Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Nationalist Party
Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)
Monday, June 29, 2009
Chhim Siek Leng becomes president of the renamed NRP
Monday, June 29, 2009
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Pen Sangha, the NRP spokesman, told Rasmei Kampuchea that the NRP extraordinary congress was held this past Saturday. The party decided to change its name from NRP to the “Nationalist Party” and it approved Chhim Siek Leng as the new party president. Besides selecting a new party president, the congress also selected 2 new party vice-presidents: You Hockry, the no. 1 party VP, and Pok Than, the no. 2 party VP. NRP MP Sao Rany from Prey Veng province was nominated as the party secretary-general. Nhiek Bun Chhay, Funcinpec secretary-general, and several other high-ranking Funcinpec officials were also guests at the congress. Pen Sangha indicated that the congress was held to change the party name only, there was no merger with Funcinpec yet, but the two royalist parties are cooperating with each other, as stipulated in the MOU between the two parties on 30 January 2009.
Friday, February 13, 2009
NRP generation war
12 Feb 2009
By Ung Chamroeun
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek
Click here to read the article in French
By Ung Chamroeun
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek
Click here to read the article in French
The two warring clans within this royalist party claimed to have found a negotiated solution to their crisis, on the other hand, they are increasing their exchange of barbs on one another.
For the last three weeks, the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) is split into two clans: the one led by Chhim Seak Leng, the party standing president, and the one led Suth Dina, the former deputy secretary-general of the NRP and the representative of the youths from the Khmer Front Party, which was the political party that formed the basis of the NRP.
The two camps tried to find a solution to their dispute. “Activists from our camp wish to see unity and we wish to put an end to the conflict,” Kim Sok, spokesman of the Suth Dina clan, indicated. “We, the party youths, want to reach a peaceful solution for the common interest (of both parties).”
Nevertheless, Kim Sok took opportunity of the occasion to criticize the attitude adopted by the “aging” party leaders who belong to the Chhim Seak Leng clan. He let it understood that the opposing camp, which includes You Hockry, consist of people who are “not very honest.”
“We will not let party members be removed without reason. We defend all the activists, not just Meas Sokun, the NRP representative in Banteay Meanchey who was expelled from the party at the end of January,” Kim Sok added.
According to communiqué distributed on Thursday 12 Feb by the Suth Dina clan, the internal conflict does not reflect the royalist party’s struggle for influence, “It is a conflict between a small group and a majority that fights for justice,” the communiqué read.
You Hockry, the NRP secretary-general, could not be reached by Cambodge Soir Hebdo on Thursday 12 Jan.
Sar Kheng, the (CPP) minister of Interior, told Em Sitha, a representative of the party youth movement, on that same day that his ministry would not allow the NRP to hold a congress on 15 Feb. Suth Dina whished to organize this congress to change the NRP party name, as Prince Ranariddh already left the party to work at the royal palace.
Sar Kheng indicated that only Chhim Seak Leng is authorized to call for a party congress.
For the last three weeks, the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) is split into two clans: the one led by Chhim Seak Leng, the party standing president, and the one led Suth Dina, the former deputy secretary-general of the NRP and the representative of the youths from the Khmer Front Party, which was the political party that formed the basis of the NRP.
The two camps tried to find a solution to their dispute. “Activists from our camp wish to see unity and we wish to put an end to the conflict,” Kim Sok, spokesman of the Suth Dina clan, indicated. “We, the party youths, want to reach a peaceful solution for the common interest (of both parties).”
Nevertheless, Kim Sok took opportunity of the occasion to criticize the attitude adopted by the “aging” party leaders who belong to the Chhim Seak Leng clan. He let it understood that the opposing camp, which includes You Hockry, consist of people who are “not very honest.”
“We will not let party members be removed without reason. We defend all the activists, not just Meas Sokun, the NRP representative in Banteay Meanchey who was expelled from the party at the end of January,” Kim Sok added.
According to communiqué distributed on Thursday 12 Feb by the Suth Dina clan, the internal conflict does not reflect the royalist party’s struggle for influence, “It is a conflict between a small group and a majority that fights for justice,” the communiqué read.
You Hockry, the NRP secretary-general, could not be reached by Cambodge Soir Hebdo on Thursday 12 Jan.
