Elections

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, will visit the country next week to assess the government’s progress in improving human rights and democratic and land reforms, his office said Wednesday. During the 10-day fact-finding mission, beginning June ...

Working group of ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will meet tomorrow, an official said. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said his ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) still retained an ” open door” for negotiations with the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) over a 10-month post-election dispute, the country’s state-run TV reported Saturday. “The CPP continues to open its door ...

Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, son of the beloved late monarch Norodom Sihanouk, officially inaugurated a newly-formed royalist party on Friday in order to prepare for the contest in the 2018’s general election. The inauguration of the Community of Royalist People Party ( CRPP) was held at ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s administration on Friday hit out at opposition leaders for accusing the government of ceding territory to Vietnam at a ceremony this week commemorating the 65th anniversary of loss of land belonging to the Khmer Krom ethnic minority to Hanoi. Government spokesman ...

Sam Rainsy, president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), on Thursday renewed his call for negotiations with the Prime Minister Hun Sen’ s ruling party to end a nine-month post-election dispute.     “Only talks between the two parties will lead to the end of the ...

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Wednesday questioned the sincerity of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party in efforts to resolve a 10-month political standoff amid an impasse in negotiations to reform the country’s electoral body following disputed polls. The CNRP’s Deputy President Kem Sokha ...

The National Election Committee last night released the official results of the May 18 district, provincial and municipal council elections, with the ruling CPP winning 2,540—or 76.4 percent—of the 3,324 positions that were available across the country. The figures are almost identical to the figures released ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) swept 2,540 out of the country’s 3,324 seats in the second elections for municipal, provincial, and district councilors, which were held on May 18, according to the official results released by the National Election Committee late Tuesday. The main opposition ...

Control of a 17-seat district council in Kompong Cham province was determined by a Buddhist monk pulling a name out of a box Wednesday after election results revealed an equal number of votes for both parties. The CPP and CNRP each came away with 36 votes ...

The single-party National Assembly sat for the third day of its third plenary session Thursday, with a senior ruling party lawmaker calling on Information Minister Khieu Kanharith to examine whether journalists who call the Assembly “single party” can be punished under law. Sixty-four of the 68 ...

Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties resumed talks Thursday in a bid to end a nearly 10-month political standoff, with the two sides still remaining far apart on how to reform the electoral body which oversees the ballot. Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Kuy Bunroeun, ...

The opposition party leader Sam Rainsy sent an open letter Tuesday to Interior Minister Sar Kheng to resume talks between the two parties to break the current political deadlock. “I would like to inform all observers that today [Tuesday] I contacted Deputy Prime Minister and Interior ...

Negotiators for the ruling party and opposition say they are preparing for a summit to settle their differences over election reforms, following meetings this week with a team of Japanese development experts. Officials from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party say they will still push for ...

Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties are preparing to resume negotiations aimed at ending the country’s political crisis following a hiatus for local council elections, party officials said Tuesday. Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy said he had contacted Interior Minister Sar Kheng, the top negotiator for Prime ...

Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng hopes that Japan can help the two winning parties CPP and CNRP to break the political deadlock as a Japanese team of experts are visiting Cambodia to study the needs of election reforms. ...

Anyone passing through Prey Doeum Thnoeng could be forgiven for pinning the tidy little village for a stronghold of the ruling CPP. Just about every second house along the red dirt road through town sports a bright blue banner with a checkmark next to the ...

The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) gained ground against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party in local elections over the weekend, initial tallies indicated Monday, in a boost the opposition party’s leader Sam Rainsy said would help strengthen democracy at the grassroots level. The ruling Cambodian People’s ...

The Cambodian People’s Party is declaring victory in a round of sub-national elections that were held Sunday, but observers say the latest polls diminished some of the ruling party’s power at the grassroots. The CPP on Monday claimed 2,543 seats in leadership positions at the city, ...

Japan sent a team of expert to Cambodia to identify the needs for the election reforms, according to a press statement released by the Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh today. The Japanese Embassy said that a study team was dispatched by the Government of Japan to ...

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The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Hun Sen swept 2,543 out of the country’s 3,333 seats in the 2nd elections for municipal, provincial, and district councilors on Sunday, according to the preliminary results issued by the CPP. The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue ...

In a report released yesterday, local election-monitoring organisation Comfrel accuses the ruling Cambodian People’s Party of stifling the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s campaign for district, provincial and municipal council elections. Comfrel cited the closure of Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park to would-be campaigners, and the ...

The opposition CNRP on Monday called for 20,000 supporters to march through Phnom Penh on Friday, two days before the May 18 provincial, municipal and district elections. “The CNRP doesn’t have a wide broadcasting tool, that is why we have to do this,” said Morn Phalla, ...