In a defamation suit filed by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), the National Election Committee (NEC) has ordered Sok Srey Nuon, the second deputy head of Preah Theat commune from the Candlelight Party to pay a fine of $1,250 to the Tbong Khmum Provincial Election Commission (PEC) within 30 days.
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Suth Dina, former ambassador to South Korea, who was jailed for corruption for more than four years, has reached out to Candlelight Party, asking for a membership so that he will be able to participate in the next year’s National Assembly (NA) election.
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Four political parties met the National Election Committee (NEC) with a demand to reform Provincial and Municipal Election Committee (PEC) with officials having no political affiliation. They also proposed an independent candidate as the chairman of the body.
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After the Supreme Court banned 118 leaders of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) from engaging in political activity for five years in 2017, 33 former lawmakers have re-applied to engage in politics as the ban’s five-year term will expire next month.
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Thousands of worshippers of politician Khem Veasna who are gathered at his farmstead for a prophesied apocalypse have until midnight to disperse, authorities said, but the political party argued it had asked for permission to continue for a month.
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