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| Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) shakes hands with opposition leader Sam Rainsy in Phnom Penh on September 16, 2013, as thousands of people mass for a second day to protest a disputed election |
By Suy Se | AFP News – Sept 16 ,2013
Cambodia's political rivals held fresh crisis talks Monday as thousands of protesters massed for a second day following violent clashes against a disputed election that left one demonstrator dead and several wounded.
Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy met for several hours at the National Assembly in search of a way out of the deepening political standoff triggered by July polls marred by allegations of electoral fraud.
In a joint statement released afterwards, they said they had agreed on three points -- to heed the king's call for an end to the violence, to set up a mechanism to bring about election reform in the future and to continue negotiations.
The talks followed violent clashes in the capital Phnom Penh Sunday on the fringes of a mass demonstration that drew an estimated 20,000 opposition supporters demanding an independent probe into the vote.
Security forces fired smoke grenades, tear gas and water cannon at rock-throwing protesters.
The opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) blamed the authorities for the death of a protester who, according to witnesses, was shot in the head.
"The CNRP strongly condemns the cruel violence by police who shot and beat people... causing a youth to die and many injuries and arrests by the authorities," it said in a statement.
Military police spokesman Kheng Tito denied the security forces had fired live ammunition.
"The military police used only batons and shields and police used tear gas. We did not use live rounds," he said late Sunday.
Thousands of opposition protesters joined the second of three planned days of rallies in a park in the capital on Monday to keep up the pressure on Hun Sen.
"Our votes were robbed," said 56-year-old Srin Chea, who travelled from southern Kandal province.
"I am angry. I want justice. I am not afraid of death."
Hun Sen, 61, has been in power for 28 years and has vowed to rule until he is 74.
His government is regularly accused of ignoring human rights and suppressing political dissent.
Rainsy addressed cheering supporters at the main protest site on Sunday, calling for a recount or new vote.
He said opposition lawmakers would boycott the opening of the parliament on September 23 unless the government addressed the alleged election irregularities.
"Brothers, this is an important mission to rescue the nation," Rainsy told demonstrators, many holding banners reading "my vote, my nation" and "where is my vote?"
The violence came despite a rare meeting on Saturday between Rainsy and Hun Sen, hosted by King Norodom Sihamoni, that was later described by the opposition leader as a "first step" towards ending the crisis.
In a statement released on Monday, Sihamoni offered condolences to the families of the dead and injured.
"I would like to appeal to compatriots -- both demonstrators and the authorities -- to stop all violence such as throwing rocks and using weapons that would inflict injuries and death and cause serious danger to our entire nation," he said.
According to final election results, Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won 68 seats in the July polls against 55 for the opposition.
Rainsy, a French-educated former banker, was barred from running in the July elections because his name was removed from the electoral register last year following criminal convictions he contends were politically motivated.
He returned from several years of self-imposed exile in July after receiving a surprise royal pardon.
The CNRP has rejected the tally, alleging widespread vote rigging, but so far its efforts to challenge the results have failed and it has few formal options left in its bid to overturn Hun Sen's victory.
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sam muk tae ah pkap muk CNRP?
AH HUN SEN CAN CHANGE FROM HOT TO COOL ANYTIME BY THE COMMAND FROM HANOI. HE KNOW NOTHING BUT ACT AFTER HANOI WHAT TO DO STARTING FROM CRYING AT KOH PICH TO SHAKING HAND WITH SAM RAINSY. AT THE AIRPORT, HE HAS ANOTHER BEHAVIOR. AT THE BOTTOM LINE, CNRP IS NEGOTIATING WITH YOUN. IF CNRP ACCEPTED TO JOIN THEM FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT, IT WILL BE THE END OF KHMER NATION WITHOUT RETURN.
CNRP NEED TO GROUND AT THE DEMOCRATIC PARK UNTIL THE POSITIVE RESULT FOR KHMER PEOPLE.
Kompi Ved
31. Three things are necessary to make every man great, every nation great:
1. Conviction of the powers of goodness.
2. Absence of jealousy and suspicion.
3. Helping all who are trying to be and do good.
32. I call him a traitor who, having been educated, nursed in luxury by the heart's blood of the downtrodden millions of toiling poor, never even takes a thought for them. Where, in what period of history your rich men, noblemen, your priests and potentates took any thought for the poor -- the grinding of whose faces is the very life - blood of their power?
33. Who thinks of raising these sunken downtrodden millions? A few thousand graduates do not make a nation, a few rich men do not make a nation. True, our opportunities are less, but still there is enough to feed and clothe and made ten million more comfortable, nay, luxurious.
34. Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and an all - conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.
35. "Truth alone triumphs, not untruth. Through truth alone lies the way to Devayana (the way to the gods)." Those who think that a little sugar - coating of untruth helps the spread of truth are mistaken and will find in the long run that a single drop of poison poisons the whole mass. . . The man who is pure, and who dares, does all things.
36. Neither numbers nor powers nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will prevail, but purity, living the life, in one word, anubhuti , realisation. Let there be a dozen such lion - souls in each country, lions who have broken their own bonds, who have touched the Infinite, whose whole soul is gone to the Supreme Being, who care neither for wealth nor power nor fame, and these will be enough to shake the world.
37. Let us work without desire for name or fame or rule over others. Let us be free from the triple bonds of lust, greed of gain, and anger. And this truth is with us!
38. Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be at your feet. They say, "Have faith in this fellow or that fellow", but I say, "Have faith in yourself first", that's the way. Have faith in yourself -- all power is in you -- be conscious and bring it out. Say, "I can do everything." "Even the poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it." Beware! No saying "nay", no negative thoughts! Say, "Yea, Yea."
39. Give and take is the law; and if Cambodia wants to raise herself once more, it is absolutely necessary that she brings out her treasures and throws them broadcast among the nations of the earth, and in return be ready to receive what others have to give her. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, and hatred is death. We commenced to die the day we began to hate other races; and nothing can prevent our death unless we come back to expansion, which is life.
40. Do any deserve liberty who are not ready to give it to others? Let us calmly and in a manly fashion go to work, instead of dissipating our energy in unnecessary fretting and fuming. I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything he really deserves. The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
Justice and freedom never drop from sky without sacrifice.We have to sacrifice together to take freedom and justice from the hand of dictator.It's enough,we living under system of communist in the past.We lost the land,lost the forest,lost natural resource,lost freedom,lost justice,living with low salary.We are poor,the high rank became billionaire,millionaire from corruption.Stand up together fight for justice and freedom,don't believe Hun Sen any more.Inside CPP has problem now,so Hun Sen Just console CNRP to calm down a little bite,after Hun Sen will find the way to destroy CNRP.
ប្រយត្ន័ចាញ់បោកបក្សប្រជាជន លោកប្រធាន សម រង្ស៊ី ។
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ប្រយត្ន័ ប្រជាពលរដ្ធ ចាញ់បោក លោកប្រធាន សម រង្ស៊ី ?។
គឺប្រជាពលរដ្ធ ទេ ដែលត្រូវប្រយត្ន័ ចាញ់បោក ។
ចរចារបន្ត រវាងមេដឹកនាំបក្សទាំងពីរ នូវអ្វីគ្មានទំនាក់ទំនងនឹង យុត្តិធម៌នៃការបោះឆ្នោត ។
ក្នុងកំឡុងពេល ប្រជាពលរដ្ធ កំពុងធ្វើបាតុកម្ម ទាមទារអោយមាន យុត្តិធម៌នៃការបោះឆ្នោត។
គួរឫមិនគួរ ព្រួយបារម្ភ ??។
តើមានអ្វីគួរចរចាបន្ត ?
THE LATE U.S.A. PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WOULD SAY:
< MR. RAINSY AND MR. SOKHA! WIN THIS ONE FOR THE KHMER PEOPLE >
SI ENG KRUY
នែ ! នាងចិន្ដា នឹង អាបុរស សាកល,
ប្រាប់ទៅមេពួកអាអ្ហែង សម រង្ស៊ី ជាមេដឹកនាំមហាបាតុកម្មបង្គ្រប់កិច្ចទៅថា....
ការសង្ឃឹមអំពីជ័យជម្នៈរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ
គឺជាការសង្ឃឹមខ្យល់លើមេឃតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ!
ពួកនេះសុទ្ធតែជាពួកកាន់មាត់បាវអោយចោរ
និងជាអ្នកជួយទប់ជើងគ្រែអោយអា ហ៊ុន សែន!
ហើយពួកប្រឆាំងផ្កាប់មុខទាំងនេះគឺគ្មានបំណងធ្វើការ
ផ្លាស់ប្តូរពិតប្រាកដទេ ក្រៅពីបង្គ្រប់កៅអី និងបង្គ្រប់ងារជាឯកឧត្ដមតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ។
A coward PM HUN SEN. Why don't you come out and stand in front the Cambodian people if you think you're a real human being. You're look down on your people and treat people like animal. You're the looser HUN SEN.
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