With parliamentary elections scheduled for July 23, the Candlelight Party (CP), one of the largest opposition parties, has finally applied to register itself and its candidates with the National Election Committee (NEC).
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Candlelight Party leader Rong Chhun is rejected by the NEC run as a candidate from Kandal province in the July election. The NEC refers to the Justice Ministry had determined that the unionist was not legally rehabilitated from his 2021 incitement conviction. The CP has decided to nominate Chan Cheng, a former CNRP lawmaker, as CP’s parliamentary candidate for Kandal province, replacing Rong Chhun.
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As the National Election approaches the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has accepted a series of key opposition figures and activists defections to secure a landslide victory.
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The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP said the Candlelight Party (CP) competing in the upcoming National Election is an improvement of democracy in Cambodia.
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The opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who is living in-exile in Paris, has called on the international community not to recognise the upcoming election. As a countermeasure to the ex-opposition leaders’ lobbying for International groups to stay away, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party has urged these observers to see for themselves how free and fair the National Election will be.
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