CNRP again campaigns on secret CPP defections

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha again divided campaigning responsibilities for the May 18 council elections Monday, with Mr. Rainsy touring parts of Kratie province in the morning and Mr. Sokha leading supporters in a march through Phnom Penh in the evening. In a meeting Monday morning with his party’s commune councilors in Kratie province, Mr. Rainsy reiterated the themes he and Mr. Sokha had raised in Kompong Cham, threatening that the ruling party’s own commune councilors will vote against it in the May 18 district, city and provincial council elections. … In Phnom Penh, Mr. Sokha on Monday belatedly joined the party’s third campaign march through the city, which had once again been started by CNRP executive committee chairman Yim Sovann. Mr. Sokha also predicted secret ruling party defections to the opposition that would help the CNRP come May 18. “Tuol Kok is the home of the top leaders of the CPP, but we saw the people open their doors to congratulate the CNRP,” Mr. Sokha said. National Election Committee secretary-general Tep Nytha also said Monday that the CNRP’s campaigning was now condoned, after suggestions from authorities last week that campaigning would not be allowed.

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