Last month, Cambodia’s National Election Committee rejected the application of the country’s main opposition party to take part in this year’s national election, all but ensuring another clean sweep for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party. In a statement, the NEC said that it would not register the Candlelight Party for the July 23 election for failing to attach a …
Cambodia’s embattled opposition Candlelight Party has lost its appeal against disqualification from forthcoming national elections, which effectively means the country’s long-ruling leader, Prime Minister Hun Sen, will stand unchallenged at the polls in July. Cambodia’s Constitutional Council, which heard the party’s appeal on Thursday, ruled that the National Election Committee’s decision to prevent the opposition from standing in the July …
However, nine parties’ applications have yet to be approved, including the Candlelight Party, the only one with any chance of challenging Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CPP. Twenty political parties have registered for Cambodia’s parliamentary election in July, the country’s National Election Committee announced yesterday, though nine of them have not yet been approved, including the one opposition party of any …
Cambodians go the polls on Sunday to choose new local leaders and a new opposition party aims to chip away at the dominance of ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Cambodia goes to the polls on Sunday in nationwide local elections after a two-week campaign that hinted at a return to a more contested political …