Cambodia’s Ruling Party Reject Opposition Pair to Sit on Parliament Panels
Candidates to lead key parliamentary commissions in an indication that voting in the legislature may not be tied to a deal to end a year-long political deadlock. Wednesday’s session of the National Assembly, or parliament, saw 31 lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) voted into seven parliamentary panels as part of its deal with the ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP). … But longstanding CNRP land and rights activist Mu Sochua and CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann were summarily rejected by CPP lawmakers in a secret ballot vote which would have seen the two opposition MPs lead a women’s affairs and labor panel, and an anti-corruption commission, respectively.
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/rejection-08272014153441.html
