Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) supporters gathered to eat Khmer noodles throughout the country on Sunday in a show of “Solidarity with Peaceful Samdech [Hun Sen]”, while activists of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) also joined in, hoping to restore the political situation to normal.
Gathering to eat Khmer noodles to discuss politics and democracy is good, but doing so to prepare for the return of a certain leader to incite a colour revolution is “illegal”, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Tuesday.
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Cambodia’s opposition has called on supporters to eat Khmer noodles, in public together as a way to evade a ban on political gatherings.
The Grassroots Democratic Party submitted a petition to National Assembly President Heng Samrin to seek clarification from the government over the partial reclamation of Boeng Tamouk lake.
Cambodia’s exiled acting opposition chief Sam Rainsy has agreed to return to the country in September, following a decision by fellow party executives to go home to restore democracy in the authoritarian Southeast Asian country, while the government said it has arrest warrants ready for him.
A spokesman for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has dismissed recent media reports that the Supreme Consultation Forum, which was established following the 2018 national elections, will have its mandate ended due to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s dissatisfaction with its performance.https://bit.ly/2WB5rvl;
