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Bun Rany Slams CNRP During Red Cross Event
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife Bun Rany on Saturday used a Cambodian Red Cross flood relief event in Pailin province to denounce the opposition CNRP’s three-day rally and marches in Phnom Penh last week as part of an effort to “cheat” the people of Cambodia. Ms. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/bun-rany-slams-cnrp-during-red-cross-event-45988/
Rainsy Lays Out Demands for Next Round of Negotiations
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Sunday said that the CNRP would formally appeal to the CPP this week to resume negotiations to end the ongoing political deadlock, but said that the CPP would have to meet the CNRP’s conditions for a new round of talks. “Now ...
Colin Meyn and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-lays-out-demands-for-next-round-of-negotiations-45990/
Hun Sen’s Cabinet Approves $3.5B Draft Budget
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s new Cabinet on Friday approved a 2014 draft budget of $3.5 billion, a 13 percent increase over this year’s budget, but gave no details as to how the money would be spent. The CPP also said it will go ahead with a ...
Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-cabinet-approves-3-5b-draft-budget-45985/
Cambodian Opposition Wraps Up Election Protest Rally
Cambodian opposition supporters have wrapped up three days of peaceful protests against the results of this year’s parliamentary elections. Led by opposition leader Sam Rainsy, an estimated 20,000 cheering demonstrators marched to several foreign embassies in Phnom Penh asking for international intervention in the Cambodian political ...
VOA Khmer News Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-opposition-wraps-up-election-protest-rally/1777608.html
CNRP’s Protest Culminates in 25,000-Strong Street March
If opposition supporters are wearied by the CNRP’s continuing boycott of parliament, they refused to show it on Friday as an estimated 25,000 people turned out for the final day of a three-day protest that delivered petitions and letters to eight foreign embassies and the ...
Simon Henderson and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrps-protest-culminates-in-25000-strong-street-march-45962/
Park's own Cleveland clinic
As two volunteers guided a man unsteady on his feet into a medical tent on the second day of a three-day pro-opposition demonstration at Freedom Park yesterday, Chan Bun Han instructed another to get the patient a bottle of water after they laid him on ...
Sean Teehan, P.6
http://www.phnompenhpost.com
March a victory of another sort
While the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s continued push for an investigation into election irregularities may at times feel quixotic, the fact that the opposition was able to hold a peaceful march yesterday without incident represents a perhaps equally significant victory for freedom of assembly. The Ministry ...
Shane Worrell, P.2
http://www.phnompenhpost.com
Human rights group decries foreign praise
Human Rights Watch yesterday took the key donor governments of Japan, Australia and France to task for congratulating Prime Minister Hun Sen on his official election victory in a strongly worded statement that called on them to support an independent investigation into July’s disputed poll. The ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/human-rights-group-decries-foreign-praise
CNRP Marches Through Phnom Penh, Delivers Petition to UN
More than 10,000 opposition CNRP supporters marched from Freedom Park to the U.N.’s human rights office in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to deliver a petition urging signatories of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in the country’s current political deadlock. The march marked the climax ...
The Cambodia Daily News Staff
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-marches-through-phnom-penh-delivers-petition-to-un-45737/
NEC Falls Short of Removing All ‘Ghost Names’ From Voter List
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Wednesday closed the official voter registration period, which lasted for 20 days and saw more than 170,000 people added and nearly 100,000 names struck from the voter list. The list has been heavily criticized by election monitors, who say the ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec%E2%80%88falls-short-of-removing-all-ghost-names-from-voter-list-45743/
Cambodia opposition rallies for second day
Cambodian opposition supporters have taken to the streets for a second day, after thousands of protesters marched to the United Nation’s human rights office in the capital, Phnom Penh. They are urging the world body to intervene in the country’s political deadlock, and opposition leader Sam ...
Aljazeera News Staff
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia-pacific/2013/10/cambodia-opposition-rallies-second-day-20131024435425956.html
In the money at CNRP rally
Thousands of opposition supporters at Freedom Park cheered in a near-ecstatic frenzy yesterday as Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy compared the demonstration to those held by the ruling party with an eye to the bottom line. “The [Cambodian People’s Party] uses money to pay ...
