CNRP supporter Seng Chan Theary was asked to explain the use of terms like “illegitimate government” and “dictatorship” in Facebook posts that are being used as evidence against her in the mass trial of CNRP leaders and members.
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Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy has publicly thrown his support behind the Candlelight Party he had founded and mobilised support for it. Son Chhay, a prominent former opposition politician, on March 1 announced he was joining the Candlelight Party, a party where he had sought refuge after the government’s dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in 2017.
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As smaller political parties are beginning to organise in anticipation of the commune elections in June, some parties claim that local authorities continue to harass them while others are finding them cooperative. Candlelight Party alleged provincial authorities were threatening and intimidating its activists, including preventing them from putting up party signs.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has denied alleged intimidation and threatening of members and officials of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) ahead of the upcoming Commune Election.
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Four former vice-presidents and six former members of Funcinpec party decided to join the Khmer National United Party (KNUP).
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Cambodia’s opposition chief Kem Sokha appeared to offer his support for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son Hun Manet as the ruling party’s candidate for his father’s role, in what a political analyst said is likely part of a bid to reenter politics despite his ongoing trial on charges of “treason.” Kem Sokha, former president of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, reiterated his call on the court to drop the treason charge against him.
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