Cambodia’s Opposition Calls for Halt to Foreign Investment, Loans
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government as the two sides remained stalled in talks in a deadlock over disputed national elections.
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said in a public statement that it could not guarantee that any agreements made with Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) would be honored if a political resolution to the election dispute saw the CNRP tasked with leading a new government.
The CNRP, if it takes power, “will not recognize or reexamine any loan contracts or investment licenses related to state-provided properties that involve the current government,” the opposition said in a statement obtained by RFA’s Khmer Service.
“The election result is still in question,” it said, due to what the CNRP claims are unresolved irregularities in the July 28 polls. …
Tuesday’s CNRP statement followed a formal request by Hun Sen to a visiting official from China’s Shandong province for agricultural investment in Cambodia’s Kampot province on Monday, according to a report in the Cambodia Daily. …
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/investment-10292013173412.html
