12 January 2008
By Moeung Tum
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Chea Sim, CPP party president and Senate president, said on 07 January that the CPP still selects Hun Sen, the current prime minister, as the party prime minister candidate – just like what it did in the three previous mandates – for the upcoming July 2008 general election.
Chiem Yeap, a member of the CPP permanent committee and a MP, told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper published at the end of last week, that the CPP received a lot of support from the voters because it was the historical liberator of the Cambodian people from the genocidal KR regime from 07 January 1979 on.
However, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said that the CPP should explain to the people to understand that 07 January was the day that Cambodia lost her independence and national integrity.
Chiem Yeap, a member of the CPP permanent committee and a MP, told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper published at the end of last week, that the CPP received a lot of support from the voters because it was the historical liberator of the Cambodian people from the genocidal KR regime from 07 January 1979 on.
However, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said that the CPP should explain to the people to understand that 07 January was the day that Cambodia lost her independence and national integrity.
