Candlelight Party leader Son Chhay was found guilty of defamation in two cases brought against him by the National Election Committee and CPP for discussing irregularities in vote counting and candidate registrations during the June commune election.
The minister released a letter last Friday asking government workers to be non-partisan and not conduct party activities during work hours.
Under a white and yellow tent in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district, female dancers clad in traditional attire danced as part of a blessing ceremony at the party congress of the beleaguered royalist Funcinpec party.
2017’s political crackdown ousted more than 5,000 opposition commune councilors from their elected seats. Now with less than a year until the next commune elections, two former CNRP commune chiefs speak of the desolation of the current opposition landscape.
Elections are set to return to Cambodia in June next year, but the country’s political landscape remains shattered and largely lifeless. In part one, Ouch Sony speaks to several minor party leaders about the daunting task of trying to build up a political movement from nothing.
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