Tue, 13 August 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
CNRP
deputy president Kem Sokha rejects the NEC’s election results during a
press conference in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district. VIREAK MAI
The
opposition party warned yesterday that any protests would be solely the
responsibility of the National Election Committee, hours after the body
released updated preliminary results confirming a ruling party win
despite a pending bipartisan investigation.
The
results, broadcast yesterday morning on TVK, did not include seat
allocations. But calculations based on their figures show that the
Cambodian People’s Party won 68 seats to the Cambodia National Rescue
Party’s 55 – the same breakdown as announced by the CPP on election day.
Parties
are given a 72-hour window in which to file complaints. Final results,
which will include seat allocations, will be released on September 8,
according to the NEC.
In
a press conference held shortly after the announcement, CNRP deputy
president Kem Sokha slammed the body for releasing its figures before a
joint investigation had been carried out.
“The
leaders of the CNRP have expressed so much regret and object to the
temporary results of the election being announced by the NEC at this
time,” Sokha said. “The declaration, given the current situation, means
that the NEC must be responsible absolutely for rebellion or protests
that can cause political instability from voters who have been waiting
for justice.”
On
Friday, the opposition and ruling parties agreed to a joint
investigation into election irregularities to be monitored by the UN and
carried out by NGOs.
Representatives
from both parties said yesterday that the discussions are ongoing,
though there has been no meeting since and no forward motion.
Pointing
to the pending investigation, Sokha said the NEC appeared to be
“defying the will of the people” and driving a wedge between the two
parties after the pair agreed in principle to a special inquiry.
“All these affairs are serious mistakes by the NEC,” he said.
On
his Facebook page, opposition leader Sam Rainsy echoed the comments
made at the conference, writing that the “quick announcement of the
temporary election results by the NEC shows it seems to be under
pressure by a powerful person”.
The
results came two days later than originally scheduled, after the NEC
said it would delay it in order to have more time to look into
irregularities.
NEC secretary-general Tep Nytha yesterday defended the body’s decision, saying they held out as long as possible.
“We
have no choice, because we had already delayed [by two days] while
waiting for the two parties to find a resolution, but there was no
success, so we can’t wait any longer,” he said.
CNRP Spokesman Yim Sovann said they were readying an official complaint against the results to be submitted shortly.
Separately,
he said, the party had amassed roughly 10,000 instances of
irregularities from around the country, which would not be submitted to
the NEC but had been reserved “until the [joint] commission is formed”.
A
coalition of about 40 NGOs, including Adhoc, Comfrel, Licadho and
Transparency International, said the timing of yesterday’s results
announcement had the potential to destabilise the country.
““This
attitude does nothing but increase existing tension amongst Cambodia’s
disenfranchised voters. During such a tense period, the announcement
will obviously invite reaction and is potentially destabilising for the
nation,” the statement reads.
The
coalition also called on the NEC to take note of comments made by UN
human rights envoy Surya Subedi last year, in which he warned that an
electoral process that did not have the trust of the people risked
undermining the Paris Peace Agreements and could lead to violence.
“This
decision flies in the face [of] progress in negotiations between these
parties,” it continues. “The consequences of such would lie with the NEC
and be noted in history.”
In
a fiery speech made just days before he left the country to attend his
daughter’s wedding, Rainsy vowed mass demonstrations unless election
results reflected a CNRP win. Interior Minister Sar Kheng then warned
that the party’s leaders would be held liable for any crimes committed
by protesters.
Yesterday,
Kheng again warned against protests, appealing to the public to refrain
from joining and blasting the CNRP for their rhetoric.
Pointing
to its refusal to monitor the NEC’s verification process, which took
place last week, Kheng accused the party of deliberately avoiding
negotiations in favour of inflaming tensions.
“There
is a huge regret that leaders of the CNRP did not participate in the
open meeting and turned to propaganda, persuading people to join a mass
demonstration against the result of the election, which created concern
among our people,” he said in a statement.
Speaking
on the sidelines of yesterday’s conference, party whip Son Chhay denied
similar statements, insisting that despite Rainsy’s public remarks, the
party had no intention of stoking demonstrations.
“We
are the ones who have calmed them down. We say, ‘Please wait for the
investigation to take place, do not do anything that would be harmful to
society’,” he said.
“But
the CPP and the NEC are the ones who really want to make all these
problems, like the government moving all these tanks and army around to
scare people. This is not going to help to calm people.”
Meanwhile,
with progress on a joint resolution appearing to have stalled, the CPP
took pains yesterday to remind the CNRP of its plans should the
opposition boycott the first National Assembly session.
