Thursday, April 19, 2007

Telltale sign at F'pec: the rats start to jump ship

Ly Thuch (Photo: Rasmei Kampuchea)

Ly Thuch leaves F’pec to join CPP

19 April 2007
Rasmei Kampuchea

Translated from Khmer by Socheata

According to a claim made by a high-ranking Funcinpec official, Ly Thuch, a minister and F’pec Pursat province MP, resigned from the F’pec party. He decided to join the CPP.

A high-ranking F’pec official to Rasmei Kampuchea in the afternoon of 18 April that Ly Thuch resigned from F’pec recently. The same official said that Ly Thuch is joining the CPP.

According to a letter dated 09 April Ly Thuch sent to Keo Puth Rasmei, F’pec president, he said that the reason he is resigning from the party is because he is too busy with government work under the leadership of Hun Sen. Along with his resignation, Ly Thuch also recalled about the numerous accomplishments and souvenirs he had built within F’pec.

Nouv Sovathero, the secretary of state at the Ministry of Information and F’pec spokesman, told Rasmei Kampuchea on 18 April that indeed Ly Thuch sent in his resignation letter but that the party has not officially made a decision yet. He said that Ly Thuch sent in his resignation letter shortly before the Khmer New year celebration, therefore F’pec leaders have not made a decision yet. He added also that because Ly Thuch is high-ranking party official and a member of the party permanent committee, the decision must be made by the permanent committee itself, and not by the party president.

Ly Thuch is known as a young intellectual who grew up through F’pec rank, and he successively received higher positions. He used to be the cabinet chief of Prince Ranariddh when the prince was the first prime minister during the first mandate government. He also was a former under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Rural Development, then minister at the same ministry, as well as a former chairman of committee no. 3 of the National Assembly. Last year, he received the National Assembly vote to become a minister in the government led by Prime Minister Hun Sen.

An official close to Ly Thuch told Rasmei Kampuchea that the reason Ly Thuch joins the CPP is because he sees the good activities accomplished by the CPP led by the 3 Samdachs (Hun Sen, Chea Sim, and Heng Samrin) in the struggle to liberate the country and the people from the genocide regime (Khmer rouge), and the way the CPP brought peace to the country. Ly Thuch believes that Hun Sen is a very smart leader and he brings in development in Cambodia in several fields, thus raising the prestige of Cambodia both in the region and in the world.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

hehe ... sounds like someone is
panicking.

Anonymous said...

In about a week,keo PUT and NHEK BUN CHHAY will join CPP also.

Anonymous said...

Right move, mate. Well done!

Anonymous said...

I am not surprise by Ly Thuch resignation from FUNCINPEC base on my two observations: Funcinpec is vanishing and Ly Thuch is a very opportunistic person.

Originally, Ly Thuch used to be a bag boy for Sam Rainsy. He know how to please his boss, so was promoted to work in Ranaridh's cabinet. Soon he become the chief of cabinet, he started to bittely criticise his former boss. Funcinpec cannot provide him any more personal benefits. It is time for him to a new master.

Anonymous said...

Yeah you are right! oppotunist.
I remember about 10 years ago he came to Canada to promote Func. when Sam Rainsy created a new party and he called Sam Rainsy "Mr clean" who didn't know how to profit on the situation (corruption).

Anonymous said...

Hey, everyone should do whatever
they have to do to look out for
their family wellbeing.

Good luck, Ly Thuch.

Anonymous said...

funcinpec people was spoiled by the corruptions and corrupt money they make. now they are willing to do anything to support that lifestyle including selling their souls to the devil. oh wait, they have no soul. yes, right. funcinpec people have no soul, no moral, no ethics, no standard, no skill. they are a bunch of losers out to suck from the country. they did nothing for cambodia. they are only destroying cambodia.
people like Ly Thuch should be condemned, blamed and shamed. they are not fit to be leaders of cambodia.

Anonymous said...

good luck to him,
he will be treated like a hungry and abused dog who is willing to do anything for a peice of bone.

does he think that the Cpp is going to trust him and promote him into their circle?

they will feed him scraps and tell him to do their dirty works. he will be very lucky if he doesn't find himself mysteriously death one day.

good luck loser.

Anonymous said...

To 4:12
You are right/Congratualtion, BUT Not Only Ly Thuch but all of Fun cinpec Members or Ranarot Party members have no choice, just join CPP for living...If available space they all will be treated /employed.. as slave and using all their money Grabbed from Cambodia People ,,, It is better than they or Ly Thuch return back to his Overseas home to be employed as Taxui Driver or just ordinary workers...
BUT one thing that I understand thatit is not FAIR for CPP If it uses Ly Thuch or others Politic Tourists and offer them any high Positions or benefits... Beacuse in Cambodia we still have many well-educated intellectuals who were well-trained abroad or locally and having honesty to CPP since 1979.... and they are not emplyed or promoted by CPP so far....

Anonymous said...

Ly Thuch or other FUN members are real opportunists....
If they will not join CPP what to do what to join with ????
If not so, they just come back home(abroad) to live quietly with his Greta Deal of Money robbed from Cambodia OR be a Taxi Driver.. or Ordinary Worker..
How is Ly Thuch more/Better educated than Other New Geneartion people in the Country ???
Speak French/English...
NO it is just logics that people living abroad should/must speak such a Language for Living including the DOGs who shall understand such a Language.....If NOT SO it will die nothing to EAT

Anonymous said...

Compatriots,
Can you imagine How Much Dollars LY THUCH earned while being as CHIEF of CABINET of Ranarot(1st PM)?? just only with Investors?? and others who sought for positions???

SO Bravo PM Hun Sen who accepted Ly Thuch as CPP, please pick-up his money!!!!
BUt please think about you local supporters since 1979 too.....

Anonymous said...

Please PM Hun Sen Accept YOU HOCKRY [former US Taxi Driver and former Deputy PM] as CPP member, he still have alot of Money (MillionsUSD)and wealthy assets (land House) in Cambodia and some are sold already...!!!
Pick Up his money to spend for Cambodians !!
Do not let him take those sums abroad !!!

Anonymous said...

Ah Hun Sen, Chea Sim, and Heng Samrin are All Sdech Ah = All Sdah Ach

Anonymous said...

Ly Thuch is a free agent! In sport a free agent won't get a contract to play!! Ly Thuch is on his out!