CNRP ready to negotiate over political crisis

Besieged by a growing raft of legal cases widely believed politically motivated, the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party will seek a solution to Cambodia’s escalating political crisis through negotiations, its spokesman said yesterday.

CNRP lawmaker Yim Sovann said acting party president Kem Sokha wanted to arrange talks with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, which critics say is using an alleged sex scandal involving Sokha to target opposition and civil society members with legally dubious charges.

“Mr acting president [Kem Sokha] has told us that he has tried to make contact to negotiate,” Sovann said, adding the party wanted to restart the so-called “culture of dialogue”.

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