Gathering storm: violence, party rifts shatter political calm
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Violence and disagreements between political parties in Cambodia indicate general political unrest and the potential for violence surrounding the 1998 elections. In January and February of 1996, Princess Christine Alfson-Norodom received a death threat, a political radio announcer was shot, and the military police raided the offices of the Khmer Nation Party. Meanwhile, tension between the Funcinpec party and the Cambodian People's Party has been rising, particularly over the reinstatement of a holiday commemorating the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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Divided we fall: party leadership coup weakens coalition member
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Cambodian Information Minister Ieng Mouly's takeover of the Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party, smallest of the three parties in the coalition government, signals an increase in the Cambodian People's Party's (CPP's) effective power. Ieng Mouly and former leader Son Sann have long been at odds, and parliamentarians agree with Son Sann that the coup may have been illegal. However, the CPP and the Funcinpec party both support Ieng Mouly, and the CPP's active involvement will advance the power it has gained since the UN-sponsored 1993 elections.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1995
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Hun Sen and Prince Norodom Ranariddh, joint Cambodian Prime Ministers, do not appear to be getting on very well in November 1996. Hun Sen has suggested that the Prince has been negotiating with Ieng Sary, formerly of the Khmer Rouge, for reasons other than national peace, and claims that certain politicians wanted to reduce the power of the government. According to diplomats and analysts, Hun Sen's criticism is directed at the Prince, who would like Ieng Sary to be apointed to the general staff of the armed forces.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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