Sar Kheng, the (CPP) minister of Interior, told Em Sitha, a representative of the party youth movement, on that same day that his ministry would not allow the NRP to hold a congress on 15 Feb. Suth Dina whished to organize this congress to change the NRP party name, as Prince Ranariddh already left the party to work at the royal palace.
Sar Kheng indicated that only Chhim Seak Leng is authorized to call for a party congress.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
NRP rift deepens, faction seeks to oust lawmakers [-NRP is still in disarray]
NRP acting president Chhim Seak Leng shown here in a file photo. (Photo by: HENG CHIVOAN)Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Written by Neth Pheaktra
The Phnom Penh Post
Pre-empting his election as president of the NRP, Suth Dina makes public moves to oust You Hockry and Sao Rany
THE rift between the two factions of the beleagured Norodom Ranariddh Party deepened Monday, with one faction announcing an extraordinary congress to be held mid-February to elect a new president and change the name of the party to the Khmer National Front, officials said Monday.
"We are changing the name following the request of Prince Norodom Ranariddh not to use his photo and his name for the party. After the congress, we will send a list of candidates who will replace You Hockry and Sao Rany," Suth Dina, former spokesman of NRP, told the Post.
"We have already informed the National Election Committee and National Assembly about the end of You Hockry and Sao Rany as representatives," he said.
But You Hockry, secretary general of NRP, said that Suth Dina did not have the authority to end his time as a lawmaker.
"Who is the president of the party? It is Chhim Seak Leng. The Ministry of Interior recognises his legislation, and he is the legal representative of the NRP after Norodom Ranariddh resigned," he said.
"I have been informed that a group [led by Suth Dina] will organise a congress to chase us out of the party. But it will be illegal because only Chhim Seak Leng is the legal president.... I will send a letter to the Ministry of Interior to take measures against these illegal activities," he added.
Tep Nytha, NEC secretary general, said the commission was currently studying the legality of a letter requesting the removal of You Hockry and Sao Rany as lawmakers.
"According to the Ministry of Interior, only Chhim Seak Leng has the legal right to sign any document on behalf of the NRP. I have not received any changes from the Ministry of Interior," he said.
THE rift between the two factions of the beleagured Norodom Ranariddh Party deepened Monday, with one faction announcing an extraordinary congress to be held mid-February to elect a new president and change the name of the party to the Khmer National Front, officials said Monday.
"We are changing the name following the request of Prince Norodom Ranariddh not to use his photo and his name for the party. After the congress, we will send a list of candidates who will replace You Hockry and Sao Rany," Suth Dina, former spokesman of NRP, told the Post.
"We have already informed the National Election Committee and National Assembly about the end of You Hockry and Sao Rany as representatives," he said.
But You Hockry, secretary general of NRP, said that Suth Dina did not have the authority to end his time as a lawmaker.
"Who is the president of the party? It is Chhim Seak Leng. The Ministry of Interior recognises his legislation, and he is the legal representative of the NRP after Norodom Ranariddh resigned," he said.
"I have been informed that a group [led by Suth Dina] will organise a congress to chase us out of the party. But it will be illegal because only Chhim Seak Leng is the legal president.... I will send a letter to the Ministry of Interior to take measures against these illegal activities," he added.
Tep Nytha, NEC secretary general, said the commission was currently studying the legality of a letter requesting the removal of You Hockry and Sao Rany as lawmakers.
"According to the Ministry of Interior, only Chhim Seak Leng has the legal right to sign any document on behalf of the NRP. I have not received any changes from the Ministry of Interior," he said.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Disarray deepens in NRP [-Everybody is firing everybody else]
Monday, 02 February 2009
Written by Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
Written by Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
Central committee ousts 17 student group members.
TURMOIL within the Norodom Ranariddh Party reached new depths Saturday, with the party's central committee moving to oust 17 officials linked to the Democratic Front of Khmer Students and Intellectuals, former NRP spokesman Suth Dina told the Post Sunday.
The move followed an angry confrontation between Democratic Front members and NRP leaders Friday at party headquarters, a party press release said.
Suth Dina, one of the officials purged from the party, confirmed the ousters but argued the central committee had no grounds to remove the officials, as they were members responsible for creating the NRP.
"The decision was not valid. [NRP leaders] have no standing to remove officials who built the party in the first place. These [17] officials were members of the Khmer Front Party, which created the NRP for the sake of Prince Norodom Ranariddh," Suth Dina said.
