Two Candlelight Party commune election candidates have been arrested in Pursat province, as the party argued it was a political threat and not a case of forged documents as alleged by local authorities.
Battambang residents will be miserable if they don’t protect the remaining forests in the province, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said at an annual provincial meeting, imploring officials to think long-term.
Seventeen political parties have registered candidates for the June 5 commune election.
The two biggest political parties in the upcoming commune election have just 26 and 23 percent women candidates, continuing a struggle to field more women for political positions in the country.
With less than 90 days to the commune elections, 17 political parties this weekend registered candidates to vie for critical commune chief positions across the country — though some alleged threats during the process.
A well-established minor party known for its ardent supporters and its leader’s unorthodox, at-times harsh rhetoric has dropped out of the upcoming commune elections.
Two Cambodia Reform Party commune-election candidates have withdrawn their bids after a village security guard warned them to “be careful” and told them authorities would treat them as immigrants and stall paperwork, a party member said.
With a little over 90 days to the commune elections, political parties began registering candidates on Friday to run in the 1,652 communes across the country.
In speeches, Facebook posts and Fresh News articles, several government officials have turned on Europe and the West over their support for Ukraine.
Opposition leader Kem Sokha made another call to find a resolution to his treason trial, adding that efforts to keep him away from politics could render upcoming elections not free and fair.
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