目前流亡法国的柬埔寨反对派领袖桑·兰西呼吁日本为其国家的民主提供支持。
Sam Rainsy, a Cambodian opposition leader currently living in exile in France, called on Japan to provide support for democracy in his country.
在东京最近一次采访中，兰西批评前柬埔寨首相洪森及其家人，74岁的洪森和家人在东南亚国家建立了“独裁统治”。
In a recent interview in Tokyo, Rainsy criticized former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, 74, and his family for establishing a “dictatorship” in the Southeast Asian nation.
兰西表示，他呼吁“日本政府帮助巩固柬埔寨的民主，因为日本是亚洲的民主典范”。洪森担任首相38年后，于2023年卸下职务，将职位交给其子洪马内。然而，此后洪森担任了多个有影响力的职位，目前出任柬埔寨参议院主席。
Rainsy said that he asks “the Japanese government to help consolidate democracy in Cambodia, because Japan is a model of democracy in Asia.”After serving as prime minister for 38 years, Hun Sen stepped down and handed the position to his son, Hun Manet, in 2023. Since then, however, Hun Sen has filled influential positions and currently serves as president of Cambodia’s Senate.
近年来，柬埔寨政府采取威权手段镇压反政府势力，导致该国最大反对党柬埔寨救国党于2017年被解散。兰西曾担任该党党首。
In recent years, the Cambodian government has taken an authoritarian approach to suppress anti-government forces, resulting in the dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, the country’s largest opposition party, in 2017. Rainsy once served as head of the party.
兰西表示，他此次访日是为了向日本政府和议员通报柬埔寨的现状。
Rainsy said that he was visiting Japan to inform the Japanese government and lawmakers of Cambodia’s current situation.
他说，日本的民主“根基深厚”，该国拥有“亚洲最稳定的民主”。
Democracy in Japan is “deep-rooted,” with the country having the “most stable democracy in Asia,” he said.
他说：“日本是典范……至少对亚洲而言，可以确保尊重人权、尊重基本自由和尊重民主原则。”
“Japan is a model ... at least for Asia, to ensure that there is respect for human rights, respect for the fundamental freedoms and respect for the democratic principles,” he said.
去年10月，兰西在巴黎宣布成立所谓的独立政府。“我们开展活动，表达柬埔寨境内柬埔寨人民的意愿，”他说。他说：“主要目标是……给柬埔寨人民带来希望。”
In October last year, Rainsy announced the establishment of a so-called independent government in Paris. “We conduct our activities to express the will of the Cambodian people inside Cambodia,” he said. “The main objective is to ... give hope to the Cambodian people,” he said.
他说：“你不信任（也不相信）该国现任政府，但国外有一个流亡政府代表你。”“我们为他们提供一种替代选择。”
“You don’t trust (and) you don’t believe in the current government in the country, but there is a government in exile outside which represents you,” he said. “We give them an alternative.”