Candlelight Party’s Pailin Chief Hit With Two Lawsuits
A former doctor in Pailin is facing two lawsuits after becoming head of the Candlelight Party in the province.
Mech Dara Apr 5, 8:27 pm
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A former doctor in Pailin is facing two lawsuits after becoming head of the Candlelight Party in the province.
The opposition Candlelight Party has been entirely stripped of candidates in 11 communes, but the national elections body is now done removing nominees for the June election, a spokesperson said on Monday.
The last time the Candlelight Party contested elections, it was known as the Sam Rainsy Party. Returning for the June commune election, Candlelight Party president Thach Setha called on opposition supporters to unite behind his party rather than remain fractured.
The committee has been disqualifying opposition candidates for being illiterate or not filling out their own candidacy documents.
Small party president and former general Nhek Bun Chhay had charges of drug production and procurement of precursors dropped by a Phnom Penh court this week, in a case dating back to 2007.
Prosecutors in the Kem Sokha trial resumed questioning him about events in the run-up to the 2013 national election to support their treason charge, though judges wanted to proceed with cross-examination about the election and its aftermath.
The National Election Committee on Monday and Tuesday ordered the removal of more commune election candidates from the Candlelight Party, radio broadcaster Mam Sonando’s Beehive Party and the Khmer Will Party.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court reviewed evidence presented during a mass trial involving around 60 CNRP leaders, members and supporters who planned to support the return of former party president Sam Rainsy in 2019.
VOD sat down with Kong Monika, the president of the Khmer Will Party, to talk about the party’s prospects and the policies it will pitch to the electorate. Monika admitted that the party was still small and lacking in resources but was focused on making commune administrations nonpartisan and reducing corruption and abuse of power by commune chiefs.
The National Election Committee took the unusual step this week of removing all Candlelight Party candidates from three communes in Kampong Cham and Phnom Penh for alleged registration irregularities.
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