The Khmer Power Party (KPP; Khmer: គណបក្សអំណាចខ្មែរ) is a Cambodian pro-American political party founded on 18 March 2010 by Cambodian-American Sourn Serey Ratha.[3] It did not officially register until March 2015.[4] The party is in favor of abolishing the monarchy, and establish a second Khmer Republic government.[5]
Khmer Power Party គណបក្សអំណាចខ្មែរ | |
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| President | Soung Sophorn |
| Founded | 18 March 2010 |
| Succeeded by | Khmer Reform Party[1][2] |
| Headquarters | 244 St. 156, Sangkat Teuk L'ak II, Khan Tuol Kouk, Phnom Penh |
| Ideology | Khmer ultranationalism Anti-communism Republicanism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Colors | Green |
| Slogan | "Nation, Freedom, Hero" |
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| Website | |
| http://kppp.org | |
Serey Ratha was charged and put in jail in August 2016 for criticizing the government’s deployment of troops to the Laos border.[6] He then received a royal pardon a year later[7] But Sophorn refused to restore him as president[8] but will give him a title of honorary president instead. Serey Ratha than threatened to file a complaint against Sophorn for allegedly forging public documents to secure the title of party president.[9] Serey Ratha has also asked the Interior Minister to inspect a letter dated September 2017 allegedly forged by Sophorn to appoint himself as president without consent. Later both of them establish a new Party, Serey Ratha form Khmer Reform Party whiled Sophorn form Khmer Win Party. Both of them claim as the Successor of Khmer Power Party.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ex-KPP president to form new party before 2022". Khmer Times. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ official Facebook post about name changing in the party's official Facebook page Facebook.com Retrieved 7 May 2019
- ^ "About". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
- ^ "KPPM gets green light for party despite jail sentence". The Phnom Penh Post. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "ABOUT: THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA WILL BE THE SECOND KHMER REPUBLIC (SKR)". kppp.org. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
The Democratic Liberal Republic regime grants people to live in a free and open society where they can choose their own leader.
- ^ "KPP appoints Sophorn to replace president".
- ^ "Former KPP leader pardoned by King". Khmer Times. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "KPP refuses to reinstate president". Khmer Times. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "KPP infighting intensifies". Khmer Times. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.