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Carving Tbong Khmum from Kampong Cham may see CPP gain assembly seat

Four years ago, when the opposition snatched Kampong Cham away from the ruling party in 2013 national elections, it hinted at a deeper shift taking place in what was then the Kingdom’s most populous province. ...

Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/carving-tbong-khmum-kampong-cham-may-see-cpp-gain-assembly-seat

Don’t ‘waste’ votes on small parties: Sokha

CNRP President Kem Sokha on Monday urged supporters of minority political parties not to “waste” votes and instead to join his party as the only credible challenger to the CPP, words dismissed as a false choice by one minor party leader. ...

Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dont-waste-votes-small-parties-sokha-131294/

Kingdom asks WTO to share trade information

Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak put forward a proposal last week requesting that the World Trade Organization (WTO) share information of bilateral and regional trade agreements with all its members to help smaller economies integrate into global trade markets. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-asks-wto-share-trade-information

Ex-RCAF commander Nhek Bun Chhay accused of disloyalty, stripped of role

Nhek Bun Chhay, president of the Khmer National United Party and former commander of Cambodia’s military under the royalist-led government of the 1990s, was stripped of his role as an adviser to the government and forced to surrender his firearms because he was “no longer ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-rcaf-commander-nhek-bun-chhay-accused-disloyalty-stripped-role

White Building locals get Ministry send-off

The Land Management Ministry hosted a farewell party for residents of Phnom Penh’s iconic but crumbling White Building Saturday, serving up large quantities of noodles and bringing in Buddhist monks to bless the residents before they move. ...

Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-building-locals-get-ministry-send

National election body to start vote recount today

The national election body will today start recounting votes for communes across the country where the winners in June 4’s commune elections were decided by the narrowest of margins. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-election-body-to-start-vote-recount-today-131232/

With CNRP gains come risks: panel

The mixed results of the June 4 commune elections may have allowed both major parties to save face, but the opposition’s large gains show it has a serious chance of winning next year’s national election – and that could attract violent backlash from the government, ...

Alex Willemyns
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-gains-come-risks-panel

Environment code due this year

Cambodia plans to have an ambitious environmental code adopted by the end of this year, according to a legal adviser with the law firm helping to write the legislation, though conservationists yesterday remained wary about how it would be implemented. ...

Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-code-due-year

CNRP to push $500k per commune plan in national assembly

In what one observer said was simply an act of politicking, the opposition CNRP on Thursday said it would push its campaign pledge of giving $500,000 to every commune in the National Assembly. ...

Ben Sokhean and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/131182-131182/

Finland to help develop energy plants

Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn yesterday met with the newly appointed Finnish ambassador Satu Suikkari-Kleven, who is based in Bangkok. “Ms Suikkari-Kleven told the Foreign Minister that some Finnish companies are interested in cooperating with Cambodia to invest in energy and electricity from waste,” Foreign Affairs ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39177/finland-to-help-develop-energy-plants/

Recounts appear to change two results

With the National Election Committee (NEC) having released preliminary commune election results, parties have begun registering requests for recounts to the body, with one commune each in Svay Rieng and Battambang provinces appearing to have already flipped sides as of yesterday. ...

Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/recounts-appear-change-two-results

Spinning the poll results

Already looking ahead to 2018, Prime Minister Hun Sen has told his Cambodian People’s Party that had Sunday’s commune elections been a national election, they would have won even more National Assembly seats than they did in 2013. ...

Alex Willemyns and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/spinning-poll-results

Garment workers protest at Ministry

About a thousand workers from the Southland garment factory yesterday protested outside the Ministry of Labour to demand intervention from the authorities to force the company to reinstate 10 unionists suspended from work after a strike began earlier this week. ...

Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-workers-protest-ministry

Consumer protection law still in draft stage

The Ministry of Commerce and other relevant ministries will meet later this month to review progress on the country’s first consumer protection law and formulate a plan to complete the draft legislation, a ministry official said yesterday. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/consumer-protection-law-still-draft-stage

Election body releases complete preliminary election results

The National Election Committee (NEC) posted complete preliminary results online on Wednesday evening after receiving missing forms from 344 communes, an official said, with the final tallies from Sunday’s commune elections expected before June 25. ...

Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-body-releases-complete-preliminary-election-results-131110/

Union reps suspended after more than a thousand strike in election day pay row

Ten union representatives were yesterday suspended from the Southland garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district after more than a thousand workers went on strike to protest the factory’s decisions about time taken off for voting in Sunday’s commune elections. ...

Post staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-reps-suspended-after-more-thousand-strike-election-day-pay-row

Minister scolds Thai outlets

Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence has demanded an apology from Thai media outlets for reports linking Defence Minister Tea Banh to a recent case of alleged cross-border arms smuggling by a Thai air force officer, one which has also ensnared an official from Cambodia’s Interior Ministry ...

Niem Chheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-scolds-thai-outlets

2011 ban on maids working in Malaysia lifted months ago

The government lifted a 2011 ban on sending Cambodian maids to Malaysia in January, according to a directive Prime Minister Hun Sen signed late last year, contradicting months of government denials. ...

Zsombor Peter and Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/2011-ban-maids-working-malaysia-lifted-months-ago-131127/

Main parties cut into each other’s traditional strongholds

The ruling CPP is losing votes in remote provinces while making up ground on the opposition CNRP in Phnom Penh and surrounding areas, according to election data showing the two major parties cutting into each other’s leads in traditional strongholds. ...

Michael Dickison
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/main-parties-cut-others-traditional-strongholds-131132/

Government spokesman admits to NGO scare

Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak’s pre-election warning that some NGOs and their leaders were being watched for illegally aiding the opposition was a threat designed to frighten them, General Sopheak said on Wednesday, as civil society groups warily condemned the statements. ...

Aun Pheap and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-spokesman-admits-to-ngo-scare-131115/

CPP, Opposition lodge Commune Elections day complaints

The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP have filed a combined 39 official complaints over the running of Sunday’s commune elections while independent observers continue to criticize pre-election conditions that they say likely compromised the poll.Hang Puthea, spokesman for the National Election Committee (NEC), said the ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-opposition-lodge-commune-elections-day-complaints-131071/

Commune vote smooth but not perfect, says watchdog

Asian election monitor Anfrel yesterday commended authorities, citizens and political parties for Sunday’s smooth commune elections, but stopped short of calling the ballot “free and fair”, raising concerns over the heightened political rhetoric in the run-up to June 4. ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-vote-smooth-not-perfect-says-watchdog

Slow election count raises eyebrows

The National Election Committee (NEC) continued on Tuesday to say slow internet and blurry photographs were to blame for delays in publishing election results for 344 remaining communes, with its spokesman offering no timeline for when the public could expect complete results. Some parties and ...

Van Roeun and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/slow-election-count-raises-eyebrows-131066/

Opposition's strong showing in Cambodia vote may signal change in election landscape

Although the official results will not be released until June 25, the closely watched vote for Cambodia’s commune council elections showed the opposition’s growing strength and suggest that the national elections in 2018 will be a race between two parties. ...

Men Kimseng
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/opposition-has-strong-showing-in-cambodia-commune-vote-may-signal-change-in-election-landscape/3890338.html

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