Cambodia's
main opposition party staged another mass rally in the capital on
Sunday, vowing to keep up its political fight in the aftermath of
national elections they say were rigged.
Around
10,000 people turned out for the protest in Phnom Penh. The
demonstration was part of a more than two-month opposition push to
demand an independent probe be set up to investigate alleged cheating
during the July vote.
Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party has steadfastly refused the
demand,
however, and both sides are in a stalemate, with the opposition boycotting parliament.
Sam
Rainsy's Cambodia National Rescue Party issued a statement later Sunday
reiterating much of a strategy that has so far proven unsuccessful. It
said the party would hold more protests nationwide, call a general
strike, lobby foreign governments and gather support for a petition
asking the U.N. to support the party's election claims.
Hun
Sen is one of Asia's longest-serving and most authoritarian leaders. He
has run Cambodia since 1985 with little tolerance for opposition,
propelled by his well-financed political machine.
During
the July
election, though, his party performed unexpectedly weakly, emerging
with its poorest results in more than a decade to see its majority
wither in the 123-seat National Assembly.
The opposition, running on a newly unified slate, boosted its number of elected lawmakers to 55, up from 29.
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The 10 points Resolution:
People’s Congress – Resolution
People’s Congress – Resolution
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