Sokha takes to the provinces

With the avenue to political negotiations all but shut by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, Cambodia National Rescue Party acting president Kem Sokha instead hit the road on the weekend for his first provincial trip since emerging from six months of virtual house-arrest at the party’s headquarters.

The CNRP leader – who spent from May to December last year holed up at CNRP HQ to avoid arrest over a “prostitution” case before receiving a royal pardon that quashed a related conviction – yesterday arrived in Preah Sihanouk province and plans to next visit Koh Kong.

Addressing district and local party officials and activists in Sihanoukville, Sokha expressed confidence in the opposition’s chances at the 2018 national election, claiming they had popular support on their side.

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