The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 510
“A source from the Cabinet of the Sam Rainsy Party said that Mr. Sam Rainsy, the President of the Sam Rainsy Party, will meet with Mr. Sar Kheng, a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Interior, at 3 o’clock on the afternoon of 1 June. According to officials of the Sam Rainsy Party, the meeting is to discuss administrative decentralization: to discuss about the working procedures of the commune and subdistrict councils.
“In the past commune and subdistrict elections, the Sam Rainsy Party got 28 seats for commune and subdistrict chiefs and in addition several hundred seats of council members, so that it comes second after the Cambodian People’s Party [CPP], which got the majority in 1,591 communes and subdistricts.
“During activities of seeking political popularity, Mr. Sam Rainsy once said that the Sam Rainsy Party wants village chiefs at the commune and subdistrict levels to be elected, if the Sam Rainsy Party would win the elections, and Mr. Sam Rainsy has recently announced a plan to provide Riel 100,000 [US$25 – it doesn’t say for which period] to each of the Sam Rainsy Party commune and subdistrict chiefs on which Mr. Sam Rainsy calls to take measures against corruption. Both Mr. Sak Setha, the Director-General of Civil Administration, and Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Sar Kheng, reacted to this plan of the Sam Rainsy Party for village chiefs to be elected, by regarding it as an act which contradicts the law.
“Nevertheless officials of the Ministry of Interior once had hinted at receiving the Sam Rainsy Party to discuss about decentralization. Now a plan to meet has been achieved. In March, Mr. Sok An, a Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of the Council of Ministers, once received Mr. Sam Rainsy. It is not known what the two politicians talked about, it is only known that they discussed about their work. In contrast, the meeting between the opposition leader and the power holders of the Royal Government makes the Norodom Ranariddh Party officials worried, because they are afraid that the Sam Rainsy Party seeks its own benefits.
“Ms. Mu Sochua, the Secretary-General of the Sam Rainsy Party, was once optimistic about the meeting between Mr. Sar Kheng and Mr. Sam Rainsy, hoping that it will help to promote the policy of decentralization. A political observer said that the meeting will benefit the Sam Rainsy Party – it will promote mutual trust (between the CPP and the Sam Rainsy Party) at the local level. As for the ruling party, the meeting between Mr. Sar Kheng and Mr. Sam Rainsy may allow it to talk frankly, in order to encourage the Sam Rainsy Party to respect these laws and not to act in an extremist way, in working in the communes and subdistricts. Considering everything, such a meeting is good.” Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.6, #1352, 30.5.2007
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Wednesday, 30 May 2008
Areyathor, Vol.14, #1239, 30-31.5.2007
- Angkor Wat Should Have Not Been Classified Like This [by voting on the Internet]
Deum Ampil, Vol.2, #21, 30.5-5.6.2007
- Supreme Court Holds Hearing of Case between Ms. Ly Sodalis [So Phirin’s jailed wife] and [Siem Reap] Governor Mr. So Phirin This Morning
Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.6, #1352, 30.5.2007
- Meeting between Sar Kheng and Sam Rainsy on 1 June Is Likely to Be Good
- Two Sites Operating Overseas Phone Gateway Theft Raided in Phnom Penh [Daun Penh and Prampir Makara]
Khmer Amatak, Vol.8, #478, 30.5.2007
- Mr. You Hockry Officially Appointed [as secretary-general of the Norodom Ranariddh Party] and Mr. Chhim Siek Leng also Appointed [as vice-president of the Norodom Ranariddh Party]
Khmer Mekong, Vol.5, #275, 30.5-1.6.2007
- Yash Ghai [Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia ] Comes to Cambodia Again to Inspect Human Rights Situation
- Stung Treng: Khun Sovannara Uses Title as Prime Minister’s Bodyguard to Illegally Transport Wood Insolently
Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #6052, 30.5.2007
- Mr. You Hockry [Secretary-General of the Norodom Ranariddh Party] Pushes Samdech Krom Preah to Accept Punishment of 18 Months’ Imprisonment [before seeking a royal pardon]
- Nanjing in China Establishes Relation with Sihanoukville; Samdech Prime Minister Thanks for Supporting Cambodian Consulate
Moneaksekar Khmer, Vol.14, #3171, 30.5.2007
- Mr. Sam Rainsy Will Meet Mr. Yash Ghai Today to Discuss Human Rights Issues in Cambodia
- Opposition Party of Cambodia Announces that It Has Never Recognized the Illegal [Cambodian-Vietnamese border] Treaties of the 1980ies
- If a Law Is Created or Amended to Allow Foreigners to Own Khmer Land, Cambodia Will Be Dissolved
Rasmei Angkor, Vol.14, #1184, 30.5.2007
- [Charachak,] Son of Samdech Chakrapong Becomes Gangster and Creates Group of Samurai Gangsters for Robberies
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.15, #4297, 30.5.2007
- Special Representative for Human Rights [Yash Ghai] Faces Refusal to Be Allowed to Meet [Cambodian leaders. – Radio Australia quotes National Assembly President Heng Samrin saying that it is useless to meet Yash Ghai]
Samleng Yuvachun Khmer, Vol.14, #3048, 30.5.2007
- Asian Human Rights Commission Calls for Council of Magistracy and Ministry of Justice to Strengthen Moral for Judges
Sralanh Khmer, Vol.3, #413, 30.5.2007
- Mu Sochua [Secretary-General of Sam Rainsy Party]: Sam Rainsy Party’s Measures Are to Prevent Corruption
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