CNRP tried ‘revolution’ after 2013 election: Kheng

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Mech Dara

 

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday said he considered the opposition party’s protest campaign following the disputed 2013 elections a surreptitious attempt at a “colour revolution”, a phrase the ruling CPP has frequently used to delegitimise dissent and buttress calls for tighter security.

 

Speaking at a ceremony to bestow the honourific title of Sante Bandit – which roughly translates to “doctor of peace” – on 13 senior Interior Ministry officials, Kheng referred to the unrest following the last national elections to emphasise the difficulty his forces faced as new elections approached.

 

While doing so, he framed the CNRP’s campaign for an investigation into alleged electoral fraud as a “trick to destroy the election result”.

 

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