It was set up as a counterpart to the pro-Vietnamese Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation and as a way of rallying anti-Vietnamese nationalists to the Khmer Rouge, thus legitimizing the discredited Democratic Kampuchea regime.
It was set up as a counterpart to the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation that had been nurtured by the Vietnamese. Its purpose was to rally anti-Vietnamese nationalists to support the Khmer Rouge, as part of an effort to legitimize the discredited Democratic Kampuchea regime.