“If
out of 123 lawmakers there are only 62 or 63 [we] can still hold the
session and approve [laws] with only 62-63 [lawmakers present],” said
senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap, who is also heading the ruling party
delegation to the joint committee. “If they do not participate, it does
not matter.”
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ABBY SEIFF, MAY TITTHARA AND VONG SOKHENG
22 comments:
CAMBODIA DO NOT BELONG TO HUN SEN
28 YEARS IN POWER TOO LONG
will rainsy and idiotic Kem sokha be able to take youn back to Harnoi? what make you belived that ? and will rainsy be able to maintain peace and stable ?. will rainsy be able to stop corruption ?. and i am curiouse what make you feel that way? if you drawn only purely khmer will gave you a hand. like hun sen did. rainsy he is chinese, he never lived and share us whil we were in killing field te. i am curious why only ransy . we have millions khmer that got high dergree than rainsy. wasnt it true ?
NEC final election result was already setup by Hun Sen before an election started. NEC is a useless committee.
We can stop youn take over the country. Stop selling land for rubber plantation. Secure the border properly. Just like yourn secure their border protect from cambodia entering theur country at the curren present. The cpp is the trouble makers. Hun san is brain wash by yourn.
ah mike, your mother is a whore, is itn't right? your father fk around too, righ? He killed Piseth Pilica after fk her, right? and you are his son and continuing to do the same to those young under age bar girls, right? and they are cursing you and family to be burnt in hell, eight? and your dyanasty is living on borrowing time, right? wait only a few more weeks and see what will happen to you all, right? This time, spirits of those innocent souls will pull you all down to hell to be burnt forever and ever 'put tony sroop'. hahaha right? move out of the way, you are nothing but a scumbag, a khmer killer of all times, just fk off puppet, treason is...
Hun Sen is not just brainwashed by the f*cking Yuons. He is absolutely been VC puppet for nearly 30 years. His whole entire rise to power was made possible by Yuons. Get real people. Without the f*cking Yuons, Hun Sen would be nothing.
With that being said, he is still a Cambodian by blood. I hope he still have the soul of a Cambodian.
VC, Chinese and CPP (taitors) crooks are killing our people on a daily basis. International community must put pressure onto those two nations to leave comabodia alone once and for all. It is time for UN to acknowledge that khmers did not kill khmers and that these two nations have lied and fooled the UN of their evil actions all along. It is time to say enough is enough. UN must make them pay for what they done to us khmers, because it is right and just e.g they have committed those crimes against humanity and therefore, they have to pay,
Anyway, if the good do nothing the evil will win for sure. Hun must go, the end!
CPP-Viet pull the trigger...
Chinese supplies weapons...
If the Khmers don't have guns, make yourself some bows and arrows or spears. We must protect our land and our family. Two f*cking punks go into Kampong Speu and killed a 67 years old man. Kill them back! Kills the Yuons and the CPP
Long Live VietNam and Hun Sen... Hunting Season start now so run while you can CNRP and all the useless khmer...
Soon we will make you a new province to VietNam.
Long Live VietNam and Hun Sen is greatest leaders of All time .. Khmer live today because of VietNam and Hun Sen.. not Dog King Sihanouk and Sihamoni....
That pointing finger say RUN while you can ... hunting season start now
Run king run
mother king run too
they are only good to be DOG.
I also don't believe Sam Rainsy can take over the country. he has been playing dirty trick with Hun Sen. Remember why Sam Rainsy did not receive Pardon from the King long time ago, I quest before the election that Sam Rainsy will go back to Cambodia before the election, then here we go, he got pardon a week before election because Hun Sen asked the king nto do so. I also thought that Hunse will give Ransy 55 seat and CPP 68, and then on the election day CPP annount the same what thought. Did you Remember 2008? What Rainsy did, was it the same or not. That was set up by CPP. Hun Sen made a threat to wage war if they lose the election, so NEC their buddy must stealing all vote they want. They also let yuon come to vote without any problem, when Khmer went to vote the did not allow because some already vote for them. I can say on and on of their trick to steal the vote.
842, I think you have just have answered your own question. If you like politics, you would understand what is going on. Hun Sen is a namesake only.
ah 8:42 AM stop barging, go back to eat shit.
i can measure the moon the sky and planet and the sun but i cant understand the madness of thepeople motion. said sir issac newton. rainsy weak mad and no quality for leadership at all he rainsy never achieved anything in life. isnt it true?. from 1975 to 1985 khmer in savage suffer hunger rainsy lived and spen his father corrupted money in paris. wasnt it right ?. 1993 we are at peace . rainsy show up and cliam himeself a khmer compatroit. and hun sen slave youn traitor. doese it make any sense to you ? no right ?. if this weakness rainsy win all khmer are supper ignorance. and i will stop all my investment. wasnt it fair ?. mike
Aug 13, 2013 7:13pm
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Hey all of you @6:34 AM/9:03 AM/8:37 AM:
The ways you talked and barked are trying to show yourselves as Yuon/Vietnamese dog eaters coming from a Vietnamese/Yuon dog eating nation.
