Unity appeal follows vitriol

28 February 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Constitution and rights / Government / Law and judiciary / Social development
Adhoc / Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cambodian People's Party / CNRP / CPP / Freedom Park / Hun Sen / Intercontinental Hotel / Yim Sovann

Days after warning that his ruling party was as capable and willing to protest as the opposition, and threatening a barbed-wire fence in Freedom Park to divide the two groups, Prime Minister Hun Sen was yesterday talking multi-party reform. Speaking at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen appealed to the Cambodia National Rescue Party, NGOs and development partners to unite to implement an agenda of reform over the next five years. ... In response to Hun Sen’s comments yesterday, opposition spokesman Yim Sovann said the CNRP would be willing to take part in such political reform efforts – provided the premier was serious about it. ...

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