Elections

A leading official from the opposition’s political negotiation team says more talks are planned with the ruling party. Son Chhay, a lawmaker-elect for the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said Monday that talks to end the deadlock will continue following the latest round of sub-national elections, which ...

The National Election Committee announced on Monday that it recognized 843 representatives from political parties, and 159 election observers for upcoming city, provincial and district council election. A statement issued by the election committee said that the representatives from the five political parties are as follow: — ...

The Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party haven’t yet initiated new meetings as they are busy campaigning for upcoming city, provincial and district council election. An opposition official called the current political situation as deadlock, but is denied by the ruling party, ...

CNRP supporters sang and danced on the streets of Siem Reap City on Thursday as party leaders continued to lambaste Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ruling CPP in the opposition party’s council election campaign. Upwards of 3,000 supporters attended this leg of the CNRP’s ...

The Liberal Democracy Party (LDP) has waited four years to raise its political agenda from the commune to the district level. The minor party, which preaches power for the people rather than the prime minister, sat quietly on the sidelines as the CPP and CNRP fought ...

A government spokesman warned yesterday that legal action may be taken against the opposition leaders if their “unlawful” campaign rhetoric incites unrest. Tith Sothea, spokesman for the Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit, said that the government will consider filing complaints against Cambodia National ...

A ruling party lawmaker yesterday dismissed days of claims by the opposition that this year’s council elections will see a number of secret defections when it comes to the polls. Chheang Vun, a lawmaker with the Cambodian People’s Party, said opposition leader Sam Rainsy had been ...

The opposition CNRP’s campaign for the May 18 council elections rolled through these northwestern provinces Wednesday, with party leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha casting aside their promises last week to refrain from attacks on the ruling CPP. A growing cavalcade moved across Battambang province and ...

Council elections quietly continued in Cambodia on Monday, with five parties hoping to place leaders within sub-national positions. This is the fourth day of campaigning, for an election that is undertaken by about 11,500 members of commune councils, and not by the general public, to place ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday removed a ban by Phnom Penh authority which didn’t allow political parties to parade and campaign at public places during council election campaign. In a letter yesterday, the NEC called on the city and provincial authorities to maintain security ...

With its campaign for subnational council elections well under way, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party is putting forth an optimistic message about its prospects in the vote, even going so far as to predict that ruling party voters will bolster its share of the ...

After days of defiance from the opposition against a ban on public assembly, the government issued orders yesterday for opposition rallies across the country to be allowed to go ahead, officials said. Tep Nytha, secretary-general of the National Election Committee (NEC), said the body and the ...

Prince Norodom Ranariddh has officially registered his new political faction, the Community of Royalist People’s Party, as a contender in the next national elections in 2018. The party’s new chief of cabinet, Nop Sothearith, yesterday told the Post he submitted the application to run to the Ministry of ...

Police on Sunday detained a CNRP activist and confiscated 347 political video-CDs that he was transporting to the party’s headquarters in Phnom Penh, police and opposition party officials said Monday. The VCDs showed violent police and military repressions of land and labor activists and last ...

A number of provincial and district councilors aligned with the opposition have not been paid in the past two months following a Ministry of Interior directive in March calling for their salaries to be halted and positions revoked, according to the secretary-general of the Sam ...

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha again divided campaigning responsibilities for the May 18 council elections Monday, with Mr. Rainsy touring parts of Kratie province in the morning and Mr. Sokha leading supporters in a march through Phnom Penh in the evening. In a meeting ...

Council elections quietly continued in Cambodia on Monday, with five parties hoping to place leaders within sub-national positions. This is the fourth day of campaigning, for an election that is undertaken by about 11,500 members of commune councils, and not by the general public, to place ...

Days after authorities repeatedly cracked down on demonstrations, opposition party supporters staged a rolling rally across Phnom Penh yesterday, filling up roads for hours and blocking major intersections. About 500 people with tuk-tuks and motorbikes gathered at the Cambodia National Rescue Party headquarters in the ...

A monk, an opposition lawmaker-elect and a journalist, all assaulted by Daun Penh district security guards near Freedom Park on Friday, said they are in the process of filing legal complaints against the district forces as they recover from their injuries. “I am planning on filing ...

Savings levels at Cambodia’s microfinance institutions (MFIs) have recovered well since the widespread withdrawal that followed last July’s disputed national election, with more than $90 million deposited in the first quarter of this year. The amount of deposits in MFI accounts fell from $378 million in ...

KOMPONG CHAM CITY – Armed soldiers and military police prevented opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha from leading an election campaign march here Sunday, with the pair instead making brief stump speeches for the May 18 council elections in front of militarized roadblocks and ...

Election officials said that there was no complaint filed at the first day of council election campaign starting from May 2. Five political parties – the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Royalist Funcipec Party, League for Democracy Party (LDP) and ...

Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that the party will defy a government ban on rallies during a two-week commune council election campaign, which kicks off on Friday. “The ban is a violation of the law on election, which states that ...

Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy, fresh from a trip to the European Union, called Wednesday on the country’s ruling party to return to the negotiating table in a bid to end a nine-month political standoff since disputed elections last year. Sam Rainsy said that EU leaders ...