According to Meng Rita, SRP Secretary-General, Sam Rainsy (L) and Kem Sokha (R) may soon meet each other to resolve their difference. Overseas trips for the two may have eased somewhat the tension between SRP and CCHR.Thursday, April 20, 2006
Kem Sokha returning home to Cambodia following overseas tour
By Kong Sothanarith
Cambodge Soir
Translated from French by KI-Media
Kem Sokha, the director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), returned yesterday from abroad following a tour taking him to the US, Europe, and Australia. Kem Sokha said that the tour, meant to collect support for the action of his center, was deemed “successful.” The mayors of Lowell and Long Beach presented him with a ‘gold key’ to their city. This means that their door is opened to me, and when I have a problem, I can turn to them,” Kem Sokha said.
Before his departure, relationships between CCHR and SRP were tense. The SRP asked its militants not to participate in forums organized by the center, under the pretext that at one of these meetings, Kem Sokha had criticized the SRP new policy towards the CPP. Furthermore, the SRP had accused Kem Sokha of using his center and the means at the center’s disposal to form a political party. Kem Sokha had denied this accusation.
“In fact, there is no problem between me and the SRP. It is a misunderstanding. People have not reported correctly to Sam Rainsy what I said,” Kem Sokha assured. To Kem Sokha, a “reconciliation” is not necessary.
Meng Rita, the interim SRP Secretary-General, declined comment on Kem Sokha’s declarations. “However, Sam Rainsy and him (Kem Sokha) will soon meet each other to resolve the difference,” he added.
Before his departure, relationships between CCHR and SRP were tense. The SRP asked its militants not to participate in forums organized by the center, under the pretext that at one of these meetings, Kem Sokha had criticized the SRP new policy towards the CPP. Furthermore, the SRP had accused Kem Sokha of using his center and the means at the center’s disposal to form a political party. Kem Sokha had denied this accusation.
“In fact, there is no problem between me and the SRP. It is a misunderstanding. People have not reported correctly to Sam Rainsy what I said,” Kem Sokha assured. To Kem Sokha, a “reconciliation” is not necessary.
Meng Rita, the interim SRP Secretary-General, declined comment on Kem Sokha’s declarations. “However, Sam Rainsy and him (Kem Sokha) will soon meet each other to resolve the difference,” he added.
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