But who are these thousands of people flocking to Freedom Park for the last day of the CNRP rally protesting the outcome of the 2013 legislative elections? What is Sam Rainsy’s voter base? For sure very few middle class show up at Freedom Park. There are many middle-aged people from the countryside. The younger ones […]
The atmosphere at Freedom Park, where thousands of opposition CNRP supporters are gathered during three days to protest the results of the 2013 legislative elections they claim were widely rigged, was definitely cheerfull after their leaders had a 5-hour meeting with the leaders of the ruling CPP. The announcement by Yim Sovann, CNRP MP, of […]
CNRP supporters who stayed the night woke up in a chilly morning at Freedom Park, reading yesterday’s newspaper about last night’s death of a young man who was shot by the police in a serious incident when the police fired repeatedly on people who wanted to tear down a barbed wire barricade set up by […]
Yes I know I’m late. I had something to eat… The CNRP rally at Freedom Park went on smoothly while many CNRP supporters (and non-CNRP supporters) got quite irritated at the numerous road blocks decorated with razor wire and riot police spread all over town. There were incidents at Wat Unalom where CNRP supporters tore […]
The first day of the planned opposition CNRP demonstration has started. In a paranoid move from the authorities, Phnom Penh woke up as a city under siege with numerous police barricades manned by hundreds of Military Police, Gendarmerie and Police units in full riot gear, preventing any sensible planning of itinerary, denying citizens from reaching […]
About 250 monks and citizens walked through the streets of Phnom Penh, praying for a peacefull resolution of the 2013 Cambodian legislative elections, the day before a 3-day mass rally planned by the opposition CNRP to protest the results of the polls. The photographs from the 2013 elections can be seen HERE on my regularly […]
After this morning’s meeting with King Norodom Sihamoni, where both the CPP and the CNRP received an invitation for the MP’s to attend the opening session of parliament later this September 23rd, the CNRP held a press conference where a meeting between top level party members was announced with their CPP counterparts next monday at […]
Today’s scheduled meeting between the leaders of the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP, both invited by King Norodom Sihamoni to discuss the political outcome of the Cambodian 2013 legislative elections, lasted less than 30 minutes. No statements were made. The 2013 elections photographs are HERE.