Village politician changes sides
After six years with the opposition, deputy commune chief Yoeun Yong has decided to jump ship and join the ruling CPP for the upcoming commune elections. Mr. Yong’s name was the seventh to appear on the CNRP ballot paper for the Koh Anlong Chin commune in Kandal province’s S’ang district, a ranking he was not happy with. He claimed he belonged higher on the list after all the sacrifices he had made. “They have betrayed me,” Mr. Yong told Khmer Times. He had been a member of the Human Rights Party, which along with other parties merged with the Sam Rainsy Party in 2012 to form the main opposition CNRP. He had been with the Human Rights Party since 2011 and was elected second deputy commune chief a year later. Back then, his name would appear at the top of the ballot paper for the HRP.
