Who’s your daddy?

Pen Sovann (Photo: AP)

Pen Sovann: I am the father of 02 December and 07 January

27 July 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Once again, Pen Sovann, the former prime minister of Cambodia at the beginning of the 80s and currently vice-president of the Human Rights Party, told his party members on Sunday that he was the one who led the army to liberate Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge regime. According to The Phnom Penh Post, Pen Sovann told about 200 HRP party members at the party headquarters that: “I am telling you that I am the father of 02 December and 07 January. I was the true president of the CPP.” He added: “I formed the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK).” He said that when he formed the 1979 government, he nominated Heng Xamrin, the current president of the National Assembly, to the position of chairman of the council of the revolutionary people of Kampuchea, and Chea Xim, the current president of the Senate, to the position of minister of Interior. Pen Sovann was nominated as the PRK prime minister in 1981, but he was subsequently arrested [by Hun Xen] and jailed in Vietnam for 10 years because he opposed the Vietnamese leaders’ policy of sending Viet immigrants to settle in Cambodia, as well as other Viet plans.

CPP marks anniversary of Yuon subservience?

CPP Marks Anniversary of ‘United Front’

By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
02 December 2009

National Assembly President Heng Samrin on Wednesday praised Cambodian soldiers deployed to the Thai border, as he marked the 31st anniversary of the formation of a front that helped oust the Khmer Rouge and led to the creation of today’s ruling party.

Speaking at the Chaktomuk Theater in Phnom Penh, Heng Samrin said soldiers were defending more than just temples on the Thai border, and he thanked the government officials, monks and laymen who had made donations to keep the soldiers entrenched in their positions.

Cambodia and Thailand have had troops deployed in a border dispute since July 2008, where tense moments since have been centered around the temples of Preah Vihear, Ta Mon and Ta Krabey.

The two sides are also engaged in a deepening diplomatic row over the hiring of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawtra as an economic adviser to Hun Sen.

Heng Samrin on Wednesday cautioned “peaceful negotiation based on the basic constitution and law, as well as the spirit of friendship and close cooperation.”

The Kampuchea United Front for National Salvation was formed Dec. 2, 1978, and was comprised of Cambodian soldiers loyal to Heng Samrin and others, including the would-be prime minister, Hun Sen. The group had the support of the Vietnamese government, which ousted the Khmer Rouge from power but carried out a decade-long occupation.

Members of the front became senior leaders of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party after they were installed by the Vietnamese administration. The group changed its name last year, to the Solidarity Fronts of Cambodian Development, which is presided over by Heng Samrin and remains under the CPP.

29th Anniversary for the formation of 02 December Vietnamese Puppet Front

Monday, December 3, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The CPP organized a meeting on 02 December 2007 to celebrate the 29th anniversary for the formation of the United Front for the National Salvation of Kampuchea (UFNSK) on 02 December 1978. The celebration took place at the CPP headquarters under the presidency of Senate president Chea Sim, and National Assembly president Heng Samrin who is also the president of the Solidarity Front for the Building of the Cambodian Motherland (SFBCM). In his speech given for the occasion, Heng Samrin considers 02 December as an extremely important event for the survival of the nation and the Cambodian people from the KR genocidal regime. Heng Samrin also claimed that this date helped pulled up the development and the rebuilding of society and bring about a new change. Heng Samrin stressed that without 02 December, there will no today’s celebration, and he went on to call all Cambodian people not to forget about this.
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KI-Media Note: SFBCM is in fact the new name of the Vietnamese puppet movement UFNSK.