In recent months, Sam Rainsy has raised wildly different theories on how political change could come about in Cambodia, most verging on the fanciful. The acting president of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party unsuccessfully called on voters to boycott last year’s general election; he called on foreign governments to back the CNRP’s reinstatement as a legal entity; he called on the military to disobey the government; he called on the Cambodian people to “take to the streets to oust [Prime Minister] Hun Sen”; and, in recent weeks, he has called on Interior Minister Sar Kheng to launch a palace coup against Hun Sen.
In full: https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/05/opinion/sam-rainsys-contradictory-coup-belief/
