Rainsy Asks Constitutional Council to Clear Election Candidacy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday asked the Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) to reinstate him as a voter and candidate for Sunday’s election, privileges he lost due to criminal convictions that King Norodom Sihamoni recently pardoned. “I would like the Constitutional Council of Cambodia to issue a decision to regulate the registration of my name on the voter list and reinstate me as a candidate,” Mr. Rainsy wrote in a letter to Ek Sam Ol, president of the Council. Since King Sihamoni pardoned Mr. Rainsy on July 12, the president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has returned from self-imposed exile and pushed for his name to be added to the voter and candidate list. …
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-asks-constitutional-council-to-clear-election-candidacy-36629/
