It is Independence Day! It is the 60th Anniversary! But the scene is far less than desired. It is a country with a National Assembly (68 in a 123 seats) half empty. The reason is that the Opposition - the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) -has boycotted, claiming that there were gross irregularities in the July 28, 2013 elections. They would win 63 to 58 if the tallies were right.
The story is long, but it can be summed up to say that the causes of these troubles came basically from the disrespect of the spirit and the letter of the Paris Peace Agreement of October 23rd, 1991, 22 years ago last month.
The 2 parties, the ruling Cambodia People Party (CPP) and the CNRP were talking and negotiating, and hopefully something good for the nation came out from it ...
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