He called the ousters revenge in response to efforts by the Democratic Front to remove three NRP leaders - Chhim Seak Leng, You Hockry and Sao Ranny - from power Friday.
"These leaders came to the party as assistants to Samdech Krom Preah. So, after his resignation from the party, they must go, too," Suth Dina said, referring to Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
No NRP leaders were available for comment Sunday, but a press release issued Friday stated that members of the Democratic Front "provoked turmoil" at party headquarters in Phnom Penh's Tuol Kork district.
"They destroyed NRP property and private property. Moreover, [they] erased the NRP logo and replaced it with the Khmer Front Party," the release stated.
It added: "The NRP would like to appeal to all levels of party leadership to strengthen the party's stand and not to be duped by propaganda from the Khmer Front Party."
Meanwhile, Prince Ranariddh issued a statement Saturday urging NRP leaders not to use his name or likeness for the party, despite requests to continue the connection through council elections scheduled for May.
TURMOIL within the Norodom Ranariddh Party reached new depths Saturday, with the party's central committee moving to oust 17 officials linked to the Democratic Front of Khmer Students and Intellectuals, former NRP spokesman Suth Dina told the Post Sunday.
The move followed an angry confrontation between Democratic Front members and NRP leaders Friday at party headquarters, a party press release said.
Suth Dina, one of the officials purged from the party, confirmed the ousters but argued the central committee had no grounds to remove the officials, as they were members responsible for creating the NRP.
"The decision was not valid. [NRP leaders] have no standing to remove officials who built the party in the first place. These [17] officials were members of the Khmer Front Party, which created the NRP for the sake of Prince Norodom Ranariddh," Suth Dina said.
He called the ousters revenge in response to efforts by the Democratic Front to remove three NRP leaders - Chhim Seak Leng, You Hockry and Sao Ranny - from power Friday.
"These leaders came to the party as assistants to Samdech Krom Preah. So, after his resignation from the party, they must go, too," Suth Dina said, referring to Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
No NRP leaders were available for comment Sunday, but a press release issued Friday stated that members of the Democratic Front "provoked turmoil" at party headquarters in Phnom Penh's Tuol Kork district.
"They destroyed NRP property and private property. Moreover, [they] erased the NRP logo and replaced it with the Khmer Front Party," the release stated.
It added: "The NRP would like to appeal to all levels of party leadership to strengthen the party's stand and not to be duped by propaganda from the Khmer Front Party."
Meanwhile, Prince Ranariddh issued a statement Saturday urging NRP leaders not to use his name or likeness for the party, despite requests to continue the connection through council elections scheduled for May.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Political Landscape Shifts as Prince Quits [... nothing earthshaking though]
By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
03 October 2008
Original report from Phnom Penh
03 October 2008
The announcement Thursday night by Prince Norodom Ranariddh that he was quitting politics for good led to an emergency session of his party Friday and suddenly altered Cambodia's political landscape.
Prince Ranariddh, who emerged in the 1990s as Hun Sen's chief political rival and only returned to Cambodia on Saturday after a year and a half of exile, told journalists at a dinner party Thursday night he was done with politics.
"I will resign from politics. I will go to work at the Royal Palace, if King [Norodom] Sihamoni allows me to work with him," Prince Ranariddh told a crowded banquet room of reporters. "My resignation will not affect my party."
The prince planned to appoint Norodom Ranariddh Party Vice President Chhim Siek Leng as the leader of the party, he said. In an emergency meeting Friday, NRP officials planned to hold an open vote for Chhim Siek Leng's leadership role.
Prince Ranariddh left the country in early 2007 ahead of a breech of trust trial, in which he was found guilty in absentia and sentenced to 18 months in prisonfor profiting from the sale of Funcinpec party headquarters when he was its president.
He was granted a royal pardon by King Sihamoni in September, with the approval of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Prince Ranariddh's resignation announcement was a regretful consequence of political pressure from the ruling Cambodian People's Party, other political leaders said.
"The resignation of Prince Norodom Ranariddh may be from a condition for his return to the country," said Kem Sokha, president of the Human Rights Party. "However, I'm not surprised at his resignation. The prince should have resigned from politics a long time ago, because his popularity has been decreasing."
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said Friday the prince's resignation was in the country's interest.
"In the political situation now, we need to compromise with parties for national reconciliation," he said.
