Zoe Lofgren: “I really feel in this case, given the dependency that Cambodia has on the international community, including the United…”

“I really feel in this case, given the dependency that Cambodia has on the international community, including the United States, for their very survival, that the opportunity to greatly influence events there is present, and it may not always be present. I would like to further state that as we move forward in this effort, we must make sure that our partners, our international partners throughout the world who have also provided aid, stand with us in isolating this lawless government from funds. I would further say, as we move forward hoping for elections that I would strongly urge must be supervised once again by the United Nations or the international community, we must gain a guarantee that the winner of the election actually gets to take power this time. I think it was a very serious mistake that we failed to do that last time that has helped create this problem.”