Vous(SRP et HRP) savez travailler ensemble maintenant?, apres un chec cuisant dans une election truquee?. C'est une honte!!. On vous a dit mille fois avant election de former une coalition si non ce sera clairement vaincu. Helas le voila. C'est la preuve. On peut se dire que vous etes " des têtus"! et que combien de fois encore que vous vous arrêtez de commettre des erreurs!. Il semble bien que vous vous ignorez completement ce qu'on appelle la prevision...politique. Vous pouvez nous dire voila, vous ne savez que dire... avec absence des actions. Oui, c'est vrai mais vous(les oppositions) quelles sont vos responsabilites ?. Le peuple khmere en a mare!!. mare de votre ignorance, de votre incapacite, de votre naïvete pour faire face. Dans cette situation, il ne faut plus faire croire a une nouvelle donne dans l'annee 2013 ni 2018!. Voila a reflechir !!!. krakmo
> Message du 28/08/08 03:19 > De : "Sam Rainsy Party-USA/Canada" > A : "News" , "News Camdisc" , "News Camnews" > Copie à : > Objet : Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha's letter to Indonesia's president S. B. > Yudhoyono regarding the 1991 Paris Agreements on Cambodia > > Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha's letter to Indonesia's president S. B. > Yudhoyono regarding the 1991 Paris Agreements on Cambodia > Kem Sokha (L), Sam Rainsy (C) and Mu Sochua (R) (Photo: Ung Chamroeun, Cambodge Soir Hebdo) > > August 27, 2008 > > His Excellency Mr. Sulilo Bambang Yudhoyono > President of Indonesia > Jakarta > Indonesia > > By kindness of > Mr. Eko Indiarto > Chargé d'Affaires a.i. > Indonesia Embassy > 1, Street 466 > Phnom Penh > Cambodia > > Mr. President Yudhoyono, > > As presidents of Cambodia's second and third largest political parties which > should form the parliamentary opposition in the new legislature (2008-2013), > following the July 27 election, we are taking the liberty of writing to you, > especially because Indonesia was co-president, with France, of the Paris > International Conference on Cambodia, which led to the signing of the Paris > Peace Agreements of October 23, 1991. > > We wish to bring to your attention the extent to which political > developments in Cambodia have departed dangerously from the path laid out in > the Paris Agreements. > > In general terms, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the > United Nations for Human Rights in Cambodia, Mr. Yash Ghai, accurately > described the situation by underscoring that “The use of systemic human > rights violations has been a rational choice for those who hold power in > Cambodia, and who refuse to accept accountability vis-à-vis the law and the > people of Cambodia.” (Report of the Special Representative of the > Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia , Yash Ghai, UN Doc. > A/HRC/4/36, 30 January 2007 , para. 93.). He further underlines that “The > above analysis shows that laws, institutions, procedures critical to the > rule of law are very little respected in Cambodia - especially by the > State.” ( Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for > human rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai, UN Doc. A/HCR/7/42, 29 February 2008 , > para. 52). On 19 March 2008 , Mr. Yash Ghai, speaking in Geneva about the > Cambodian elections, which were a little over four months away, doubts it was > possible to hold “free and fair” elections as long as “serious obstacles > [remain] to achieving the goal of political pluralism through elections.” For > Mr. Ghai, some of these obstacles are “irregularities in the administration > of elections that favoured the ruling party.” > > Regular reporting by Mr. Yash Ghai and his predecessors has made it very > clear that ever since the truly democratic elections organized by the UN in > 1993 pursuant to the Paris Agreements, all that is left of the democracy put > in place in Cambodia , at great costs to the international community, is a > cracking façade. > > Since the 1993 elections, each election has been more and more manipulated > by the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), in power since 1979, resulting in an > ever more perverted democracy, as recognized by all independent national and > international organizations. > > Predictably, the elections of last July 27 were dubious at best, as > recognized by the European Union Observation Mission in its July 29 > statement which points that “2008 National Assembly Elections have fallen > short of a number of key international standards for democratic elections.” > (The European Union Election Observation Mission, Preliminary Statement, > Cambodian elections 2008 show some progress but still fall short of key > international standards, 29 July 2008 , Phnom Penh .) > > Every day brings more proof of electoral fraud of national scale. We would > like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the long-term observers of > the European Union, some of whom are still in Cambodia today to follow up > with progress and the handling of electoral complaints. Electoral experts of > the UN Development Program (UNDP) who are in Cambodia , are also in a > position to provide an accurate evaluation of the whole electoral process > which spreads out over more than two years. They were the only ones to > witness all aspects of fraud which took place at all stages of the electoral > process, beginning with the manipulation of the voter list as early as > 2006-2007. > > Even though the 2008 elections were less marred by violence than previous > elections and hence "show some progress", fraud this year took on a more > sophisticated or more subtle form and was conducted on a much wider scale. > Under the pretext of “cleaning up” voter lists, the National Election > Committee (NEC), which is controlled by the CPP, deliberately did the > opposite of what it should have done: the NEC deleted names that should have > remained on the lists and kept names that should have been deleted. The NEC > deleted hundreds of thousands of names of bona fide voters, known to be > unfavorable to the CPP, and kept hundreds of thousands