Prince Ranariddh's political career began in March 1983, when he formed the Front Uni National pour un Cambodge Indépendant, Neutre, Pacifique, et Coopératif, or Funcinpec, party, contesting national elections in 1993.
Funcinpec won 58 National Assembly seats in the UN-sponsored elections, seven more than the Cambodian People's Party, led by Hun Sen, who denied the results and threatened open war and the declaration of an autonomous zone.
A power-sharing deal ensued, and the two men acted in a co-premiership until 1997, when the CPP seized control of the government following two days of armed conflict in Phnom Penh.
Following a contentious election win in 1998, the CPP offered a coalition deal to Funcinpec, beginning a tradition of political partnership that has lasted until today.
However, Prince Ranariddh split from Funcinpec and opened his own party from exile ahead of local commune elections in 2007 and national elections in July.
Both Funcinpec and the Norodom Ranariddh Party won only two seats apiece in July. The CPP offered the Funcinpec coalition status, but none was forthcoming for the party of the prince.
Prince Ranariddh, who emerged in the 1990s as Hun Sen's chief political rival and only returned to Cambodia on Saturday after a year and a half of exile, told journalists at a dinner party Thursday night he was done with politics.
"I will resign from politics. I will go to work at the Royal Palace, if King [Norodom] Sihamoni allows me to work with him," Prince Ranariddh told a crowded banquet room of reporters. "My resignation will not affect my party."
The prince planned to appoint Norodom Ranariddh Party Vice President Chhim Siek Leng as the leader of the party, he said. In an emergency meeting Friday, NRP officials planned to hold an open vote for Chhim Siek Leng's leadership role.
Prince Ranariddh left the country in early 2007 ahead of a breech of trust trial, in which he was found guilty in absentia and sentenced to 18 months in prisonfor profiting from the sale of Funcinpec party headquarters when he was its president.
He was granted a royal pardon by King Sihamoni in September, with the approval of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Prince Ranariddh's resignation announcement was a regretful consequence of political pressure from the ruling Cambodian People's Party, other political leaders said.
"The resignation of Prince Norodom Ranariddh may be from a condition for his return to the country," said Kem Sokha, president of the Human Rights Party. "However, I'm not surprised at his resignation. The prince should have resigned from politics a long time ago, because his popularity has been decreasing."
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said Friday the prince's resignation was in the country's interest.
"In the political situation now, we need to compromise with parties for national reconciliation," he said.
Prince Ranariddh's political career began in March 1983, when he formed the Front Uni National pour un Cambodge Indépendant, Neutre, Pacifique, et Coopératif, or Funcinpec, party, contesting national elections in 1993.
Funcinpec won 58 National Assembly seats in the UN-sponsored elections, seven more than the Cambodian People's Party, led by Hun Sen, who denied the results and threatened open war and the declaration of an autonomous zone.
A power-sharing deal ensued, and the two men acted in a co-premiership until 1997, when the CPP seized control of the government following two days of armed conflict in Phnom Penh.
Following a contentious election win in 1998, the CPP offered a coalition deal to Funcinpec, beginning a tradition of political partnership that has lasted until today.
However, Prince Ranariddh split from Funcinpec and opened his own party from exile ahead of local commune elections in 2007 and national elections in July.
Both Funcinpec and the Norodom Ranariddh Party won only two seats apiece in July. The CPP offered the Funcinpec coalition status, but none was forthcoming for the party of the prince.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Goodbye Loser-Prince, we'll try to erase you from Khmer memory as fast as we can
"I also asked forgiveness from my party members" - Norodom RanariddhCambodian Prince Ranariddh decides to retire from politics
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who is also the president of the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP), announced Thursday that he decided to quit from political stage of Cambodia.
"I decided to retire from politics after I had served the nation for more than 25 years," Ranariddh told reporters and his senior party members at a dinner party in Phnom Penh.
"I promised to our king to quit from politics when I paid a courtesy call to him this morning," he said.
"I want to have a rest from politics and it is enough for me," he said, without elaborating the reason in details.
Ranariddh said he would help Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in royal affairs but he did not reveal the position he will receive at the royal palace.
"I also asked forgiveness from my party members," he said, adding that he could not dissolve the NRP bearing his own name, which gets two of all 123 seats in the National Assembly.
The NRP president will be replaced by current deputy president Chhim Seak Leng, Ranariddh said.
