Niem Chheng | Publication date 30 April 2018 | 14:48 ICT
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Cambodian People's Party official Ork Kimhan speaks to reporters after submitting the party's registration for the July elections. Fresh News
The Cambodian People’s Party and Cambodian Youth Party submitted their applications on Monday to the National Election Committee as it started accepting political party and candidate registrations for the upcoming July national election.
Registration will continue until May 14 for the July 29 election, which will be held following the forced dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party and jailing of its president Kem Sokha on treason charges.
Ork Kimhan, deputy chief of cabinet of the CPP's central committee, said he submitted registration documents to the election body for 271 candidates across the country’s 24 provinces and Phnom Penh.
“I chose the first day because we are well prepared and so that we have time to make corrections [to the lists],” he said. He declined to divulge the list of candidates before the NEC approves it.
Cambodian Youth Party President Pich Sros said his party submitted 234 candidates across 17 provinces. The party was only contesting in provinces with three or more seats, he said.
Sros was among those calling for the dissolution of the CNRP last year, after his party and Funcinpec filed complaints with the Ministry of Interior over the opposition’s alleged attempt to start a so-called “colour revolution”.
The Supreme Court took up the complaint in November, dissolving the party and banning 118 of its senior members.
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ALL POLITICAL PARTIES, EXCEPT THE CPP, MUST NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS 2018 ELECTION
This 2018 election Khmer people knew the result already.
1- If the CNRP's supporters do not go to the polled station on the election day, the CPP and Hun Sen will be the winners.
2- If Khmer people vote for other small parties, the CPP and Hun Sen will be the winners.
3- If any political party is strong and is a threat to the CPP, Hun Sen will dissolve such party.
4- For these reasons, ALL future elections, the CPP will always be the winner.
To solve the problems, all political parties must do the right thing by joining the CNRP to make a huge peaceful protest demanding the monster Hun Sen for the CNRP's REINSTATEMENT and its reintegration back in the election process.
The People Power Party has just done the right thing by declaring that it will boycott the election.
It is up to Khmer people to do something right and necessary such as the Nationwide PEACEFUL demonstration ( not a popular movement ) firmly demanding for the reinstatement of the CNRP a few days prior to the election day and let it on through the election day, making the election impossible to prevent Hun Sen from declaring that he is the new Prime Minister.
Once Hun Sen declares that he is the new Prime Minister, it will be very difficult for Khmer people to make any protest because Hun Sen will accuse the demonstrators as color revolution attempting to topple his new government.
Therefore, the right time to mount a peaceful demonstration is from now through the election day.
If Hun Sen violently suppressed such peaceful demonstration, the international community will have the morale obligation to help Khmer people and Cambodia one more time.
We must help ourselves first before other can help us. Nothing is free in this world. We have to pay some price in order to get Cambodia back from the evil Vietnam.
93 Years Old Woman
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