PM Shoots Down CNRP Talks

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Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ruled out starting a dialogue between the ruling party and the opposition, rebuking calls from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the European Union. Mr. Hun Sen also said there will be no negotiations related to the judiciary after requests from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to discuss political tension, detentions, charges and the prosecution of human rights officials as well as National Election

Committee (NEC) representatives and opposition members. The opposition CNRP was also hoping to find a way for party president Sam Rainsy, who has been in exile in France since last year, to return to the country before the commune elections in 2017.

In an interview with Fresh News on Saturday evening, Prime Minister Hun Sen said there would be no negotiations between the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the CNRP on how the judicial branch functions in the future, claiming that any discussion would affect the court’s procedures and independence. The National Assembly, he said, was the only way national processes could be debated, but the CNRP’s boycott of the legislative body made it impossible to discuss the issues.

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