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On September 26, 2012, opposition leader Sam Rainsy wrote to The Phnom Penh Post the following letter:
CAMBODIA’S 2013 ELECTION, A ONE-HORSE-RACE?
In the article titled “Bring on one-horse race” in The Phnom Penh Post dated September 26, 2012, Prime Minister Hun Sen is reported as saying in a speech that an election without an opposition would be ''easy'' and that he will happily accept all the votes in 2013.
As we all know, nothing that is worth doing is easy. As children or young students, we don't, for example, retake the same exams year after year to relive the pleasure of passing them. Sportsmen will seek out the highest level of competition, rather than defeating the same old opponents. In our professional lives, we push, or are pushed, on to new challenges no matter how much we would like to rest on our laurels. We only ever achieve anything worthwhile when there is difficulty, or risk of failure, involved.
In elections also, it is so. In Cambodia, the main difficulty is to reform the National Election Committee, to make it a neutral rather than a partisan body. This has been recommended by Surya P. Subedi, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights. The government has refused to do so. For Hun Sen to contemplate an election without an opposition as a preferable alternative is to demonstrate arrogance and a complete disregard for the right of the people to democratic self-determination.
A thoroughly meaningless victory was achieved last Sunday by the ruling party in Belarus. The government there left the democratic opposition with no option but to boycott the elections after it imprisoned opposing politicians and created criminal records to prevent others from standing. The process was denounced by international observers for the sham it was. International isolation beckons for the communist-style regime.
The fact is that in terms of electing a legitimate government, a one-horse race is the same as a no-horse race. The public is cheated: the horse and rider succeed only in looking foolish.
Sam Rainsy
Elected Member of Parliament
President of the National Rescue Party (Cambodia’s united democratic opposition)
5 comments:
Come on, Sir. Have some gut and boycott the elections. Let's see who is really foolish.
Kuoy Pichet
This time, thanks to the National Rescue Pary, the CPP and the NEC, its election cheating tool, will not be able to fool the international community.
បុគ្គល់ណាឬក្រុមបក្សណាដែលគាំទ្រការបោះឆ្នោតនៅក្នុងស្រុកខ្មែរឥឡូវនេះ គឺបុគ្គលនឹងក្រុមបក្សនោះហើយជាពួកអ្នកក្បត់ជាតិ។ ក្នុងពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះដំណោះស្រាយក្នុងប្រទេសខ្មែរ មិនអាចធ្វើនយោបាយបោះឆ្នោតបានទេ។ គឺពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរយើងនៅក្នុងនិងក្រៅប្រទេស ត្រូវតែហានក្រោកឈរ ទាមទាយកសិទ្ធនឹងអំណាចខ្លួនឯងមកវិញ (និយាយឱ្យចំគឺពួកយើងដែលជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរត្រូវតែនាំគ្នាក្រោកឈធ្វើបាតុកម្មអហឹងស្សាក្នុងប្រទេសឱ្យបានព្រមៗគ្នា) ជាពិសេសសូមពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរដែររស់នៅក្នុងប្រទេសខ្មែរ ឈប់ផ្ញើវាស្នាខ្លួនទៅលើគណបក្សប្រឆាំងដូចជា(សំ&ខា)ទៀតទៅ ពីព្រោះគណបក្សទាំងពីរនេះកំពុងតែរួមដៃក្បត់ជាតិជាមួយអាខ្វាក់កញ្ចះយួនយ៉ាងច្បាស់ក្រឡែត។
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reponse to 12:43AM,
Quand on ne sait rien en politique, on la ferme. Il faut éviter de se tromper d'adversaire.Il faut regarder dans le rétroviseur!
When you do not know anything about politics, it is closed. You must check your rearview mirror.OK
មនុស្សដែល don't know nothing about the politic គឺជាលោកដែលមានលេខ6:00PM ខ្លួនឯងទេ។
ម្យ៉ាងវិញទៀតអ្នកដែលត្រូវច្លុះកញ្ចក់គឺលោកឯងហ្នឹងហើយ មិនមេនរូបខ្ញុំទេ លោកឯងនៅស្ទើភ្លើងនយោបាយខ្លាំងណាស់ ត្រូវរៀនសូត្រពីខ្ញុំខ្លះទៅ ពីខ្ញុំក្មេងជុំនាន់ក្រោយដែលមានលេខ 2:43AM៕៚
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