO H.E SAMRAISY. #3 IN AWAY HE IS A CRIMINAL TO THE VIET THEIVE, BUT HE HELP SAVE KHMER VILLAGER FROM VIETCONG SO HE IS THE RIGHTIOUSNESS HERO. ALL KHMER MUST SHOW REPECT FOR ALL COMPATRIOT HERO, BECAUSE WE ALL LUCKY TO HAVE SOME BRAVE MEN THAT LEAD US IN RIGHT DIRECTION, UNLIKE LOAS WHO HAVE NOTHING NOW SEE WHAT'S HAPPEN TO LOAS NOW?

Anonymous said...

Sam Rainsy for Prime Minister and
Kem Sokha for Deputy Prime Minister and CAMBODIA WILL BE FREE AND JUST FOR ALL! NO ONE WILL BE ABOVE THE LAW OF THE LAND.

Anonymous said...

THE US AND CHINA SUPPORTED

KHMER ROUGE AT THAI KHMER BORDER

IN 1979- 1990,BEFORE PARIS MEETING.

Anonymous said...

SRP can't be trusted. US knows CPP is Youn dog, but SRP is Chin dog. Which dog the US wants? Obvious, CPP dog better than SRP dog. So ask the US senator, and you get a blank face.

Anonymous said...

Any US senator get a blank face because he or she only interests in donation.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

8:39pm

We are not the US nor China.
We care only about Cambodia and Cambodians.

Anonymous said...

The US never have the courage to bark againth the Viets since 1975 .They have to please the viets by supporting the CPP.
They have ever for ever forgot the right of the khmer people to live as the master of their land in vietnam.

Anonymous said...

why sam rainsy kept do something wrong in camobdia then ran away to hide overseas? why? that is why people don't like him for his weakness political strategy, you know. i cannot vote for sam rainy for hurting and bashing cambodia for a living all the time, you know. next time, he'll do something else wrong and then runs away again and again. where is the ethics and professionalism in this, really! sam rainsy should be talking about how to develop cambodia, how to reform social development, how to reconstruct cambodia, etc, instead, he only focus on his youn paranoia, his hate, his bias, his prejudice and his discrimination and his primitive, racist way by bashing cambodia nonstop. how can anyone in their right mind still vote for this him for his own failure and his incompetency and his own ineffectiveness, outdated system like this, really! he is no good to be my leader in cambodia,really!

Anonymous said...

the US could understand that it is up to the majority of khmer people to vote for and elect their good, competent, effective, strong leader, not up to the few opposition, unruly, run away, duel citizen, weak, outdated thinking, self-proclaimed leaders, you know. maybe some of them out of the bunch is good; however, most of them are really ineffective, incompetent, outdated, bias, prejudice, discriminatory, primitive and ignorant. and it is up to the educated, smart, clever, wise, enlightened khmer public to choose their good leaders, not up to someone else who are not khmer citizens, etc, really. please don't forget this about cambodia, cambodia is cambodia, not vietnam/youn nor thailand/siem nor something else, really. educated, competent, smart, clever, wise, enlighted, learned, strong khmer people will pick their qualified leader(s), ok. thank you and may god bless my country cambodia always.

Anonymous said...

and always the same old faces of people, how hypocritical of them for bashing cambodia current administrator, you know. if i were them, i'd be selective with my whining, really. i'm sure people will that and will decide for themselves who they will vote for, i.e., good, competent, effective, smart, intelligent, wise, clever, enlightened, strong leader, not the weak, incompetent, ineffective, primitive, ignorant, outdated, stupid type, really. because cambodia want a strong, capable, competent, effective, smart, educated, reform-minded type of leaders, forget the whiny oppostion, they whine too much about anything and everything, i cannot vote to have that kind of stupid people to be my country leader, you know. forget it, ok!

Anonymous said...

សូមខ្មែរទាំងអស់ស្វាងឡើង..! ភ្ញាក់រលឹកឡើង..!
ឈប់រស់ក្រោមការបោកប្រាស់ ញុះញង់របស់ គណបក្សសម រង្ស៊ី តទៅទៀតទៅ ពួកគេ បានបោកប្រាស់អ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នាជាង
១0ឆ្នាំមកហើយ។
ឥឡូវនេះមេបក្ស សមរង្ស៊ីកំពុងតែដើរបោកខ្មែរក្រៅប្រទេស
ដែលល្ងង់ខ្លៅមិនមានការចេះដឹងថា គាត់នឹងប្ដឹង
សមេ្តចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន
ដាក់គុកអន្ដរជាតិ ? hahaha

សូមអ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នាពិចារណាទៅមើល សូម្បីតែសម រង្ស៊ី ខ្លួនឯងក៏ត្រូវដេញចេញពីដំណែងដែរ គ្មានអភ័យឯកសិទ្ធិជាតំណាងរាស្ដ្រស្អីទៀតទេ
ហើយត្រូវជាប់គុក
១២ឆ្នាំទៀត ធ្វើដូចម្ដេច សម រង្ស៊ី អាចទៅប្ដឹង
សមេ្តចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន
ដាក់គុកអន្ដរជាតិបានទៅហក ? បើសម រង្ស៊ី ខ្លួនឯងជា
ពិរុទ្ធជនរបស់សមេ្តចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន ១២ឆ្នាំទៅហើយនោះ ។ hahaha

ហ្នឹង មិនសំដីបោកប្រាស់ថោកទាប របស់ សម រង្ស៊ី ទេឬ?

ពី
និស្សិតច្បាប់នៅសកលវិទ្យាល័យ
ភូមិន្ទនីតិសាស្ត្រនិងវិទ្យាសាស្ត្រសេដ្ឋកិច្ច
ភ្នំពេញ

Anonymous said...

Hey 12:03 AM, I think you're dead wrong re. China supported S. Rainsy.
If you said so, why China pumps millions of dollars to CPP right now?
If you don't like S. Rainsy, is like you hate poor Cambodian farmers. unlike CPP party always support rich people. The US, they want to promote democracy not communist like CPP who always side with Vietnam and China. I know because back in 1970, Lon Nol is back the US, that's the fact.

Anonymous said...

I have no feedback for others comment, but I knew one thing, Sam Rainsi is not a qualified leader. As a leader, he should have been aware of his opposition, especially, in hot rock Cambodia. Why he led civilians to protest at Vietnamese border and finally run away which allowed Hun Sen accused and trown them in jail at the same time. Good leader would have managed to where his or her followers would be safe, plan ahead. I dont trust him and he is not a good fit as PM of Cambodia. You all will see Hun Sen party will claim victory once again and root deeper that noone candidate will succeed his party. Sam is hypocrypt.