Opposition leader Sam Rainsy addressing a pack crowd of supporters in Lvea Em district, Kandal province, on Wednesday 04 June 2008 (Photo: SRP)Thursday, June 5, 2008
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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
While some SRP officials both inside and outside the country are defecting to join the CPP, opposition leader Sam Rainsy continues to claim that these defections do not affect the popularity of his party, and that the SRP support is even growing stronger. He said that these defections are mere theatrical acts. Sam Rainsy told his supporters in Lvea Em district, Kandal province, on Wednesday, that the defection of SRP members to the CPP is a mere theatrical act. He said that he met with voters who told him that they are not concerned about these defections, and they do not pay attention to them at all. In fact, these voters condemn this act, saying that the CPP wants to divert the attention from major problems such as inflation, joblessness, corruption which enrages the public against the CPP and push them to support the SRP instead. Sam Rainsy said with the voters’ sentiment at the local levels being like this, the effort put by Hun Sen to attract SRP members has no meaning whatsoever.
