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Is CNRP Ready to Rule?
The question seems far-fetched, but Hun Sen does not rule it out considering the effort he has put into preventing a successful Sam Rainsy 9/11 return.
A possible answer is a definite maybe, unless the CNRP can overcome at least two vital challenges.
First, indispensable Kem Sokha. Though he is in house arrest, Kem Sokha has played a significant role in building up momentum Sam Rainsy relies upon for his 9/11 return. An inside source claims Hun Sen has a standing offer for Kem Sokha’s co-operation: unlimited cash and any government position except his job. Kem Sokha has flatly refused. His passive aggression gives his partner Sam Rainsy a powerful leverage in challenging Hun Sen. Sam Rainsy must recognise this; he continues to insist Kem Sokha and he be one.
However, what will a power-sharing arrangement between the two gigantic egos look like? Will Sam Rainsy honour his pledge to let Kem Sokha run the country? The Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha factions have been on each other’s throat since Hun Sen dissolved their party. The latest public hostility sees the former endorses the 9/11 return while the latter rejects it. If there has been any serious attempt to reconcile the two factions, then it fails. Could they do better?
Second, indispensable CPP. Sam Rainsy has already declared, except Hun Sen, he can work with any CPP members. Nevertheless, a more relevant question is, will the CPP co-operate with the CNRP, especially in the long run?
There is a huge hurdle to jump over. In mobilising a popular support, Sam Rainsy promises a zero-sum reform plan that involves a massive redistribution of wealth from the CPP elite. It is unlikely that the CPP would take this massive blow to their personal interests laying down. A compromise is likely, but it may threaten integrity of the CNRP reform.
It seems the CPP hold all the cards that matter in the compromise. Their modus operandi has been for decades entrenched in all levels of the country’s administrative structure. This gives them an unofficial veto power to sabotage any unsavoury reform that impacts their interest. The CNRP will need their experience and expertise while learning the ropes. Unless they can manage a steep learning curve, the CPP will retain the administrative power.
Another CPP’s powerful key in their arsenal is their rampant corruption. It is so ironic the corruption that helps bring a possible Hun Sen downfall is also their deadly weapon against their nemesis. Just ask Funcinpec how their lust for positions and cash has decimated the party that won the 1993 general elections. The CPP corruption endemic would eat a presumptuous or naive CNRP alive. Hence, the question is, has the CNRP leadership been inoculated against the infectious lust and corruption to resist a Funcinpec harakiri temptation?
Unless the CNRP can resolve these challenges, the 9/11 return that may draw a fierce confrontation will only drag the people into another calamity for nothing. They deserve a break from further leadership ineffectiveness.
Ung Bun Ang
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Funny News You Can Use
What a brilliant mind CPP spokesman Sok Eysan has displayed. He manages to encrypt his sensitive message against Hun Sen in what he calls logic. Let’s decipher his encrypted logic.
Four years after a mob attack that caused severe bodily harms to two opposition parliamentarians, Sok Eysan assures he has logic to show that the opposition party is a mastermind of the attack. His logic is that only those who are not responsible for citizens’ security dare to commit the atrocity so that responsible authorities will take the blame. Hence, the logic points to the opposition as the mastermind of the attack.
The court convicts and jails three of the mob, which means, according to the Eysan logic, they are working for the opposition. As the convicts are identified as senior armed officers of Hun Sen’s bodyguards, Eysan reveals there are the opposition’s operatives within a striking distance to Hun Sen.
The opposition plot thickens. The three men are then released early and get promoted – one of them to a brigadier general, which are rewards for a job well-done. Hence, those who are involved with these reward handouts must be in cohort with the opposition mastermind.
It is now clear why Hun Sen is nervous and unsettling. He must feel a concerted effort among “his people” with the opposition to pull the rug out from under his feet.
Nevertheless, if Sok Eysan does not mean any of this encrypted message that is delivered so cunningly, his mind must be dull and needs regular tune-up like a car combustion engine.
«ហេតុផល គឺអ្នកដែលអត់ទទួលខុសខាងការពារសន្តិសុខសុវត្ថិភាពជូនប្រជាពលរដ្ឋទេដែលហ៊ានធ្វើករណីហ្នឹង ដើម្បីដាក់កំហុសលើអ្នកដែលមានតួនាទីការពារសន្តិសុខសុវត្ថិភាពជូនប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ។»
អ្នកនាំពាក្យគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា សុខ ឥសាន ថ្ងៃទី ២៦ តុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១៩
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Rainsy said he will release his route on Nov 6.
ReplyDeleteFrom Nov 6 to Nov 9 are only 3 days. There is not enough time for people to plan to meet him. People have to buy ticket for 1 day, then travel for more than 2 days. There is just not enough buses to take many people to meet Sam Rainsy.
Just look at the traffic jam in China in Lunar year celebration. That's was a week long and the buses, trains are packed for 3 days just to move people home, then later another 3 days, just to move people back to factories.
Thailand will not allow people to mass exit from the factories. Thailand is greedy, they are into money. They are not into democracy. In fact, they are military dictatorship.
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Rainsy said he is ready to go to jail, to die. I don't believe him. Only the stupid Khmer would believe him, again, again, again, again, and again....