Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy (AAP file) |
By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Hopes for a compromise solution to a deadlock over Cambodia’s election results faded Friday as the country’s leader insisted he could form a new government even if the opposition boycotts parliament.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said during a meeting with farmers that the constitution allows the National Assembly to carry out its tasks with a simple majority of its 123 members present.
The opposition and an independent group allege Mugabe compromised the polls’ validity.
Several independent nonpartisan agencies interpret the law to call for a quorum of at least 120 members to be present to open the new assembly session and form a government.
Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party says provisional results show it won 68 of the assembly’s to the opposition’s 55. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party says that it won 63 seats and that voting irregularities were widespread.
The results from the government-appointed National Election Committee are still provisional. Its preliminary tally of the popular vote showed Hun Sen’s party with 3,227,729 votes and the opposition with 2,941,133. Six other parties that ran far behind shared fewer than half a million other votes.
“There will be no deadlock for the new National Assembly and the forming of new government. I will be the prime minister for the fifth five-year term of the government,” Hun Sen told the villagers in Kandal province, which borders the capital Phnom Penh.
Hun Sen’s grip on the bureaucracy and security forces, and influence over the judiciary, make challenges to his authority difficult. A boycott threat — though never explicitly spelled out by the opposition — had been seen as its trump card, or at least main bargaining chip. Opposition officials did not immediately respond to the prime minister’s remarks.
Hun Sen also clarified remarks he made Thursday, in hectic conditions at a construction site, that had been thought to mean he supported an opposition call for the election committee to appoint an independent body with representatives of both parties and independent organizations to investigate claims of vote-rigging.
The opposition has charged that more than a million people may have been unable to vote because their names had not been put on the voting rolls despite having registered. There are also charges of people being registered despite be ineligible.
However, Hun Sen said Friday that he only supported having political parties and civil society group take part in any investigation under the established committee’s auspices. The committee is widely considered to favor Hun Sen’s party, and has been criticized for failing to tackle the registration problems, which were pointed out well before the polls.
Hun Sen said Friday that opposition leader Sam Rainsy had called called Sar Kheng, interior minister and a senior ruling party member, to discuss the opposition’s concerns. He said that after Sar Kheng said the investigation would have to take place within the existing election committee’s framework, Sam Rainsy agreed that the two parties would send representatives to the committee to see how to continue.
“Such an initiative is quite good and regarded as the best way to solve the issue,” Hun Sen said.
In a statement issued Friday, Sam Rainsy said he had sent a letter to the election committee to discuss setting up a joint committee to investigate and make a report on election irregularities, saying establishing a joint body was “very important.”
Sam Rainsy said such a body would comprise representatives of the ruling and opposition parties, international and domestic civil society groups and other concerned parties.
Hun Sen and his government have railed against foreign involvement, with the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday issuing a statement warning foreign diplomatic missions not to interfere in the country’s internal affairs.
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18 comments:
The coward Khmer Vietminh and former Khmer Rouge's Field Commander Hun Sen is now scared to face the true facts.
she sleep with a foreigner and have kids with them .. just like MU MU MU she marry to a foreigner.. they MU MU and SENG SENG dont even like their own peoples and own kinds.. what make them like you... they are here for their foreigner husband interest....
You all Khmer better with US your master VietNam ... we also kick these foreigners ass in WAR ... you better off to be our new provinces of VietNam ..
Long live Hun Sen and CPP...
Soon Dead the DOG KING
We and CPP ANd HUN SEN will buy time and then kill all of you... now we are winning in everything .... time let us win.. and kill all of you useless khmer.. you have the chance to do big lotus spring but that time is gone now...
hi to all my khmer brothers and sisters,i am from india and i am a political analyst working for U.N. the truth about cambodia is simple hun sen will continue to rule un-interrupted(HE HAS ALREADY GIVEN A STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE WILL CONTINUE AS PRIME MINISTER EVEN WITHOUT CNRP) . if the khmer people don't fight back AND keep waiting for SAM RAINSY to do a miracle then it will not happen because if sam rainsy was capable of kicking hun sen out then he would have done it in 1999,2003,2008. i can assure u that though US AND UN will protest diplomatically against hun sen ,they will not interfere militarly in cambodia and they will recognize hun sen just as they have done for the past 30 years.the true power lies in the hands of beautiful people of cambodia.its saddens me to see this beautiful country being looted and demolished by this thug HUN SEN
9:18 PM.
You are talking about crime commitments. Are you Vietnamese/Yuon thief who wants criminal CPP crooks and Hun Sen including yourself to stay in power?
Do you want the U.S. and European Unions to terminate you and Hun Sen just like Libya leader Gardaffi and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in a violence and Vietnam will pay a very heavy price?
9:25 PM,
You will end your life like Gardaffi, Libya leader or what?
Don't be so stupid!
9:18 PM
STUPID YUON,
Your days in Cambodia are numbered, so are your barkings.
Kneeling before me, with my shit in your mouth, you are desperately pleading for mercy, but I still
blow your brains out anyway !!!
Stolen! Another election stolen by CPP!
Thieves never change their character to steal.
And Hun Sen will use force to crush CNRP. Hun Sen and CPP will never give up power and money. They will never accept that they lose. the Only way is to crush and kick Hun Sen and CPP out until they run.
បើ លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីខ្មែរ ចង់សាកជាមួយ អាមេរិក នោះ យុវជនខ្មែរគួរដឹងថាខ្លួនចង់បានអ្វី?
