CPP denies any hand in blocking of Rainsy
Fri, 9 October 2015 ppp
Sen David and Igor Kossov
The
ruling Cambodian People’s Party has denied involvement in blocking
opposition leader Sam Rainsy from visiting a pagoda in Oddar Meanchey
province on Wednesday.
CPP
spokesman Sous Yara sent a letter to the Post saying that the
opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has only itself to blame for
its public relations problem.
“So
please, CNRP, find a solution to your local internal power [struggle]
by yourselves and respond to the people’s concerns [about your party],”
said Yara.
Ken
Kosal, a former CNRP councillor who defected to the CPP in June,
blocked Rainsy from entering a pagoda in Samroang town with a crowd of
350 people and 27 homemade tractors.
He
has previously said that no one ordered him to hold the rally and that
he did it because Sam Rainsy failed to follow through on his promise to
help the people of Oddar Meanchey.
CNRP
spokesman Yim Sovann, along with Bun Kim Heng, the opposition party’s
councillor of Oddar Meanchey, said yesterday that Chhim Toeu, the
director of the provincial culture and religion department in the
province, was involved in the effort to block Rainsy.
The blockers were “not ordinary people,” Sovann said.
“You
cannot use your power as a government official to block a pagoda,” he
said. “I don’t accuse anybody, but this is a political game created by
rivals of the CNRP.”
Toeu declined to comment yesterday.
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