.. Meanwhile the CPP is leading its PR campaign to discredit the opposition

A SRP official recognized that opposition party members have defected to the CPP, however, he said that defection is a personal right for each party member. Prey Veng SRP MP Chea Poch made this declaration after about 100 SRP party members defected to the CPP branch office in Meanchey district, Phnom Penh city in the morning of Saturday 28 November. The defectors allegedly include Sam Rainsy's bodyguards who used to be faithful to him. The defectors condemned Sam Rainsy for not leading the party properly and he allegedly never thought about party members at all (sic!).