មិនមែនសង្គ្រាមទេ តើមែនទេ? យើងធ្លាប់បានស្គាល់រស់ជាតិ ពេលក្នុងសង្គ្រា នឹង ក្រោយពេល សង្គ្រាម អស់ហើយថា តើវាធ្វើឲ្យ សង្គមខ្មែរយើងច្របូកច្របល់យ៉ាងណា!
ខ្មែរត្រូវតែដឹងថា យួនកំពុងតែរងចាំឲ្យខ្មែរមានសង្គ្រាមម្ដងទៀតខ្លាំងណាស់ វានឹងអាចយកឡេះថាលើកទ័ពមកជួយខ្មែរ ដើម្បីឈ្លាតយកឳកាសសម្លាប់ខ្មែរឲ្យផុតពូជ!
យើងឃើញតាមរយៈនៃលទ្ធិផលបោះឆ្នោតលើកនេះ នៅមានខ្មែរមួយចំនួនទៀត មិនទាន់យកចិត្តទុកដាក់នឹងរឿងគ្រោះថ្នាក់ដ៏ធំនេះនៅឡើយទេ! យើងមិនមែនចង់ឲ្យ លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ធ្លាក់ពីដំណែងទេ គឺយើងធ្វើយ៉ាងឲ្យខ្មែររួចផុតពីកណ្ដាប់ដៃរយួន!
ហេតុនេះហើយ ខ្មែរមានតែងាកមករកខ្មែរគ្នាឯង រួបរួមគ្នាអំពាវនាវ ឲ្យអន្ដរជាតិយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ជាពិសេសតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ បើលោក ហ៊ុន សែន នៅតែពើងទ្រូងពីរឿងសង្គ្រាមយ៉ាងនេះ!
AH KWAK, WHY WE LISTENT TO YOU. YOU MEAN YOU TELL US TO ACCEPT THE RESULT THAT YOU STEAL FROM US & 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE UNABLE TO VOTES?????
THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN!!! MASS PROTEST THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY WILL RISE. WE DON'T TRUST YOU ANYMORE AH KWAK. WE WILL SURROUND YOUR MANSION JUST LIKE SADAM HUISEN.
REVIEW THE TAPE AND STUDY IT.
SIGNED: KYM
This guy never changes his attitude, with dirty and shameful tricks. He never thinks about the country, whatever he can do for the power, puppet of Vietnam. Now he prepares his relatives for the power, never care the people.
THIS GIVE KHMER THE MORE REASON TO FIGHT ON. KILL OR BE KILLED.
Hun Sen is cornered by the pressure of the Cambodian people and the CNRP. If the pressure is up Hun Sen has no better option to take other than to talk peace and conciliation. However, the CNRP and the people must keep the pressure up with protest and the independent investigation into the voter fraud must be done at its earliest before any kind of negotiation is to start. Right now, Hun Sen is testing the pressure and moving ahead with his plan to form the gov't and be the next prime minister of Cambodia again. Remember Hun Sen is not to be trusted, so don't ever take his words for its face value... only his action tells the truth.
Hello everyone, I'm khmer American and the president of a very strong opposition party in Cambodia. I wanted to being the best of democracy from the United States of America to Cambodia so cambodian don't have to be stuck in poverty. I have also prepared 140, 000 investers to come to Cambodia if the people ofCambodia elected me as the new Prime Minister for this 5th National parliamentary election, but I have to cancel all my contact with them because I only received approximately 45, 000 votes through out Cambodia! If only khmer people are smarter than everyone would vote for me. I'm khmer American, very powerful and everyone in Cambodia should vote for me, why because I am the best. The European unions only know and respect me more than Sam rainsy and khem sokha. If Sam rainsy and Khem sokha want to solve the political in Cambodia, they need to talk to me because I'm their only ticket to European unions ears and America ears; they only listen to me not San rainsy and Khem sokha.
3:10 AM,
You are full of shit, claiming to be a democrat believing in democracy, but talking like a dictator in disguise.
Why should anyone believe in you and trust you when you talk with such a nonsense?
Get your friend to read what you write back to you and ask yourself if you believe in such a bullshit talk! If you do, then you are not smart at all and there is no way smart westerner would listen to you!
Most Cambodians are smart not to give you any votes. The 45000 that you claimed to have voted for you probably did so because of their ignorance or incentives you provided.
I agree with CLAW, only dictator dont need the opposition, only the communist dont need the opposition. Peaceful demonstration wont work, only a real revolution that will definitely work with human power.
I have a feeling that there will be a mass demonstration by the dissatisfying voters, and that will put pressure to the Cpp. If the Cpp kills the demonstrators, then Hun Sen's time has come to an end.
Hun Sen wants to go down the same way Sadam, Qadafi et al did.
We have to understand how Hun Sen’s head works. He does not care about the loss of a million of innocent lives as long as he can cling on to power, and the West should understand that too.
HOPE WILL NEVER FADE UNTIL 9.6 MILLIONS VOTERS COMPROMISED.
OUR HOPE IS GROWING EACH DAY UNTIL THE DAY WE ACHIEVED THIS HOPE.
DON'T UNDER ESTIMATED OUR YOUTH POTENTIAL.... A WARNING BACK TO MR. HUN SEN.
Every move Hun Sen has made since before the Election Day has made the people hating him even more. Hun Sen is a smart man playing dumb, he should go.
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