Sunday, January 06, 2013

Excerpt from Victoria Nuland statement on opposition leader Sam Rainsy and the upcoming July 2013 election

Victoria Nuland
Spokesperson
Daily Press Briefing
Washington, DC
January 4, 2013

Excerpt on Cambodia
Source: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2013/01/202492.htm#CAMBODIA

QUESTION: Cambodia?

MS. NULAND: Yeah.

QUESTION: In her conversations with the Prime Minister, Secretary Clinton has spoken of the importance of a well-functioning democracy in Cambodia. How does that square with Sam Rainsy, the opposition politician who will now not be eligible to run in elections in July because of a 12 year prison sentence for protests along the Vietnamese border.

MS. NULAND: Well, I think you know, Scott, that the Secretary has raised this particular case before with the Cambodians, including over the summer when we were there. We are disappointed in the Cambodian national election committee’s announcement recently again reiterating that Sam Rainsy was removed from the official voter list for the July 2013 elections due to criminal convictions, which credible observers believe have been politically motivated. You know how strongly we believe in free and fair elections and that they require a level playing field and unfettered participation of opposition parties. So the exclusion of a leading opposition leader calls into question the legitimacy of the whole democratic process in Cambodia. So we’ll continue raising this and, as I said, we are disappointed.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is the clear masseage from US Govt. , Thanks USA.

Anonymous said...

Vietcong CPP is PolPot 2.0
...not a foundation for democracy

Anonymous said...

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Friday that the U.S. was disappointed by the announcement from Cambodia’s election committee that Rainsy has been removed from the official voter list because of criminal convictions that carry 12 years in prison. The U.S. says Cambodia’s decision to bar exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy from July elections calls into question the vote’s legitimacy.

Whether or not Sam Rainsy is in Cambodia, There are millions of Sam Rainsy voters in Cambodia who have been victims of oppression and land grabbing. Although we will not be able to use force against the puppet government installed by Vietnam, we will go to vote in mass to remove Hun Sen et al from Power. We would support our patriotic leaders, Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha to win the national election first and then use all legal means such as International court of Justice at the Hague and the United Nations based on Cambodia Map deposited at the UN in 1963.

Sam Rainsy is the best Kaun Khmer patriot who dares to declare that Vietnam is the new colonialist that annexed most of Cambodian territory. That is why he is the only Khmer that Vietnam is afraid of. Vietnam try by all mean to eliminate him from Cambodia by using its puppet government and kangaroo court in Cambodia to deny Sam Rainsy in entering Cambodia. This is the 21st century; Vietnam can not colonize Cambodia as the last century. The 1991 Paris Peace Agreement signed by 19 signatory countries including Cambodia and Vietnam will protect Cambodia against Vietnam's occupation. No matter how sneaky Vietnam is, it will not be able to hide its bad intention any more. The world knows that Vietnam is not a honest nation. Vietnam is a thief who never respects its promise. During Vietnam American war, King Sihanouk of Cambodia helped Vietnam by offering a sentinel or a hiding place near the border of Cambodia and Vietnam to protect Vietnamese and Vietcong from US bombing. In return Vietnam repays the debt by taking a big chunk of Cambodian territory including Kah Tral. Only China knows how to deal with Vietnam, because they used to control Vietnam for thousand years. Forget about South China Sea, Vietnam will never be able to get rid of China, even though it try to induce USA to fight with China. Now the USA learned a lot of lesson from Vietnam’s sneakiness and will not let Vietnam to take advantage of it any more. We, Khmer nationalists will kick illegal Vietnamese immigrant out no matter how long it will take. Cambodia is our sacred land; we have inalienable right to retake our homeland from its occupation and control.

12:18 AM

Anonymous said...

How about the exchanging between Mr. Sam Rainsy with the so called not home returner of the former Khmer Refugees from the USA.

The Cambodian government should ask the US State Department to let the so called former Refugee-Khmer criminals go back in the US, than they will able to reunite and live with their Cambodian families in the US. America was their home and they have the right to go back.

This is a clear message from the Cambodian side.

Anonymous said...

2:24 PM,

So, are you a Vietnamese dog eating refugee, too? What the hell are you talking about?

You sound very stupid that that you are the real opportunist yourself in the U.S. and ran around to steal and cheat to do illegal business to get rich, right?

The more mouth pieces you have, the more exposures about the Vietnamese thieves and crooks from hypocrite Vietnam nation who have been stealing, cheating, lying, being so hypocrite and irresponsible, illegally trading, making other feel sorry them, playing to be a victim of others (but Vietnamese folks and thieves are real killers and robbers), playing to be a nice guy and lady (and actually, Vietnamese thieves want the penises to be sucked or their virgina-holes to be fucked), politically motivating to kill and jail the real anti-Vietnamese-Yuon thieves and crooks (Communist gangsters), betraying by taking advantages of others for grants, playing to be very smart to kill, cheat and steal, and beyond the Vietnamese problems ever.