Cambodia’s Opposition MPs Take Parliamentary Oath

5 August 2014
Radio Free Asia
Elections / Government
Elections

Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni swore in opposition leader Sam Rainsy and 54 others from his party as lawmakers Tuesday, bringing to an end their 10-month boycott of parliament following disputed national elections. The ceremony at the Royal Palace in the capital Phnom Penh came two weeks after Sam Rainsy, the leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), and Prime Minister Hun Sen reached a political settlement. The agreement, in which Hun Sen agreed to embrace key electoral reforms, broke a deadlock following the opposition’s refusal to recognize the victory by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) in the July 2013 polls. …

 Joshua Lipes
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