{"id":32577,"date":"2023-02-02T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T08:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vodenglish.news\/?p=32577"},"modified":"2023-02-02T17:03:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T10:03:47","slug":"top-candlelight-adviser-announces-resignation-accepts-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vodenglish.news\/top-candlelight-adviser-announces-resignation-accepts-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Candlelight Adviser Announces Resignation, Accepts \u2018Mistake\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UPDATED \u2014 Senior politician Kong Korm announced he would step down from his activities with the opposition Candlelight Party, apologizing to ruling party leaders for an unspecified \u201cmistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Korm, a former CNRP adviser and a foreign minister in the 1980s, last month made a speech pointing out the ruling Cambodian People\u2019s Party\u2019s roots in the Vietnamese-backed government of the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at Candlelight adviser Korm in response, and launched a series of lawsuits against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Candlelight Party has been backtracking on its criticisms of the CPP since, and on Tuesday Korm issued an apologetic resignation letter, which was published on pro-government media on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His page and a half letter thanks Hun Sen for forgiveness in stopping court actions, and says the CPP had no choice but to take away his house in Phnom Penh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to accept the mistake and apologize to samdech, to leaders, to the Cambodian People\u2019s Party, who have seen that my recent gesture and acts affected the honor and dignity of the leaders of the Cambodian People&#8217;s Party and affect the happiness of society,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a new political culture free of \u201cthe extremist group\u201d trying to topple the government outside elections, he said, adding that he was attentive to Hun Sen succession plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter examining the above reasons and considering the new world order and the regional geopolitical environment, especially Cambodian politics, which is paying attention to succeeding politicians, I, Kong Korm, decided to end my position and activity as supreme adviser to the Candlelight Party effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His son Kong Monika, president of the minor Khmer Will Party, confirmed the letter was genuine and said his father&#8217;s decision was made based on health issues, old age, and requests from his children to let the next generation have their time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe has entered his old age and has a lot of health issues, and it is an appropriate time to take a rest from politics to look after his health,\u201d Monika said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the Khmer Will Party would continue to work with the Candlelight Party ahead of the national election in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wanted to see a new political culture free of political attacks, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo as a successor politician, we want to see Cambodia have democratic politics, not besmirching each other, where politicians, no matter which side they are on, can work together,\u201d he said. \u201cWe hope that a new political culture will help our people have<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>happiness. Our country will make progress soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Candlelight Party\u2019s new spokesman Kimsour Phirith \u2014 the previous one, vice president Thach Setha, has been put in jail over a controversial check-bouncing case \u2014 said he had yet to receive information about Korm\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruling party spokesman Sok Eysan laughed when questioned about Korm\u2019s decision, saying Korm seemed to be swinging back and forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is his political right. He wants to join any political party, that is his political right. He wants to resign from any party, it is his political right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Korm had a large property in Phnom Penh\u2019s Tonle Bassac commune on former state land that was confiscated last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, Hun Sen met with students in Phnom Penh and again repeated his vow to not allow extremist groups to destroy the country. But the prime minister also seemed to extend an olive branch to anyone who was overseas and fearing returning back to Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to take this opportunity to clarify a bit that this is Cambodia, a country for all. Those who do not have arrest warrants or even those who had previously insulted the government or have never had a court complaint, they can come back. It is no problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The offer comes amid weeks of virulent speeches from Hun Sen who had threatened lawsuits and violence against anyone who critiques the ruling party and government. He did previously <a href=\"https:\/\/vodenglish.news\/pm-threatens-to-sue-attack-candlelight-for-saying-cpp-makes-political-threats\/\">make an offer<\/a> to former CNRP lawmaker Ho Vann to return home without fear of prosecution.<br><br>\u201cHo Vann, your child is a deputy of Candlelight in Phnom Penh. You should come home. Don\u2019t follow the others. If you want to come, I\u2019ll pardon you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story was updated on February 2 to include comments from Hun Sen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior politician Kong Korm announced he would step down from his activities with the opposition Candlelight Party, apologizing to ruling party leaders for an unspecified \u201cmistake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7120,7577],"tags":[7824,56,442,8915,8757],"priority":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Candlelight Adviser Announces Resignation, Accepts \u2018Mistake\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senior politician Kong Korm announced he would step down from his activities with the opposition Candlelight Party, 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