The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the royalist Funcinpec party support cultural and diplomatic cooperation to strengthen ties and uphold goodwill for the two countries’ shared future.
Former Prime Minister Hun Sen, as president of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), has accepted a request by Say Bory, formerly an adviser to the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk and defence lawyer for former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan, to join the CPP.
Among the more than 40 political parties registered with the Ministry of Interior, 29 have applied for membership in the Supreme Consultative Council (SCC).
Hoping to regain its ability to run in future elections, the main opposition Candlelight Party asked Cambodia’s newly appointed interior minister for a meeting to clear a bureaucratic hurdle – reissuing the party’s original certificate of registration – that kept it out of July’s parliamentary vote.