of names of ghost > voters in order to build up a reserve of fraudulent votes for the CPP. The > outcome was that hundreds of thousands of persons without the right to vote > (citizens not registered on the lists of the residential commune, or > underage, or foreigners) were able to vote by using forged documents which > were methodically provided to them by local authorities controlled by the > CPP by using names of these ghost voters. The NEC has in fact killed three > birds with one stone: it has succeeded in cleverly reducing the opposition's > votes to a large extent, fraudulently inflated the CPP's votes to the same > extent, and maintained a decent rate of "voter" turnout. > > We have gathered an increasing amount of evidence of such manipulation of > electoral lists, which we have published on our website > http://tinyurl.com/4eegak . The evidence presented is largely what short-term > and inexperienced observers could not see in a sophistically rigged > election. > > This systematic and massive electoral fraud seriously discredits the results > of the July 27, 2008 election, giving a "landslide victory" to the CPP, > recently proclaimed by the NEC but not really reflecting the will of the > Cambodian people. This type of fake election is in violation of the Paris > Agreements which call for Cambodia “to provide for periodic and genuine > elections” as well as "the right to vote and to be elected by universal and > equal suffrage." The Agreements also call for Cambodia to ensure that > "electoral procedures provide a full and fair opportunity" for all citizens > to "participate in the electoral process." ( Paris Agreements, Annex 5). > > We deplore that election procedures established and implemented by the NEC > did not provide a "full and fair opportunity to participate in the electoral > process" and that a significant portion of the > > electorate was denied "the right to vote by universal and equal suffrage." > In short, the 2008 election was not "genuine" and is not in line with the > spirit and the letter of the Paris Agreements. > > Because we want to remain true to the principles of popular sovereignty and > political honesty, we have made it known that, so long as our electoral > complaints are not reasonably resolved, we will not take part in the > swearing-in ceremony scheduled for September 24 by the CPP. This ceremony > would normally be presided over by His Majesty the King. In fact, we would > not wish to find ourselves in such a solemn occasion, in the presence of at > least fifteen MPs elect from the CPP whom we and many independent observers > consider as unfairly and fraudulently elected. > > An acceptable resolution of a number of our electoral complaints should be > through the holding of a re-vote or, at least, a vote recount in a limited > number of constituencies (provinces or municipalities) where the opposition > has come very close to winning an additional parliamentary seat according to > figures provided by the NEC. However, the NEC, which is both judge and > judged, has rejected practically all our complaints. Even the most important > ones were only “examined” behind closed doors and very quickly dismissed as > “groundless”. As of today, the NEC has not allowed a single vote recount, > let alone a re-vote, even when first reports of ballot counting from a given > polling station conflict with each other and some of these reports seem to > have been doctored. When the opposition submits a complaint with some > evidence raising some doubt, why doesn't the NEC accept to jointly with the > plaintiffs recount the ballots from any given ballot box from any given > polling station so as to dissipate any doubt? Are they afraid that a vote > recount even for a single ballot box from a single polling station – there > are 15, 254 polling stations nationwide – could reveal anomalies/ > irregularities that could be indicative of broader fraud commune-wide, > province-wide and nationwide? The Constitutional Council, which is another > CPP-controlled institution acting as a kind of Supreme Court, has so far > upheld all the NEC's decisions to dismiss the opposition's complaints. There > is apparently no other reasons for the two institutions for not allowing any > vote recount than the fear to see the CPP's "landslide victory" evaporate > following proper verifications. > > The CPP has made it publicly known that if we did not participate in the > above-mentioned swearing-in ceremony, on the set day, it would deprive us of > our 29 parliamentary seats and would redistribute them to the CPP, which has > already "won" 90 seats (out of 123 seats), and to two small CPP- satellite > parties which have already obtained two seats each. If the CPP were to > effectively act on its threat, there would no longer be any parliamentary > opposition in our country, which would further and in a serious manner > contradict the Paris Agreements which require Cambodia to “follow a system > of liberal democracy, on the basis of pluralism.” (Annex 5). > > In conclusion, we wish to reiterate our most profound gratitude to the > people and the government of Indonesia for their continued and vigilant > support for the cause of liberty, human rights and democracy in Cambodia . > The Cambodian people do look up to Indonesia as a model of democracy in > South-East Asia , especially under the leadership of her current President. > > Respectfully yours, > > Sam Rainsy > President of the Sam Rainsy Party > MP elect following the July 27, 2008 election > > Kem Sokha > President of the Human Rights Party > MP elect following the July 27, 2008 election Letter in English, please > click at link below : > http://www.samrainsyparty.org/srp_statements/statments_08/august/080827_letter_to_indonesia.htm > Letter in French, please click at link below : > http://www.samrainsyparty.org/srp_statements/statments_08/august/080825_letter_to_france.htm > > > > > > [ Kem+Sokha-Sam+Rainsy-Mu+Sochua+(Ung+Chamroeun,+CSH).jpg (15.0 Ko) ] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. 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