Khmer Power Party

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]

Khmer Power Party
PresidentSoung Sophorn
Founded18 March 2010
Succeeded byKhmer Reform Party[1] [2]
HeadquartersNo. 244, Street 156, Sangkat Teuk La'ak II, Khan Tuol Kork, Phnom Penh
IdeologyKhmer ultranationalism
Anti-communism
Republicanism
Political positionFar-right
Colors  Green
SloganNation, Freedom, Hero
Party flag
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 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
  1. "Ex-KPP president to form new party before 2022". Khmer Times. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. official Facebook post about name changing in the party's official Facebook page Facebook.com Retrieved 7 May 2019
  3. http://www.kppp.org/index.php/en/about
  4. "KPPM gets green light for party despite jail sentence". The Phnom Penh Post. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  5. "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.
  6. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kpp-appoints-sophorn-replace-president
  7. "Former KPP leader pardoned by King". Khmer Times. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. "KPP refuses to reinstate president". Khmer Times. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  9. "KPP infighting intensifies". Khmer Times. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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