UN, CPP Spar on Political Climate

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In an open letter to the leaders of Asean member states and the rest of the world, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) yesterday attacked the opposition for allegedly “undermining democracy, political stability and the image of Cambodia in the international arena.” On Monday, the government was caught with egg on its face after shutting down a major road in Phnom Penh in advance of a march which never happened.
 

Phnom Penh residents were stuck for hours and some local news outlets reported sick passengers stuck in endless traffic throughout the morning. Instead of marching with crowds to each embassy, three opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members handed open letters to the representatives of 15 embassies.
 

The open letters, addressed to leaders of Asean states and signatories of the Paris Peace Agreement (PPA), slammed the government and the CPP for “violating the will of the Cambodian people…as well as the fundamental principles enshrined in the PPA, through the increasingly inhumane abuse of power and suppression of public and personal freedoms, land activists, human rights defenders and opposition leaders and members at all levels have been detained, arrested and sentenced through manipulation of the judicial system.” Interior Minister Sar Kheng, acting as head of a parliamentary majority faction, responded to the opposition with his own letter and discussed the “political reality” of Cambodia and how it contrasted with the way the CNRP presented the country’s political situation to people outside Cambodia.

 

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