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Friday 2 October 2015

Pardoned ‘People’s Power’ Leader Returns From Exile

 Pardoned ‘People’s Power’ Leader Returns From Exile

Sourn Serey Ratha had been accused of leading an anti-government movement and had been on the lam abroad since 2013.
Sreenshot of Sourn Serey Ratha's Facebook page.

Neou Vannarin
VOA Khmer

01 October 2015
PHNOM PENH—voa

The long-exiled leader of the “People’s Power” movement, Sourn Serey Ratha, returned to Cambodia on Thursday, following a pardon for the crime of treason by King Norodom Sihamoni in July.

Sourn Serey Ratha had been accused of leading an anti-government movement and had been on the lam abroad since 2013.

Addressing reporters on his return to Phnom Penh International Airport Thursday, he said Cambodia’s election body remains flawed, while the opposition has become too closely tied to the ruling party.

“We want a free and fair election, not an election to continue the new government mandate with the same leaders,” he told reporters. “The People’s Power Party wants Cambodia to be the winner. If the election system is not changed to make a free and fair election, the Cambodian people will still be the losers.”

The People’s Power Party will join with other smaller parties to contest upcoming elections, he said, attacking issues around the National Election Committee, Vietnamese citizen’s voting in Cambodian elections and other alleged irregularities.

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party is too closely tied to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, he said. “CNRP’s leaders have got away from their supporters, they cheat their supporters’ will, they do not stay with their political will to lead their millions of supporters to their aims,” he said. “Therefore, the most scary thing for them is for their supporters to understand the reality. Once their millions of supporters know that their leaders have cheated them, they will not support them any more.”

Rescue Party spokesman Yim Sovann told VOA Khmer the party is not concerned with such allegations, as the People’s Power Party is not an actual opponent in upcoming elections. “The CNRP has only one challenger—the CPP—and let’s let the people judge [his words],” he said. “To my understanding, his words are similar to what CPP leaders used to say.”

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

His party has given rice and cash to the people to welcome him back home .One has to winder what this guy has to offer to the Khmer people, when he comes back to this country supposedly to serve the country and its people, he starts to corrupt the people from day one.

Anonymous said...

ខ្ញំុបានជូនពត៏មានជាច្រើនមកហើយ សូមប្រយ័ត្នម្នាក់នេះ ភ្នែកបង្កប់នូវអាទផ៏កំបាំង ញញឺមមានន័យ និយាយត្រូវខ្លះ មកម្ដងនេះដើម្បីជួយកំទេចបក្សប្រឆាំង បុ់៉ន្តែនិយាយហាក់ ដូចជាវាយប្រហារបក្សបិសាច ប៉ុន្តែគេគ្រាន់តែលេងល្បែងឆ្ពិនភ្នែក ដូចបា៉ហីុ ប៉ុន្តែហ៊ុនសែន នឺង សួន សេរីរដ្ឋា គេល្លេងបែងល្ខោនរឿងតែមួយ ។ ហើយបើព្រៀបនឺងពស់វែក ម្នាក់នេះជាសត្វអាសេរពិសមិនខុសពីហ៊ុនសែនទេ ។

Anonymous said...

Dear All,

The ONLY opposition party that can and will win is the CNRP.
The three much smaller " opposition " parties were created or were facilitated
to be created by Hun Sen to merely take away the votes from the CNRP.

Unknown said...

Trust me this guy is a con artist he scammed khmer people everywhere he has no space in America so he is employed
By cpp to destroy crnp. He was given licenses to operate freely by first calling other small parties to form alliacebut was declined by Mam Sanando. Mr Sonando knew this guy very well. Trust me if Ratha perform with no result or benefit to cpp he will be eliminated or dumped by cpp but Ratha is not stupid he will ask to work with cpp in government job or NGO CPP affiliated.

king said...

We all know clearly soun sereyratha is a puppet of cpp. Nothing more

Anonymous said...

Just remember CNRP votes can be break up by these several small parties which created or got helps from CPP business elites. While CPP votes are mostly loyalists and they can't be bought. So please don't stray from CNRP no matter what CPP propaganda. Khmers please don't be stupid. We should have woken up from our stupidity by now. This is 21st century. Please learn from our past mistakes. CPP and Youn have 10,000 tricks.