12 December 2007By Mayarith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Leaders of the HRP declared that they will not allow the HRP to unite with any other party without setting its conditions.
In a statement issued recently, the HRP presented its four conditions in order for any political party to unite with the HRP, prior to the upcoming 2008 general election.
Kem Sokha, HRP President, discussed about these 4 conditions during a declaration he gave yesterday: “Any party that can unite with the HRP, must at least have 4 common goals (as the HRP). (1) the term of party president must be limited to 2 at most, for a period of 10 years (in total?), (2) there must be a division of power inside the party, that is one individual cannot hold power to everything, (3) the party president must declare his assets, and (4) the party name must not bear the name of an individual. There must be at least these 4 conditions before we can talk about unification with each other.”
It is believed that the specifications of these 4 conditions came about after Prince Norodom Ranariddh sounded the HRP about forming an alliance in order to fight the CPP during the upcoming 2008 election.
Nevertheless, the HRP did not indicate if it presented these 4 conditions as a response to any particular party, however, Kem Sokha declared that they are the HRP’s general unity stance.
Furthermore, regarding Prince Ranariddh, Kem Sokha indicated along with his evaluation that: “The HRP is currently conducting unification, for example with H.E. Pen Sovann who participated, H.E. Keo Remy also participated, H.E. Son Soubert also participated. We are nationalist democrats who are uniting with each other. The leader of other parties, such as Prince Ranariddh, he does not have the ability to unite nationalist and democratic Cambodians, even his own people within the Funcinpec, he cannot unite them, and even his own family, he can’t even unite them, therefore it is very difficult (for him). We have no confidence that leaders of other political parties can unite the nationalists, that is why we form the HRP. We had and we are conducting the unification, that is why, if there is any political party, or any individual who adhere to similar democratic principles, we will continue to unite with them, this is necessary.”
The NRP has not reacted yet to the HRP declaration.
In a statement issued recently, the HRP presented its four conditions in order for any political party to unite with the HRP, prior to the upcoming 2008 general election.
Kem Sokha, HRP President, discussed about these 4 conditions during a declaration he gave yesterday: “Any party that can unite with the HRP, must at least have 4 common goals (as the HRP). (1) the term of party president must be limited to 2 at most, for a period of 10 years (in total?), (2) there must be a division of power inside the party, that is one individual cannot hold power to everything, (3) the party president must declare his assets, and (4) the party name must not bear the name of an individual. There must be at least these 4 conditions before we can talk about unification with each other.”
It is believed that the specifications of these 4 conditions came about after Prince Norodom Ranariddh sounded the HRP about forming an alliance in order to fight the CPP during the upcoming 2008 election.
Nevertheless, the HRP did not indicate if it presented these 4 conditions as a response to any particular party, however, Kem Sokha declared that they are the HRP’s general unity stance.
Furthermore, regarding Prince Ranariddh, Kem Sokha indicated along with his evaluation that: “The HRP is currently conducting unification, for example with H.E. Pen Sovann who participated, H.E. Keo Remy also participated, H.E. Son Soubert also participated. We are nationalist democrats who are uniting with each other. The leader of other parties, such as Prince Ranariddh, he does not have the ability to unite nationalist and democratic Cambodians, even his own people within the Funcinpec, he cannot unite them, and even his own family, he can’t even unite them, therefore it is very difficult (for him). We have no confidence that leaders of other political parties can unite the nationalists, that is why we form the HRP. We had and we are conducting the unification, that is why, if there is any political party, or any individual who adhere to similar democratic principles, we will continue to unite with them, this is necessary.”
The NRP has not reacted yet to the HRP declaration.
