Khmer Anti-Poverty Party
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The Khmer Anti-Poverty Party is a Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

n political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 founded in September 2007. Its leader is Cambodian-American Daran Kravanh.

Political ideology

The Khmer Anti-Poverty Party believes in defending Cambodia's "territorial integrity" and opposes "any foreign tyrant leader". The party aims to prevent poverty and seeks to create new ministries for the disabled and for job seekers. In the 2008 national election
Cambodian parliamentary election, 2008
A parliamentary election was held in Cambodia on 27 July 2008.Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the planned date of the election on 30 May 2007, saying that the date of 27 July 2008 had been decided on because it was a holiday and because it fell exactly five years after the last election...

, the party proposed to bring American-style governance to Cambodia, claiming that the party had the support of 300 American advisers and governors.

Political activities

An alliance between the KAPP, Society of Justice Party
Society of Justice Party
Society of Justice Party is a political party in Cambodia, whose president is Ban Sophal.-Political Ideology:Its political ideology combines various ideas from “democracy” to others...

, and the Khmer Republican Party
Khmer Republican Party
This is a political party recently created on March 11th 2006 and competed in the July 27th 2008 elections with their leader Lon Rith as their candidate-Ideology:...

 was announced in late June 2008 (in time for July national election), though it was retracted by the Khmer Republican Party within days. The party was expected to win 41 seats in the National Assembly
National Assembly of Cambodia
The National Assembly of Cambodia or Radhsphea is the lower house of the Parliament of Cambodia.It has 123 members, elected for five year terms by proportional representation, using provinces as constituencies of 1 to 18 members, and the D'Hondt method of seat distribution.-Elections:Summary of the...

in the election, but it ultimately garnered only 0.16% of the national vote and won no seats. Daran rejected the legitimacy of the election results.
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