Thursday, August 29, 2013

Cambodia opposition party trains members for mass protest on Sept. 7

English.news.cn   2013-08-29 18:11:04            
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Thursday afternoon provided a training session to its members on how to hold peaceful demonstrations ahead of a mass protest planned on September 7, said a party's statement.
It said the session was held at the party's headquarters on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
"The CNRP in cooperation with a non-governmental organization provided a training session to the party's working groups in order to prepare for a nonviolent and peaceful mass demonstration on September 7," the statement said.
It said the party would hold two protest rehearsals on Sept. 1 and Sept. 5.
CNRP's President Sam Rainsy said Thursday that a mass protest, planned on Sept. 7, has no intention to overthrow the current government of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen, but to demand to establish an independent poll irregularity probe committee.
Rainsy also renewed his calls for the ruling Cambodian People' s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Hun Sen to resume negotiations towards the establishment of the proposed committee.
"If talks between the two parties towards the formation of an independent poll probe committee have been resumed, we will cancel our protest plan," he told a press conference.
The CPP issued a statement on Thursday, saying that the party was ready to resume talks with the CNRP, but ruled out the possibility of talks on the formation of a special investigation committee into poll irregularities since it was against the Constitution.
Initial official results from the July 28 polls showed that Prime Minister Hun Sen's party won 68 of the 123 parliamentary seats, and the CNRP of longtime opposition leader Sam Rainsy took the remaining 55 seats.
But the CNRP rejected the results, saying that it should have won 63 seats, with the CPP getting the remaining 60 seats if alleged poll irregularities were fairly resolved.
The National Election Committee is expected to issue the final poll results on Sept. 8.
Hun Sen, 61, who has been in power for 28 years, will extend his power for further five years through the election victory.
Editor: Fu Peng

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