Cambodia might be on the eve of some big changes.
Protests are popping all over the place and it becomes increasingly difficult to cover all of them. While the opposition CNRP held yet another motorcade in Phnom Penh with the continuous demand that Prime Minister Hun Sen step down, a group of monks from the Independent Monks Network blocked Monivong Boulevard in front of the Municipality to demand apologies from the authorities for the violence put upon them the previous day and morning, warmly applauded by a small crowd of bystanders. A group of some 3-400 workers went on strike after the government announced a salary increase of 15$ instead of the requested 80$ (which would effectively double their current monthly wages) and roamed Road Nr 2 in Chak Angré to pull co-workers from other factories out in the street. The same went on on road nr 4.
All the 2013 Cambodian elections photographs are HERE.
If yesterday’s march (see HERE) was the bigger picture, today it is back to the smaller picture… Former Boeung Kak lake residents were protesting in front of the Municipality, supported by a delegation of human rights activist buddhist monks, members of the Independent Monks Network.
UPDATED: on Dec. 24th with two more photographs from Dec. 23rd in the evening.
All the 2013 Cambodian elections photographs are HERE.
The Boeung Kak lake saga photographs are HERE and HERE.
The turnout for the 8th and final (for now) opposition CNRP march through Phnom Penh was immense, probably the biggest postwar turnout yet. A large fraction of the Cambodian people made it very clear to their party leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha that they have had enough of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 28-year iron-fisted rule. The fear which kept them cowered for years is gone. The population has expressed its wish. Now the question is how the politics are going to handle these strong expectations.
The other 2013 elections photographs are HERE.
Posted Sunday Dec 22, 2013, in
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The opposition CNRP supporters, in a bid to oust long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen from power called upon by the CNRP co-Presidents Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, are still gathered at Freedom Place, marching every day for the past 7 days through the streets of Phnom Penh, sleeping out in the (relative) cold.
More on the 2013 elections aftermath HERE.
Posted Sunday Dec 22, 2013, in
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The 6th opposition CNRP motorcade, pacing along at fast-walking speed, didn’t push too far along the streets of Phnom Penh this time. The agenda is still the same: have Prime Minister Hun Sen step down, following the July 2013 elections the CNRP claims to have won.
For now, the response from the government to the daily demonstrations is still the same as well: restraint on the repression front (no riot police to be spotted along the way) but officials saying that any transgression of the law shall be met with force if needed.
The difference compared to yesterday’s demonstration is the smaller amount of supporters along the road. It’s not that there are none, but there are less. People being better off along Kampuchea Krom Boulevard might be an explanation.
Yesterday’s demonstration is HERE…
More on the 2013 elections aftermath HERE.
Posted Saturday Dec 21, 2013, in
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Opposition CNRP supporters spent their 6th consecutive night at Freedom Park, gathering strength to demonstrate yet again for Prime Minister Hun Sen to step down.
Yesterday’s demonstration is HERE…
More on the 2013 elections aftermath HERE.
The motorcade, organised by the opposition CNRP for the 5th consecutive day to demand that Prime Minister Hun Sen step down after the results of the Cambodian 2013 elections the CNRP claims to have won, went to the North of Phnom Penh, through streets lined with sympathisers.
More on the Cambodian elections aftermath HERE.
Posted Thursday Dec 19, 2013, in
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Catching up with Cambodian elections related events in Phnom Penh, the morning after returning from abroad.
Some 800-1000 people have spent their 3rd night out in the (relative) cold at ‘Freedom Place’. They are mostly too poor to go back and forth from their home in the province to the daily demonstrations organised by the opposition CNRP requesting the end of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 28 years strong grip on the country.
More tonight…
And more on the 2013 Cambodian elections aftermath HERE…
Posted Thursday Dec 19, 2013, in
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