After 18 months in self-imposed exile, Ranariddh returned to Cambodia Sunday, just days after a royal amnesty from King Sihamoni overturned the Prince's fraud conviction.
Ranariddh used to hold positions as Cambodian Prime Minister, President of National Assembly and President of Funcinpec Party.
"I decided to retire from politics after I had served the nation for more than 25 years," Ranariddh told reporters and his senior party members at a dinner party in Phnom Penh.
"I promised to our king to quit from politics when I paid a courtesy call to him this morning," he said.
"I want to have a rest from politics and it is enough for me," he said, without elaborating the reason in details.
Ranariddh said he would help Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in royal affairs but he did not reveal the position he will receive at the royal palace.
"I also asked forgiveness from my party members," he said, adding that he could not dissolve the NRP bearing his own name, which gets two of all 123 seats in the National Assembly.
The NRP president will be replaced by current deputy president Chhim Seak Leng, Ranariddh said.
After 18 months in self-imposed exile, Ranariddh returned to Cambodia Sunday, just days after a royal amnesty from King Sihamoni overturned the Prince's fraud conviction.
Ranariddh used to hold positions as Cambodian Prime Minister, President of National Assembly and President of Funcinpec Party.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
NRP Officials Testify Over Ousting
Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
17 July 2007
Original report from Phnom Penh
17 July 2007
High-ranking officials of the Norodom Ranariddh Party submitted affidavits and testimony Tuesday to Phnom Penh Municipal Court in hopes of proving the October 2006 ouster of Prince Ranariddh from Funcinpec was illegal.
NRP officers You Hokry and Chhim Siek Leng were called to testify as witnesses in the case against Funcinpec Secretary-General Nhek Bun Chhay.
The suit claims Nhek Bun Chhay falsified public documents and illegally held a party congress in Prince Ranariddh's absence to have him unseated as the president of the party, which remains the coalition partner of the ruling Cambodian People's Party.
"The evidence that I submitted some time ago will confirm that Nhek Bun Chhay intended to hold the congress and that the national council's meeting was in violation of the [party] chapter and internal rules," You Hokry told VOA Khmer. "Because he understood that he had no rights in convening a national council meeting and the congress—which is the president's sole right—he then altered the content of some letters and created documents that did not go through Prince Ranariddh as president."
Funcinpec spokesman Nov Sovatharo said the congress was legal and according to the party's bylaws.
Prince Ranariddh, who is out of the country, was found guilty in absentia earlier this year on charges related to embezzlement for the sale of Funcinpec's headquarters. He runs his eponymous party, which he started after his ouster from Funcinpec, from abroad.
NRP officers You Hokry and Chhim Siek Leng were called to testify as witnesses in the case against Funcinpec Secretary-General Nhek Bun Chhay.
The suit claims Nhek Bun Chhay falsified public documents and illegally held a party congress in Prince Ranariddh's absence to have him unseated as the president of the party, which remains the coalition partner of the ruling Cambodian People's Party.
"The evidence that I submitted some time ago will confirm that Nhek Bun Chhay intended to hold the congress and that the national council's meeting was in violation of the [party] chapter and internal rules," You Hokry told VOA Khmer. "Because he understood that he had no rights in convening a national council meeting and the congress—which is the president's sole right—he then altered the content of some letters and created documents that did not go through Prince Ranariddh as president."
Funcinpec spokesman Nov Sovatharo said the congress was legal and according to the party's bylaws.
Prince Ranariddh, who is out of the country, was found guilty in absentia earlier this year on charges related to embezzlement for the sale of Funcinpec's headquarters. He runs his eponymous party, which he started after his ouster from Funcinpec, from abroad.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
NRP officials summoned by the court
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The Phnom Penh municipal court issued a summon for You Hockry, the former 2nd vice-president of the National Assembly and current NRP secretary-general, and Chhim Siek Leng, the former minister of rural development and current NRP vice-president, to show up in court in the afternoon of 17 July, to act as witnesses in the lawsuit lodged by Prince Norodom Ranariddh against Nhiek Bun Chhay, Funcinpec secretary-general, for breach of trust and letter falsification. A source at the court indicated that the court summoned the two NRP officials to come to the court to clarify this case as major witnesses in Prince Ranariddh’s lawsuit. The same source indicated that Prince Ranariddh’s lawyer received the summons and already handed them over to the two NRP witnesses. The two NRP officials will show up in court at the prescribed time.
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