Opposition protest sparked after credibility of last month's election was questioned.
Al Jazeera | 6 Aug 2013 14:06
The opposition CNRP claimed 1.3 million names were missing from electoral rolls [Reuters]
Thousands of supporters of Cambodia's main opposition
party have rallied to demand an international inquiry into the recent
general election, rejecting the victory claimed by long-serving Prime
Minister Hun Sen, who shows no sign of stepping aside.
The rally on Tuesday headed by the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was sparked after the credibility of last month's election was questioned, revealing widespread unhappniess with Sen's iron-fisted rule.
Sam Rainsy, the leader of the CNRP, who returned from exile to
galvanise the campaign of the newly merged opposition for the July 28
poll, has already said he should be prime minister and told the crowd in
a Phnom Penh park he rejected the idea of a coalition.
| We won't get involved in the destruction of the nation with them ... we want [Hun Sen] to step down. |
"We won't get involved in the destruction of the nation with them,"
he said, addressing a demand to Hun Sen: "We just want you to step down
as soon as possible."
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said Hun Sen's Cambodian
People's Party (CPP) won 68 seats and the CNRP 55. The CNRP says it won
63 and the CPP 60. The official result will not be announced until
Thursday at the earliest.
The CNRP also claimed 1.3 million names were missing from electoral
rolls and that Hun Sen's side stuffed ballot boxes with illegal votes.
Call for investigation
Sam Rainsy wants the United Nations and non-governmental bodies to take part, which the government has rejected.
"It is inconceivable to me that Hun Sen would allow any investigation
that he couldn't control," said Carl Thayer, a Cambodia expert at the
Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.
"This election result will not be the end of Hun Sen for the next
five years. But his pledge to say in office until he is in his seventies
looks shaky."
Sam Rainsy told the large crowd that the people would no longer be intimidated and he promised more, bigger demonstrations.
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Changing Cambodia is not about changing leaders, replacing bad ones with other bad ones. You want to change Cambodia? Stop relying on fake promises, foreign help and some NGO gangsters. Stop reading and watching Western medias (your own medias are controlled by Western managers) that belong to politicians and businessmen corporations. Learn about our khmer true History. Don't let any foreign or local organization consider Khmer as poor and dumb anymore. protect ourself from over-consumption, bling-bling useless gadgets and products that the Western Empire massively puts all of us into mental and financial slavery. We all KHMER must share, give a hand to our own people, unite for our rights not the ones UN pretends to defend with luxury buildings and trucks where our people work hard for indecent salaries
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ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ យើងមិនអាចយល់បាន បើមិនយករឿងពីអតីតកាលមកពិចារណា ឬ មិនដឹងអតីតកាល របស់ខ្លួនច្បាស់លាស់ទេ៖ ដូចក្នុងកាលទេសៈខ្មែរធ្លាប់ឆ្លងកាត់ជាបន្តរបន្ទាប់ យើងមិនអាចដឹងបានថាត្រូវធ្វើយ៉ាងណា សម្រាប់ បច្ចុប្បន្ន នឹងអនាគត់របស់យើងឡើយ។
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