Stuart White The Phnom Penh Post Tue, 24 September 2013
Concerns over election fraud, reports of apparently police-sanctioned attacks on protesters, and even the opposition’s parliamentary boycott did not stop foreign diplomats from attending the opening session of the National Assembly yesterday morning.
The event was attended by representatives from the US, EU, Australia, France, the UK and Japan, among others. While the US embassy and the EU delegation both released statements yesterday stressing that their attendance did not equate to an endorsement of the half-formed parliament, opinions differed on how the attendance of so many liberal, multi-party democracies would be portrayed by the ruling party.
In its statement, the US maintained that “a functioning National Assembly requires the participation of both major political parties”.
Ambassador William Todd, who appeared to studiously avoid Prime Minister Hun Sen’s receiving line at the assembly event – seemingly the only diplomat to do so – told reporters outside the National Assembly that his attendance was “basically for patronage for the King, but this in no way is an endorsement of the election result”.
“America still believes that the election results still have errors and irregularities that need to be looked into,” he added.
The EU, for its part, also pointed to the necessity of both parties’ participation, and noted "with concern the ongoing dispute over alleged irregularities in the electoral process”.
Requests for comment from the Australian, French and Japanese embassies were not returned as of press time.
Political analyst Lao Mong Hay said yesterday that the ambassadors’ attendance wasn’t inappropriate, even in the post-election period’s charged atmosphere but said that “of course” there was a danger it would be misrepresented.
“They have … already said that the opening was attended by the ambassadors of such and such countries, so as to convey to the public that, yes … the new government was supported by those ambassadors and their respective countries,” he said.
Opposition spokesman Yim Sovann, however, was more optimistic, saying that people would not be misled by Western democracies’ attendance “because you can see [in] the substance of the statements that what the CPP did is illegitimate”.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY RICK VALENZUELA
10 comments:
I would like sending these massages to the people around the world and to Cambodian people in Cambodia.
This Hun Sen Government is illegal government, 75 per cents of people are not agreed with this government. The King joins Parliamentary because Hun Sen force him, bear in mind Hun Sen hijacking the King.
Hun Sen cannot form this government because CPP lost the people votes, the truth result is CNRP 63 seats and CPP 60 seats after stole the votes from CNRP.
This government only one party that is very wrong, Cambodia is not communist country.
Around the world they are not recognize this Hun Sen Government, only two countries recognized are Vietnam and China. These two countries are robbing Cambodia right now.
This Hun Sen government is useless; the same people the same idea don’t know how to run the country, everyone looking for good opportunity to rub-off people lands and country resource.
In the past 28 years CPP government turned Cambodia upside down, lost their territory, people cannot fine the jobs, high rank government people rub-off people lands, throw people in jail because they speaks for their right, murder opposition people.
Today Cambodian people are living under International poverty line.
We are now living in the modern world; we don’t need this kind of abuse from government.
The bottom line is CPP government cannot run the country.
Cambodian people need new government.
This picture looks like s bunch of hyenas all over the clown king!!
The sculpture on the gate looks like the face of Hun Sen 100%. sick
Born to kiss ass, not lead.
Shameless bunch of corrupted individuals...
He is Norodom Si Ass Kisser.
He is a looser.
He is a dreamer.
He is totally a "FUCKER"
He got lost in Wolf pack.
He has no BRAIN, China removed it.
Chey yo Ah Snach Chhkout.
BREAKING NEWS
Cambodia 9-25-2013
Democracy was kidnapped from the Freedom Park on July 28, 2013 and raped in the Royal Palace on September 23, 2013 by group of CPP thugs.
sdach ach
“But they can rule by fraud, and by fraud eventually acquire access to the tools they need to finish the job of killing off the Constitution."
យើងជារាស្ត្រខ្មែរបានដឹងហើយថា ស្តេចខ្មែរកើតឡើងដោយសារ ហ៊ុន ខ្វាក់ មិនមែនកើត
ឡើងដោយសាររាស្រ្តនោះទេ ស្តេចខ្មែរស៊ីប្រាក់ពី ហ៊ុន ខ្វាក់ ប្រាក់ទាំងអស់នេះបានមកពីលក់ ជាតិ លក់កោះ កាត់ព្រំប្រទល់ដីជាដើម គឺក្បត់ជាតិនៃក្រុមប័ក្សប្រជាជន ហើយស្តេចខ្មែរក៏មានឈាមកាត់យួនដែរ តើរឿងអ្វី
ដែលជាទីរំពឹងរបស់រាស្ត្រខ្មែរ ព្រោះស្តេចខ្មែរក៏រួមចំណែកក្នុងការបំផ្លាញជាតិមួយចំណែកដែរ តើ!ស្តេចខ្មែរដែល
ដោះស្រាយឲ្យរាស្ត្រនូវរឿងណាមួយបានដែលឬទេ ស្តេចខ្មែរ ឬស្តេចសង្ឃទេព វង្ស គឺជាស្តេចបំរើយួនទាំងអស់
នេះឬសង្គមខ្មែរសម័យខ្មែរជឿនលឿន ឬសម័យខ្មែរឆ្ពោះទៅរកភាពបាត់បង់អ្វីជាខ្មែរ ។
CNRP u have politically cornered yourself into this difficult situation; from now on u can no longer unearth the root of CPP gov. and don't go lie to your supporters anymore. if you do anything vilotent as to damage the state's property, CPP will find a way to kick you out again ( and this time you'll stay in exile forever). so, don't do anything stupid; WE NEED YOU HERE, at lease for balancing the equation of CPP's corrupted gov. PLEASE, hang in there i'm sure we'll take it in the next election.
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