Cambodian Opp threatens general strike after ‘constitutional coup’

Cambodia’s main opposition party accused long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen of a ‘constitutional coup’ on Wednesday and said it could call a general strike as it steps up protests over its complaints of vote-rigging in July’s general election. … “We condemn this National Assembly, this government which is the result of what we consider a constitutional coup, so we will not cooperate in any manner,” Sam Rainsy told a news briefing. “One idea in the air is a general strike across the country for one day. We will call a strike, so all factories, all civil servants, all shopkeepers will stop working that day,” he said. Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union, Cambodia’s biggest labour organisation, told Reuters he would ask his 100,000 members to join the protest, noting that the CNRP had promised to nearly double the minimum wage if it won power.

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