Every citizen clearly understands that without the establishment of the Dec. 2 Front and the Jan. 7 Victory, there would be nothing like today.
The remarks were made by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, President of the Senate and President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), on his social media networks this morning, on the occasion of the 46th founding anniversary of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland (SFDCM), formerly known as the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation (KUFNS).
“This is the truth of history,” underlined Samdech Techo Hun Sen, who was a key figure in the establishment of a national movement to liberate the country from the Khmer Rouge regime.
The KUFNS was formed by the great unity of the people, both inside and outside the country, including Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, Honorary President of the Supreme Privy Council to His Majesty the King, late Senate President Samdech Akka Moha Thamma Pothisal Chea Sim, and Samdech Techo Hun Sen with many other patriots to successfully topple the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime on Jan. 7, 1979.
Established at Snuol Liberation Area in Snuol district, Kratie province on Dec. 2, 1978, the KUFNS was now renamed the “Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland”, a leading mass organisation of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), he recalled.
“In response to the Front’s call, Cambodian people everywhere stood up and united as a national unity force, with the great support from the Vietnamese Volunteer Army and near and far friends around the world to overthrow the Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge regime) until the glorious victory on Jan. 7, 1979,” he continued.
The great victory of Jan. 7, 1979 ended the darkest period in Cambodian history, and opened a new era, in which Cambodian people regained their rights, freedoms and opportunities to rebuild their homeland, he stressed.
Samdech Techo Hun Sen also on all his compatriots to uphold the spirit of solidarity and to maintain the hard-earned peace so that the country sees more development and prosperity.
