Sokha urges peaceful struggle as PM denies crisis

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Meas Sokchea and Vong Sokheng

Addressing a crowd of lawmakers, supporters and monks at opposition headquarters yesterday, CNRP acting president Kem Sokha demanded that the immunity accorded to Cambodian lawmakers be respected, as Prime Minister Hun Sen, in a speech some 200 kilometres away, denied the existence of a political crisis in the country.

The embattled Cambodia National Rescue Party leader, who has been holed up in the headquarters since May 26 following an attempt by the police to arrest him, urged party supporters attending a Buddhist ceremony at the headquarters to continue their struggle for justice and reiterated the party’s stand to address the current crisis in a nonviolent fashion.

“The reason for holding the Buddhist ceremony today is to affirm the political way of [the CNRP], which is to stick persistently to a nonviolent political platform,” Sokha said to a crowd gathered within the party’s compound.

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