Prince vows to call for vote on Rainsy’s return

Upset at internal divisions within the Cambodia National Rescue Party, Prince Sisowath Thomico yesterday said he will push for a vote on whether party president Sam Rainsy should return from overseas when the opposition’s steering committee meets this week.

Rainsy went into self-imposed exile almost a year ago after the government resurrected a years-old defamation case against him while he was abroad. Despite vowing to return at the time, he instead again returned to France to avoid imprisonment. In recent weeks, the government formalised his exile, saying he was barred from entering the country, a move decried as unconstitutional.

Thomico’s plans to call for a vote on Rainsy’s return follow a statement on Facebook on Friday that said he would leave the party if its leadership did not sort out factional splits.

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