Hun Sen lambasts ‘mafia’-like CNRP over political deadlock

A blustery Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday used a speech at a National Fish Day event to lash out against the opposition CNRP, comparing the party to the mafia and suggesting it create its own country “on the moon.” Just before helping release thousands of baby fish into Kdol Lake in Kompong Chhnang province, the prime minister—as usual not naming the party directly—accused the CNRP of trying to dictate terms in ongoing negotiations to break the political stalemate since last year’s national elections, even after losing the poll. Mr. Hun Sen and his long-ruling CPP officially won the elections, though the CNRP accuses the CPP of cheating its way to a win. The opposition has been refusing to take its 55 seats in the 123-seat National Assembly ever since, and negotiations to reach a power-sharing and election reform deal have been fruitless. …

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