Dear Lok Krakmo, Sam Rangsy is a Sam Rangsy. Sam Rangsy did not want to change! Sam Rangsy will never change! Because Sam Rangsy has a piece of rock to protect him from falling off his seat.
Thanks, Thavary On 8/28/08, Krakmo Kaing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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<http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2008/08/sam-rainsy-and-kem-sokhas-letter-to.html> > > > > > **<http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_76xUgRgjZYM/SLWBSdgIZhI/AAAAAAAAGDg/xMbPvCf8F-M/s1600-h/Kem+Sokha-Sam+Rainsy-Mu+Sochua+%28Ung+Chamroeun,+CSH%29.jpg>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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