Cambodia: Sam Rainsy recommends his wife as CNRP President
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Sam Rainsy, opposition leader in Cambodia and President of
the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), sent a letter to Kem Sokha, Vice
President of the CNRP, recommending the party’s Executive Board to select his
wife Tioulong Samura as President of the party.
In the
letter, which was sent to CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha just one day after his
resignation as CNRP President, Sam Rainsy said selecting Tioulong Samura as
President has been agreed by him and Kem Sokha recently and hoped that Kem
Sokha would continue their agreement.
Sam Rainsy
decided to resign and left the CNRP after consulting the party’s Executive
Board. The senior leaders of the CNRP met on February 12 to discuss Sam
Rainsy’s decision.
Tioulong
Samura, born in 1950, is a member of the CNRP Executive Board and a member of the
Cambodian National Assembly. She was once the Vice Governor of the National
Bank of Cambodia from 1993-1995.-VNA