Khmer Power Party
Khmer Power Party | |
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| President | Soung Sophorn |
| Founded | 18 March 2010 |
| Succeeded by | Khmer Reform Party[1] [2] |
| Headquarters | No. 244, Street 156, Sangkat Teuk La'ak II, Khan Tuol Kork, Phnom Penh |
| Ideology | Khmer ultranationalism Anti-communism Republicanism Right-wing populism[citation needed] |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Colors | Green |
| Slogan | Nation, Freedom, Hero |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| http://kppp.org | |
The Khmer Power Party (Khmer: គណបក្សអំណាចខ្មែរ; KPP) 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]
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 than receive 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
References
- ^ "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
- ^ http://www.kppp.org/index.php/en/about
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kpp-appoints-sophorn-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.
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