LAOTIAN POLITICAL FACTION PLANS A POLITCAL CAMPAIGN EVENT IN LAOS

By: Ladsami Phonesavanh

A source of information from Pak Beng, northern Laos said a Laotian political party or a faction #302 in Laos has planned a big political campaign event and a new year celebration in five to six major cities throughout Laos, including Vientiane within the next four months, if time allow.

This party was organized in Phongsaly Province and supported by the large minority groups nationwide, especially the Hmong, Khmu, and Karen. The lowland Lao is the main power of this party.

The party is a pro-China and pro-Capitalist country. Its financial support comes from the group of Chinese Kuamington in Burma (Myanmar) and abroad. The source did mention that the party is looking forward to get support form outside Laotian political organizations, especially in the United States.

The party secretly criticizes Vientiane's policy of bringing foreign troops into Laos during a peaceful time. This makes the Laotian people frustrate and frighten. It caused the downfall of the country.

Since the Vietnamese troops entered Laotian soil, Vientiane started having trouble until today. Laos lost its confidence for the country reconstruction and increasing division among minorities and party line. Foreign countries lose their trust, faith, and confidence for Laos in term of investment, loan, construction, and including aids.

People live in tense and suspicious without peace and friendship. Corruption is everywhere and in every level of government. The country is in turmoil.

Secret police and military forces become Laos' top law and they use their powers to dictate and control over the people.

Because of foreign troops that occupied Laos, it makes the Laotian people divided apart. Indeed the Laotian people have this problem today.

This party will focus mainly on the policy of reconstruction of peace, democracy, and the country's integrity.

The party will ask and signal Hanoi to pull out its troops from Laos as quickly as possible to ensure the Laotian people and foreign investors of the possibility of endangerment. If Vientiane and Hanoi resist, or insist in anyway, and are not willing to cooperate, the party will call on the International Community to investigate and will take a necessary action to make them comply with the International Law, which Vietnam has invaded Laos. Laos is at peace without war why foreign troops are pouring into its own soil without the Laotian people's consent. "This is a violation of Laos' sovereignty," the source said. Or otherwise, the party will take a necessary action to remove some of the Laotian top hard-liners from their positions or to abolish the entire party, that is the Communist Party, and establish a new democratic party or parties to replace the old one.

The party's coampaign is now underway throughout local, provincial, and national level for support and vote. The party will try to hold this campaign event in five to six major cities at the same time from the north to the south in a peaceful way, if time allow. There will be three cities in the north and three cities in the south, including Vientiane, the source revealed.