With eight in prison, parties set to resume talks
With at least eight opposition officials facing controversial charges of “leading an insurrection,” opposition leader Sam Rainsy is set to meet face-to-face with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday morning for the first time since September in what he has described as “final talks” to end the political crisis. The opposition leader’s CNRP has been boycotting the 55 parliamentary seats that it won in last year’s July 28 national election, claiming that electoral fraud orchestrated by the ruling CPP robbed it of an outright victory. Beginning last year, the CNRP led months of anti-government demonstrations in Phnom Penh that were brutally suppressed in January by government forces. The opposition has since turned its focus to technical talks with the CPP over electoral reform. …
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
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