Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Chea Sim, the CPP president, pushed CPP activists in Phnom Penh to wrestle at least 6 of the 12 MP seats in Phnom Penh city. In a speech given on 31 May during a visit at the CPP headquarters in Chamcar Mon, Chea Sim directed the CPP in all the 7 districts in the city of Phnom Penh to leave behind the 4 seats it now has at the National Assembly and to grab 6 or more seats in the upcoming election. Chea Sim said that the CPP was successful in the past 3 mandates already, and that during the 4th legislative mandate, it will win even more because there are thousands of new SRP members who now support the CPP instead. Therefore, if efforts are equally made in the 7 city districts during the 4th legislative mandate election, then (the CPP) would be able to grab even more than the 6 seats (it plans to obtain). Phnom Penh city now has 12 seats at the National Assembly, and, during the current legislative mandate, the CPP obtained only 4. At the national level, the total number of seats at the National Assembly is 123, 73 of which are in the CPP’s hands. Chea Sim ordered the CPP to grab a total number of 81 seats in the upcoming election.