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/money-cnrp-rally
Protesters Move Largely Unhindered by Police Checkpoints
Despite the return of police checkpoints around Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning ahead of the opposition CNRP’s latest protest against July’s still-disputed national election, most demonstrators coming in from the provinces were let through. Typifying what turned out to be a lighter security touch compared to ...
Khuon Narim and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protesters-move-largely-unhindered-by-police-checkpoints-45741/
Thousands Join Opposition Rally in Phnom Penh
Thousands of opposition supporters made their way to Freedom Park in Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning to begin the first of a three-day demonstration designed to urge signatories of the Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in the country’s current political deadlock. Unlike at the previous protests ...
Colin Meyn and Simon Marks
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-join-opposition-rally-in-phnom-penh-45722/
We’ll always have Paris
It may not be a milestone anniversary, but the significance of this day 22 years ago is something the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party wants everyone to remember when it begins its latest mass protest this morning, a spokesman said yesterday. From today until Friday, ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/we%E2%80%99ll-always-have-paris
Government Reverses Ban, Agrees to CNRP March
The Ministry of Interior announced Tuesday in a last minute meeting that it would allow the opposition CNRP to take 1,000 people through the streets of Phnom Penh to deliver a petition to the U.N. and eight foreign embassies during its three-day mass demonstration that ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/government-reverses-ban-agrees-to-cnrp-march-45694/
Police will not ‘be as strict’
The roads surrounding Independence Monument will once again be blocked off as a planned three-day opposition rally kicks off this morning, but military police maintained yesterday that they will not be as tightly enforced as they were when frustration over delays erupted into violence last ...
Vong Sokheng and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-will-not-%E2%80%98be-strict%E2%80%99
CNRP Assured of No Roadblocks During Demonstration
Opposition CNRP lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua last night emerged from a meeting with Phnom Penh City Hall representatives proclaiming that she had the assurance of the Municipal police chief that there would be no roadblocks in or around Phnom Penh during the opposition’s three-day demonstration starting ...
Khuon Narim and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-assured-of-no-roadblocks-during-demonstration-45698/
Opposition leader arrives ahead of planned protest
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday after a two-week long campaign abroad to seek support for his Cambodia National Rescue Party’s (CNRP) bid to bring foreign intervention to Cambodia’s election dispute. He returned home just a day before his party’s planned three-day protest ...
Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MDNjYTM1NWZjMmN#sthash.ZPVqxJbu.dpuf
Still No Agreement Over Opposition Marches
A meeting between representatives of the CNRP and Phnom Penh City Hall officials Monday failed to produce an agreement over the opposition party’s plans to march throughout the city during its three consecutive days of demonstrations starting Wednesday. City Hall officials last week decreed that the ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/still-no-agreement-over-opposition-marches-45629/
