Exiled Cambodian Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy to be welcomed by Senator Frank Drilon in Manila

Sam Rainsy, MP, leader of the biggest opposition party and democratic movement in Cambodia, will arrive in Manila next week to discuss recent political developments in his country ahead of crucial parliamentary elections in July 2013.

The opposition leader, who has been in exile in France for more than a year now, will speak together with Senator Frank Drilon in the launch of International Parliamentary Committee for Democratic Elections in Cambodia (IPCDEC), which Senator Drilon chairs. MP Rainsy and Senator Drilon are the present and past Chairperson of Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) respectively, a network of liberal and democratic political parties in Asia. 

The IPCDEC launch will be held on Monday, 10September 2012, 9:00 am to 11:00am in Waling-Waling Room, Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila.  A press conference will follow the launch.     

Philippine Presidential Adviser for the Environment, Dr. Neric Acosta, who is also the CALD Secretary General, will moderate the event.

  

For more information, contact:

Yim Sovann, MP: 012 788 999

Jenno Arellano (Philippine Senate, Senator Drilon’s Office):09322084767

MicoEspina (International Parliamentary Committee for Democratic Elections in Cambodia Desk): 0908 890 8978