Party talks to end assembly boycott hit additional hurdles

Mid-level negotiations between the CPP and opposition CNRP to end the country’s political deadlock hit yet another snag Thursday, this time over how to elect members to the National Election Committee (NEC), though the parties did agree to keep talking. The talks were the second since April, when Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy appeared to be on the cusp of a deal that would end the CNRP’s boycott of the National Assembly. The opposition has refused to take its seats in protest of the national election last year, which it accuses the CPP of stealing. …

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