Sam Rainsy defends opposition deal with Cambodia’s ruling party

23 July 2014
Radio Free Asia
Elections / Government
Elections

With Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), saying it was in the interest of implementing key electoral reform and bringing greater freedom to the country. Speaking in a video posted to his Facebook account, the president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said that the party’s decision to end a boycott of parliament was necessary in order to amend the country’s laws and reform the National Election Committee (NEC), which oversees the nation’s polls. His statement appears to be aimed at CNRP members in the dark about the agreement clinched Tuesday with Hun Sen in which the party agreed to join parliament after a nearly one-year absence and the CPP pledged to back reforms to the government-appointed NEC. …

 Joshua Lipes
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