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Parties’ campaign plans
In addition to the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) rally on Saturday, which its spokesman says would see some 100,000 supporters attending, two other parties announced plans for events that day to kick off their parties’ campaign period. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-campaign-plans
PM calls for ethical party campaigns
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on all political parties to campaign ethically and refrain from attacking their competitors using improper rhetoric during the election campaign period as the upcoming national election nears. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504422/pm-calls-for-ethical-party-campaigns/
NEC addresses election campaign concerns
The National Election Committee yesterday held a meeting with political party representatives to address concerns that campaign rules are being flouted. During the meeting, the NEC admitted that it has a hard time monitoring political activities on social media. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50500649/nec-addresses-election-campaign-concerns/
TRC: Ensure mobile networks OK
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia yesterday urged all mobile operators to ensure that their services remain uninterrupted throughout the remainder of the commune election campaign period and during this weekend’s polling. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38894/trc--ensure-mobile-networks-ok/
CPP, Opposition plan rival Friday rallies in Phnom Penh
The CNRP and the CPP will cap off two weeks of commune election campaigning on Friday with daylong processions, to which they expect to draw hundreds of thousands of people through opposite sides of Phnom Penh amid heightened security, party officials said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-opposition-plan-rival-friday-rallies-in-phnom-penh-130763/
In rare move, Hun Sen to hit the campaign trail
Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he will join in with campaigning for his ruling Cambodian People’s Party ahead of local elections next week in an unexpected move for a leader who would normally stay out of the fray.Hun Sen, who has been in power ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/in-rare-move-hun-sen-to-hit-the-campaign-trail/3871121.html
Commune elections 2017: Parties strut in first push for polls
The campaign for the June 4 commune elections officially began on Saturday morning with opposition CNRP leader Kem Sokha telling supporters that his party’s time had finally come and CPP Senate President Say Chhum similarly pledging an easy victory for the ruling party. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-elections-2017-parties-strut-first-push-polls
Change is coming, Kem Sokha promises at mass CNRP rally
At a procession that drew thousands of supporters in Phnom Penh on Saturday, party president Kem Sokha promised a number of reforms once—not if—his party comes to power next year. ...
Ben Sokhean and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections2017/change-coming-kem-sokha-promises-mass-cnrp-rally-130151/
Cambodian opposition chief arrives home after 4 years in exile
Cambodia’s charismatic opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrived in his home country on Friday morning after spending nearly four years abroad in self-imposed exile to avoid an 11-year prison sentence on charges of disinformation and destruction of public property. Hun Sen said his request to the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/19/c_132555198.htm
