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PHNOM PENH, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Sam Rainsy, self-exiled leader of the
opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), announced once again
that he would return to Cambodia before the general election on July 28.
"I'm very pleased to inform Cambodian people that I will return to Cambodia before the election day on Sunday, July 28, 2013," he said in a video clip posted on his Facebook account on Saturday.
"Everything I do is to defend territory and protect national interests,"he said. "I dare to sacrifice my life for the nation;I dare to die in order to rescue the nation from dangers."
Sam Rainsy, 63, fled Cambodia in late 2009 before the court sentenced him to 11 years in prison in absentia for two charges -- removing border poles and publishing a false map of the border with Vietnam and accusing deputy prime minister and foreign minister Hor Namhong of being a member of the Democratic Kampuchea.
He is living in France.
It is not new that Sam Rainsy announces his planned return to Cambodia. The leader-in-exile has declared several times about his return, but he has never honored his declarations. "He (Sam Rainsy) is a prisoner. if he returns, Cambodian authority will implement the verdict and arrest him to serve the jail term," National Military Police's spokesman Kheng Tito told Xinhua over telephone Saturday.
Cambodia set to hold a general election for the 123-seat parliament on July 28 with eight political parties joining the contest.
The one-month election campaign kicked off Thursday last week and will complete on July 26.
Among the eight political parties, the ruling Cambodian People' s Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the opposition CNRP led by self-exiled leader Sam Rainsy are prominent during the election campaign.
During the last election in July 2008, Prime Minister Hun Sen's party won 90 seats, while the opposition group totally gained 29 seats.
Political analysts predict that Hun Sen's party will continue to win a landslide victory in the upcoming polls.
One of the world's longest-serving leaders, Hun Sen, 61, has been in power for 28 years. He has vowed to stay in the post until he is 74.
"I'm very pleased to inform Cambodian people that I will return to Cambodia before the election day on Sunday, July 28, 2013," he said in a video clip posted on his Facebook account on Saturday.
"Everything I do is to defend territory and protect national interests,"he said. "I dare to sacrifice my life for the nation;I dare to die in order to rescue the nation from dangers."
Sam Rainsy, 63, fled Cambodia in late 2009 before the court sentenced him to 11 years in prison in absentia for two charges -- removing border poles and publishing a false map of the border with Vietnam and accusing deputy prime minister and foreign minister Hor Namhong of being a member of the Democratic Kampuchea.
He is living in France.
It is not new that Sam Rainsy announces his planned return to Cambodia. The leader-in-exile has declared several times about his return, but he has never honored his declarations. "He (Sam Rainsy) is a prisoner. if he returns, Cambodian authority will implement the verdict and arrest him to serve the jail term," National Military Police's spokesman Kheng Tito told Xinhua over telephone Saturday.
Cambodia set to hold a general election for the 123-seat parliament on July 28 with eight political parties joining the contest.
The one-month election campaign kicked off Thursday last week and will complete on July 26.
Among the eight political parties, the ruling Cambodian People' s Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the opposition CNRP led by self-exiled leader Sam Rainsy are prominent during the election campaign.
During the last election in July 2008, Prime Minister Hun Sen's party won 90 seats, while the opposition group totally gained 29 seats.
Political analysts predict that Hun Sen's party will continue to win a landslide victory in the upcoming polls.
One of the world's longest-serving leaders, Hun Sen, 61, has been in power for 28 years. He has vowed to stay in the post until he is 74.
Editor:
Yang Yi
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