Opposition Voices in Cambodian Politics: Prospects for the Future

Friday, June 05, 2009
Posted by Heng Soy
KI-Media

(Photo: Cambodge Soir Hebdo)

The National Democratic Institute And the International Republican Institute Invite You to a Roundtable discussion

Opposition Voices in Cambodian Politics: Prospects for the Future

with

Sam Rainsy, President of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP)

Member of the National Assembly

Kem Sokha, President and Founder of the Human

Rights Party (HRP)

Member of the National Assembly

Please join the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute for a discussion and analysis of recent political developments, trends in the Cambodian government’s policies, and future opportunities for the country’s opposition parties.

Time

Wednesday, June 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location

NDI Board Room 2030 M Street, NW, Fifth Floor

Washington, D.C.

Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha are leaders of Cambodia’s opposition parties, the SRP and the HRP, and seek to present an alternative to the current ruling party, the Cambodian People’s Party. The CPP has dominated Cambodian politics for decades, recently winning 90 out of 123 seats in the national legislature in 2008.

The SRP and the HRP formed an alliance called the Democratic Movement of Change to contest the provincial, district, and municipal elections held in May 2009. The parties hope to strengthen their position in the 2012 national elections.

The party leaders are in Washington to meet with U.S. legislators and other members of the policy community to discuss the state of Cambodian politics, prospects for democratic political reform, and the defense of human rights. They are joined by Yem Ponhearith, Secretary General of the HRP.

RSVP

Christina Costello at ccostello@ndi.orgor

(202) 728-5677