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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

CNRP, report authors ‘plotted’, Sok An says


CNRP, report authors ‘plotted’, Sok An says

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An yesterday accused the NGOs behind a report critical of the election process of plotting a revolution with the opposition party.

Speaking to 1,500 high-ranking government officials and members of the military, An said those behind the Election Reform Alliance (ERA) report, released in December, had misled the public.

“The essence of the report is to conceal the opposition’s faith and planned tactics by blaming local authorities and the NEC [National Election Committee] … for their electoral loss,” he said in the speech.

An went on to criticise the authors of the ERA report, whom he accused of meeting with Cambodia National Rescue Party leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha to plot a “colour revolution” similar to uprisings that toppled governments in Europe and Western Asia between 2000 and 2005.

He added that he found it suspicious that the release of the report in mid-December coincided with the shift in CNRP tactics from holding weekly demonstrations to daily ones.

“This clearly reflects the link between the [report] and its issuing by NGOs and the political tactics of the opposition,” An said. 

But representatives of two NGOs that helped author the report dismissed An’s claims yesterday.

Puthea Hang, executive director of the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, said yesterday that the NGOs had no connection to the opposition.
“I think that the clarifications … are [intended] to deceive the public and defend their misbehaviour in the elections,” he said. “The government has to understand, the political party wants power, but we don’t.”

Laura Thornton, resident director of the National Democratic Institute, which co-produced the ERA report, also dismissed the claims made by An yesterday.

“The ERA report was based largely on the government’s own figures. If they are disputing the ERA report, then they are questioning the official figures,” she said.

“We have met with the CNRP and tried to meet with all political parties before the report was released. Perhaps the misconception comes from the fact that we share some similar viewpoints [with the opposition],” she added.



2 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:39 PM

    CPP rigged and cheat it way in the elections and refuses the voters basic demands to investigate the electoral vote riggering & cheating. If they agree to do that and reform the NEC in the first place this political problems is long over. But i don't see an outcome unless and until the voters demands are fully mets and until today we dont really and truely know which party is the real winner. The CPP claim that won 68 seats thru cheating while the CNRP claim thy won 63 seats...who to believe CPP MPs are mostly made of past, present and future criminals so criminals always say they are "innocent" until proven quilty while the victims (the voters the Khmer citizen) saw and caught those criminals CPP in the acts but unfortunately the court and NEC and the police/army belong to them so justice is still in the making...go Khmer people keep demands and fighting for your rights and voices.

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  2. Anonymous1:00 AM

    ពិភពលោក សុទ្ធតែដឹងថា ពួកឯងជានរណា និង ជាអ្វីទាំងអស់ មិនបាច់ខំប្រកែកទេ គេ​មាន
    ភស្តុតាង និង សាក្សីទាំងអស់ ការពិតនៅតែជាការពិត ក្រដាស់មិនអាចខ្ចប់ភ្លើងបានឡើយ ។ អ្នកណាក៍គេដឹងដែរថា ការប្រកែក និង​ការទម្លាក់កំហុសលើអ្នកផ្សេង គឺជាមុខជំនាញរបស់ពួកឯង តាំងតែពីកាលណាមកម្ល៉េះ ព្រោះវាជាប្រពៃណីរបស់ពួកកុម្មុយនិស្ត និង ជនខិលខូច ជនពាល ជនថោកទាប ដូចពួកឯង ។ ដូច្នេះ មកដល់បច្ចុប្បន្ននេះ អស់មានអ្នកជឿពួកឯងទៀតហើយ ព្រោះគេបានឃើញជាក់ស្តែងនឹងភ្នែករាល់តែថ្ងៃ សម័យនេះមិនដូចកាលពីសម័យឆ្នាំ ១៩៧៩​​ ដល់ ​១៩៩១ ឡើយ ។ ឈប់កុហក់បោកប្រាស់ ឈប់ប្រកែកទៀតទៅ វាហួសសម័យហើយ ឆ្កែទើបនៅជឿ មនុស្សគេលែងជឿពួកឯងទៀតហើយ សុទ្ធតែពួកក្បត់ជាតិ នៅមានមុខមកអង្គុយប្រកែក និង​ ទម្លាក់កំហុសលើអ្នកផ្សេងទៀត មិនចេះខ្មាស់អៀនសោះ អីក៍មុខក្រាស់ដល់ថ្នាក់ហ្នឹងនោះ ។

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