Opposition Calls for Dialogue

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The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) called for a resumption of dialogue with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on Saturday and offered to halt future mass demonstrations, warning that if there were no improvements soon then protests would likely increase as a result. Speaking to a group of youth supporters outside the party headquarters, CNRP spokesperson Yim Sovann stressed that active discussion between the two parties to resolve the current political situation was in both of their best interests.
 

He appealed to the CPP to come to the table to seek solutions before next year’s commune elections. “I’m begging…Please solve the problem, do not let it lead to mass demonstrations across the county.
 

“To be honest, I am afraid of demonstrations and protests too. We have held protests for more than 21 years, since the first one involving our president Sam Rainsy and more than 4,000 garment workers. “Protests happen every day, but for the last three years, it has been quiet,” he said, referencing the recent period of improved dialogue after the violence that followed the disputed 2013 national elections.

 

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