CNRP Sets Date for Mass Protests Against Election Results
The opposition CNRP announced Wednesday that it will hold a mass demonstration on September 7 against the preliminary results of what it claims was a rigged national election, one day before final results are expected to be released by the Constitutional Council of Cambodia. Unless the CPP returns to the negotiating table and makes progress in forming a joint committee to investigate the opposition’s allegations of vote tampering and fraud, the CNRP will go ahead with organizing protests, it said in a statement. “If there is not a resolution to find a way to create the special committee for the resolution of irregularities involved with the election, as a last resort the CNRP will conduct a massive nonviolent demonstration against the election results on September 7, 2013,” the statement reads. CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said further details, such as where the protests will be held, would be provided at a press conference today. Representatives from the CNRP and CPP have met twice—on August 9 and 20—to discuss the formation of a joint committee, but failed to come to an agreement over what group would lead the investigation. …
Khy Sovuthy and Colin Meyn
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