Minister tells UN ‘perfect democracy’ not realistic

26 September 2016
The Cambodia Daily
Government / International relations / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Human Rights Watch / International institutions and Western parliamentarians / Ney Sam Ol / Paris Peace Agreements / Phay Siphan / Prak Sokhonn / U.N. General Assembly / U.N. Human Rights Council

Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn defended the government before the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Saturday, saying that the ruling party was being held to unrealistic expectations of a “perfect democracy” while the opposition was “committing very serious crimes.” Delivering his first major address to the U.N., the new foreign minister was the latest government official to hit back at claims that the CPP is attempting to cripple the opposition and other critics ahead of local elections next year and national elections in 2018. …

 Colin Meyn
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