Right?
So, Americans, Europeans, Middle East and other countries need to learn and hear about the Vietnamese dog eaters like you who are so cruel and evil.
So, Vietnamese dog eaters will be posted on Banners - Saying that Vietnamese dog eaters go back to Hanoi. Stop stealing Cambodian Properties, Stop killing to steal their land, etc.
Wait and see in Paris, New York City... in order to make the tourists hear about the evil Yuon/Vietnamese dog eaters every corner of the world, making the Vietnamese folks look so embarrassed and shameful.
Then Americans, Europeans, people of Middle East and other countries in the world will find the Vietnamese/Yuon dog eaters very disgusted on the planet because they killed so many innocent Cambodian people before, during and after the Killing Fields in Cambodian. They are the Vietnamese dog eating thieves on the planet.
They [Yuon/Vietnamese dog eaters] have to make themselves as victims of the wars and make Americans, Europeans, people of Middle East and other countries in the world feel sorry for them, but these Vietnamese dog eating folks and thieves are very evil and robbed or took advantages of Americans, Europeans, people of Middle East and other countries in the world like that.
Again, Vietnamese dog eaters like 6:34 AM/9:03 AM/8:37 AM are so stupid as they think they were right and smart like shitty.
Hun Sen /CPP will always win the election so long as the NEC continues to be working for their boss. NEC needs to be removed and it needs to be replaced by a committee not affiliated with any political party. This problem will continue to the next election. ."Eliminate NEC" to stop it from repeating.
The truth is no nation would want us to grow but to fall apart. Everyone please wake up, especially Hun Sen, please just look around,e,g every nation has the right to change their leadership style because it is right and just. If we can change all the time is the better because then, they will do a better job,e,g every leader will be more focus on the job that needed to be done. So, we have to change for the benefit of our nation.
I have been living in the West for almost all of my life and I have learnt that, every nation are to themself. I would not do thing that are not beneficial to them e,g by using orphanage organisation to their advantage e,g collecting money in the name of helping the poor children but NOT! the more a nation is collapsed is the better, so that, they can exploite those victims.
In the West belief without creating war, they will make a loss and so, they have to create one war after another e.g when they saw Hun is still in power, they started to cheers and glade about it, why? because they don't want to see us grow but o fall apart.
To Hun Sen, please be wiser, don't let outsiders get what they want, we have to find way to conform for the benefit of our nation. The truth is, I don't want you to die but to live, past on valuable skill to help to develop our nation. I understand that you are a puppet of the outsiders, but you put a stop and say to them 'enough is enough...I shall rule my country my own way of life'. Please try to make peace, not war otherwise, outsiders will win. Remember this, no one can help us, unless you let them, thank you.
The truth is no nation would want us to grow but to fall apart. Everyone please wake up, especially Hun Sen, please just look around,e,g every nation has the right to change their leadership style because it is right and just. If we can change all the time is the better because then, they will do a better job,e,g every leader will be more focus on the job that needed to be done. So, we have to change for the benefit of our nation.
I have been living in the West for almost all of my life and I have learnt that, every nation are to themself. they would not do thing that are not beneficial to them e,g by using orphanage organisation to their advantage e,g collecting money in the name of helping the poor children but NOT! the more a nation is collapsed is the better, so that, they can exploite those victims.
In the West belief without creating war, they will make a loss and so, they have to create one war after another e.g when they saw Hun is still in power, they started to cheers and glade about it, why? because they don't want to see us grow but o fall apart.
To Hun Sen, please be wiser, don't let outsiders get what they want, we have to find way to conform for the benefit of our nation. The truth is, I don't want you to die but to live, past on valuable skill to help to develop our nation. I understand that you are a puppet of the outsiders, but you put a stop and say to them 'enough is enough...I shall rule my country my own way of life'. Please try to make peace, not war otherwise, outsiders will win. Remember this, no one can hurt us, unless you let them, thank you.
Sam rainsy, Kem Sokha and CNRP... have become annoying. Their bark are worse than their bite!
These leaders are not worried because they could escape quickly to foreign country.
Moreover, Sam Rainsy is already safe in the USA.
All Khmers in our country must take our destiny in our own hands and go to demonstration before being hunted and killed by the bloothursty HUN Xen
Don't believe Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha who assure us not to worry.
You must b fu.... blind bcause you can't see millions youths stand up and support CNRP.
Tell me which high degree khmer who would come out to face the HS gov.?
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