Talks could broaden: analysts
While a bipartisan election reform committee meeting today is meant only to discuss technical reforms and leave key political concessions to future top-level talks, observers yesterday said a lot more is likely to be on the table. That hope comes despite public barbs having been traded between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy last week. Last Tuesday, Hun Sen lifted a ban on public assembly, but said that any future opposition demonstrations would be met with counter-demonstrations by Cambodian People’s Party supporters who have “equal rights” – interpreted by the opposition as a veiled threat of future intimidation. The following day, Rainsy compared the Kingdom’s protest movement to recent upheavals in Ukraine that felled “a dictator”, predicting that millions would join future demonstrations and that security forces would side with protesters if asked to take action. …
Kevin Ponniah
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