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Two new laws governing elections and the functioning of the National Election Committee are expected to be passed without further debate during a session of parliament later this week. ...

The ruling party and opposition on Monday held a workshop to discuss two draft laws on election reform, but many civil society groups refused to attend, claiming parts of the bills fall short and are unconstitutional. Koul Panha, executive director for Comfrel, told VOA Khmer on Monday that more ...

Representatives of more than 60 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and an electoral reform group on Monday boycotted a national workshop held Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties on the electoral reform draft law, saying they did not have enough time to review the documents. ...

FUNCINPEC heavyweight Nhek Bun Chhay has made his internal feud with party president Prince Norodom Ranariddh personal. ...

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni has appointed 24 royalist Funcinpec Party figures as advisors to government led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to a royal decree released to the media on Monday. ...

Cambodian political commentators and a civil society group have criticized a deal between the ruling and opposition parties which finalized a draft national electoral reform law, as being nontransparent and only serving the two parties themselves. ...

Leaders of ruling and opposition parties met here on Saturday to finalize a new draft election law, which will be used to ensure free and fair elections in the future. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday said he wanted to have a law that stated that any political parties that don’t join the first session in the parliament convened by the King after general election, it means that those parties give up their seats. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday denied that he used money to buy a Member of Parliament of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), saying that it is just defamation. ...

While it is true that Cambodia has some women in politics and positions of leadership, a new report says they often lack true power. According to the study, issued by USAID in December, women’s positions in leadership are more symbolic than substantive, and their political influence ...

A coalition of election watchdogs and rights groups known as the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) have tested a new “modernised voter registration” system that they hope the soon-to-be overhauled National Election Committee will use during forthcoming elections. ...

A coalition of election watchdogs and rights groups known as the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) have tested a new “modernised voter registration” system that they hope the soon-to-be overhauled National Election Committee will use during forthcoming elections. ...

Cambodia desperately needs more youth leadership, if it is to achieve its goals in the coming future, a youth leader says. Ou Ritthy, co-founder of Politikoffee, a politically oriented youth group, told “Hello VOA” on Monday that political parties in particular will have to engage the ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has been named acted president of the Cambodian People’s Party, temporarily taking over duties for Chea Sim. ...

Cambodia’s leading human rights groups have condemned the ruling and opposition parties’ reported efforts to stymie their voices during election campaigns, arguing such restrictions would violate freedom of expression. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have been negotiating changes to the ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party has added at least 80 commanders and other security officials to its Central Committee, a move that even more closely ties security forces to the party. ...

Nine nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday slammed Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties for considering measures that would ban them from giving interviews or making statements deemed “insulting” to political parties during election periods, saying the restrictions would violate free speech. ...

Cambodia’s ruling party named three sons of long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen to its upper ranks on Sunday as part of a bid to rejuvenate its leadership and claw back support lost at the last general election. ...

The extraordinary congress of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party supported the implementation of political agreement reached with opposition party on 22 July last year. ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has added 306 new members to its central committee during a three-day congress, which ended on Sunday. ...

Prince Norodom Ranariddh  said that only Funcinpec Party and Cambodian People’s Party are supporters of Royalism. ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party began a three-day conference on Friday, to discuss party policies and restructuring. The party is expected to adopt a new five-year plan at the end of the three-day congress. ...

CPP President Chea Sim is presently having a medical checkup in Vietnam and may not return to Cambodia in time for the ruling party’s national congress scheduled to begin Friday in Phnom Penh, his chief bodyguard said Wednesday. Defense Minister Tea Banh, a member of ...

Cambodian People’s Party and Cambodia National Rescue Party will meet on Thursday at the National Assembly, a senior opposition official said. ...