PHNOM PENH
CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen (pic)
yesterday rejected opposition calls for him to step down after
thousands of protesters massed in the capital calling for fresh
elections.
The strongman leader said that there would be “no re-election”, dismissing opposition allegations that the July election was tainted by vote rigging.
An estimated 10,000 protesters, massed in a park in the capital Phnom Penh on Sunday, calling for another vote and for Hun Sen’s resignation. It was the first such demand from the demonstrators, with the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) party previously asking for an independent probe into the polls that extended Hun Sen’s nearly three-decade rule.
Hun Sen, who has rejected an inquiry into the elections, told reporters yesterday that the Cambodian constitution did not allow the prime minister to dissolve the parliament before its five-year mandate.
He warned that the government would take legal measures in response to any “illegal actions” that would cause instability in the country.
AFP
The strongman leader said that there would be “no re-election”, dismissing opposition allegations that the July election was tainted by vote rigging.
An estimated 10,000 protesters, massed in a park in the capital Phnom Penh on Sunday, calling for another vote and for Hun Sen’s resignation. It was the first such demand from the demonstrators, with the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) party previously asking for an independent probe into the polls that extended Hun Sen’s nearly three-decade rule.
Hun Sen, who has rejected an inquiry into the elections, told reporters yesterday that the Cambodian constitution did not allow the prime minister to dissolve the parliament before its five-year mandate.
He warned that the government would take legal measures in response to any “illegal actions” that would cause instability in the country.
AFP
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