Myanmar opposition victory resonates in Cambodia
Cambodia’s opposition leader yesterday lauded the success of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar’s historic election, an outcome he said will help pave the way for his party’s own electoral victory.
In a post on his Facebook page, Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy welcomed “the landslide victory” of the NLD, which he said is “good news for democracy all over the world, especially for
Cambodia”.
He later told the Post that the NLD’s expected victory in Myanmar’s election “shows, once more, that the days of all authoritarian regimes worldwide are counted”. …
Alice Cuddy and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/myanmar-opposition-victory-resonates-cambodia