ខណៈកំពុងហាត់សម នគរបាលខ្លះត្រូវដកទៅបំបែកសមាជប្រជាជន
ភ្នំពេញៈ នៅក្នុងអំឡុងពេលកំពុងហាត់សម នៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ប៉ូលិសប្រមាណ ១០០ នាក់ ក្នុងចំណោមប៉ូលិសជាង ១០០០ នាក់ ដែលប្រដាប់ដោយខែល និងដំបង បានទៅបំបែកការរៀបចំធ្វើសមាជប្រជាជននៅស្ពាននាគក្បែរនោះ កាលពីព្រឹកម្សិលមិញ។ ការហាត់សមរបស់កម្លាំងនគរបាលកាលពីម្សិលមិញ ត្រូវបានគេគិតថា គឺដើម្បីត្រៀមទប់ទល់ទៅនឹងការធ្វើបាតុកម្មរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ នៅថ្ងៃស្អែក បើទោះបីជាមន្ត្រីសមត្ថកិច្ចបានអះអាងថា ការហាត់សមនេះគឺដើម្បីពង្រឹងការការពារសន្តិសុខក៏ដោយ។ កម្លាំងសមត្ថកិច្ច ចម្រុះប្រមាណ ១០០ នាក់ ដែលបានដកចេញពីទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យបានមករារាំងនិងរុញច្រានប្រជាពលរដ្ឋទាំងនេះបង្ខំឲ្យចាកចេញពីស្ពាននាគ ប៉ុន្តែប្រជាពលរដ្ឋទាំងនោះ ក៏បានរុញច្រានកម្លាំងនគរបាលវិញ ប៉ុន្តែការប៉ះទង្គិចគ្នានោះមិនបង្កឲ្យមានអ្នករងរបួសឡើយ។ បើទោះបីជាកម្លាំងប៉ូលិស បានលើកផ្តួលគ្រែរបស់ក្រុមសហគមន៍ ដែលរៀបចំសម្រាប់ធ្វើវេទិកា ហើយបានបណ្តេញឲ្យចាកចេញក៏ដោយ ក៏ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋទាំងនោះមិនព្រមចាកចេញឡើយ ហើយបាននាំគ្នាអង្គុយចុះ បន្ទាប់មកក្រុមបណ្តាញមួយចំនួនបានដើរចែកសៀវភៅស្តីអំពីរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជាដល់អ្នកដែលចូលរួមទាំងអស់ និងសមត្ថកិច្ចដែលមកបង្ក្រាបបាតុករផងដែរ ដើម្បីឲ្យយល់ពីច្បាប់ ហើយកុំឲ្យមានការបំពានច្បាប់។ យោងតាមលិខិតចុះថ្ងៃ ទី២០ ខែ តុលា របស់អភិបាលរងសាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញ លោក ឃួង ស្រេង ផ្ញើជូនតំណាងបណ្តាញពហុវិស័យឲ្យដឹងថា សមាជប្រជាជនមិនទាន់កំណត់ដោយច្បាប់ស្តីពីការរៀបចំ ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/105434-2013-10-22-03-45-51
សង្គ្រោះជាតិ នៅតែធ្វើបាតុកម្មទោះបីមិនមានការអនុញ្ញត
ភ្នំពេញៈ ថាតើមហាបាតុកម្ម ដែលមានរយៈពេលបីថ្ងៃ របស់គណបក្សប្រឆាំង ដែលចាប់ផ្តើមធ្វើនៅថ្ងៃស្អែកនឹងត្រូវអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យធ្វើទៅតាមការគ្រោងទុកឬអត់នោះ នៅមិនទាន់ច្បាស់នៅឡើយទេ រហូតដល់ល្ងាចម្សិលមិញ ហើយសាលារាជធានី បានបង្វែរសេចក្តីសម្រេចទៅក្រសួង មហាផ្ទៃ បន្ទាប់ពីកិច្ចប្រជុំដែលមិនបានទទួលបានផ្លែផ្កាជាមួយតំណាងគណបក្សប្រឆាំង។ ប៉ុន្តែដោយមិនគិតថា តើអាជ្ញាធរផ្តល់ការអនុញ្ញាត ឬមិនផ្តល់នោះគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិបានថ្លែងថា ខ្លួននឹងនៅតែបន្តធ្វើបាតុកម្មទៅតាមការគ្រោងទុក។ បើតាមលោកស្រី មូរ សុខហួរ ប្រធានផ្នែកកិច្ចការសាធារណៈ របស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានឲ្យដឹងថា «ចំណុចប្រកាន់ខ្ជាប់» គឺថា តើបាតុករនឹងអាចហែក្បួនបានឬអត់ស្នាក់នៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យនៅពេលយប់បានឬអត់ និងថា តើចំនួនអ្នកចូលរួមប៉ុន្មាននាក់ នឹងត្រូវអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យចូលរួម។ ...
វង្ស សុខេង
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/105435-2013-10-22-03-52-47
Outsider party urges CNRP to ‘take a seat’
The head of the tiny Khmer Economic Development Party (KEDP), which failed to win a single seat in the July 28 elections, yesterday called on the opposition to take its 55 seats at the National Assembly and form a coalition with the ruling Cambodian People’s ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/outsider-party-urges-cnrp-%E2%80%98take-seat%E2%80%99
Opposition Will Go Forward With Mass Demonstration, Leader Says
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Tuesday reaffirmed his party’s commitment to three days of mass demonstrations starting on Wednesday, in response to the government’s failure to address widespread irregularities in July’s national elections. Returning from a trip abroad, where he had urged Western states not to ...
VOA Khmer Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-will-go-forward-with-mass-demonstration-leader-says/1774467.html