Ley Sokhon, a party activist, was arrested in June after actively searching for fraud during the June commune election in Battambang province and posting a video of a confrontation with CPP officials.
The head of Poipet’s commune election committee said she had rejected the complaint because it didn’t identify any individuals.
The minister released a letter last Friday asking government workers to be non-partisan and not conduct party activities during work hours.
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.
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.
An outburst quickly turned into apology in a Siem Reap constituency where a deputy commune chief was not elevated to run for the chief position in the June local elections.
The outlawed opposition party is attempting to disrupt the upcoming commune elections in 2022, alleged Interior Minister Sar Kheng, calling for local officials to be vigilant.
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