Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
“Don’t trust the sky, don’t trust the stars,
Don’t trust the wife who claims to have no lover,
Don’t trust your mother who claims to have no debt”
- Old Khmer saying
Even though numerous high-ranking Funcinpec party officials defected to join the CPP, Funcinpec party leaders still claim that this party will absolutely not merge with the CPP. Lu lay Sreng, No. 1 Funcinpec party vice-president, told The Mekong Times that his party will not merge with the CPP. He said that Funcinpec has a very clear identity, and the defection of party members will not shake the party. He stressed: “As long as there is Lu Lay Sreng in Funcinpec, this party will not go anywhere.” Serey Kosal, the party deputy secretary-general, also indicated that the past defection of Funcinpec officials cannot force this party to merge with the CPP. He said that, now and in the future, Funcinpec is and will not be a satellite nor a lackey of the CPP, but that it is the CPP partner only, there is no time to merge Funcinpec with any other party.
