People’s Assembly Will Rally at Freedom Park on Monday
About 1,000 members of the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly—a network of communities throughout the country that includes farmers as well as land and labor activists—will rally at Freedom Park on Monday to demand an end to the current political impasse.
The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP have been locked in an ongoing dispute since July’s national election, which the opposition says was marred by widespread fraud. Mass demonstrations by opposition supporters have prompted the government’s security forces to block major streets and patrol the roads in riot gear in recent weeks. …
The political tension has impacted the lives of ordinary Cambodians, representatives of the People’s Assembly said at a press conference. …
Dene-Hern Chen and Mech Dara
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