Former lawmaker of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Ou Chanrath said he was set to submit an application to the Ministry of Interior this week on the formation of a new party to compete in the commune and general elections in 2022 and 2023.
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The ruling Cambodian People’s Party [CPP] yesterday criticised the former “CNRP’s foreign policy” for 2021 announced by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, saying efforts to persuade the international community to put more pressure against the government will be ineffective.
Watchdogs and political analysts are calling on the leader of Cambodia’s banned main opposition party to push for a faster trial in an effort to solve political deadlock so the country can move on, the analysts told RFA.
The Ministry of Justice yesterday defended the delay of former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason trial and decried a “justice denied” comment made by US Ambassador Patrick Murphy
A group of former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s lawyers have submitted a letter to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for the third time, asking to it to resume Sokha’s treason trial after it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic early last year.
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The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on January 28 resumed the trial against 61 people including former opposition leader Sam Rainsy on charges of plotting and incitement to cause social chaos.
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A CNRP activist was arrested in Phnom Penh on Tuesday after being seen participating in small ongoing protests against the jailings of opposition supporters, with a rights group saying nearly 70 political and environmental activists have been imprisoned since the start of last year.
