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“Culture of Dialogue” a major achievement, says Hun Sen on CPP’s 64th anniversary
The Cambodian People’s Party has called its “Culture of Dialog” with the Cambodia National Rescue Party a milestone, listing it out prominently in its roster of achievements as the party celebrates its 64th anniversary. ...
Chea Vannak
http://bit.ly/1C0bdXL
CNRP demands new border committee, treaty’s cancellation
Following weeks of trips to disputed sites along the country’s border with Vietnam, the opposition CNRP issued an official statement on Thursday demanding that the government overhaul its border commission, cancel a 2005 border treaty and bring a case against Vietnam to international court. Long a ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-demands-new-border-committee-treatys-cancellation-86724/
Sam Rainsy says CPP will ‘prosper’ under Hun Sen
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has written to Prime Minister Hun Sen to express his “enormous satisfaction and happiness” that Mr. Hun Sen was appointed CPP president last weekend, telling the premier he believes the ruling party will grow stronger under his presidency. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sam-rainsy-says-cpp-will-prosper-under-hun-sen-86589/
Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy reaffirm good cooperation
Prime minister Hun Sen, president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and his political rival re-affirmed their commitment to continue implementing the culture of dialogue. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-sam-rainsy-reaffirm-good-cooperation-8714
CNRP to start selling ‘participation’ shares Saturday
The CNRP will on Saturday begin accepting donations for the television station it plans to launch before the end of this year and selling “participation” rights in the business, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-to-start-selling-participation-shares-saturday-86345/
Opposition hopes to kill draft NGO Law at National Assembly
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says his party will do its best to prevent the passage of a controversial draft law to regulate NGOs. Chheang Von, a lawmaker for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the National Assembly’s spokesman, said Sam Rainsy was only making promises ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1Gk4ST7
CNRP will vote against draft NGO law, Sam Rainsy says
Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy told representatives of NGOs today that lawmakers from his party will vote against the controversial draft law on associations and NGOs if it is not amended. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12517/cnrp-will-vote-against-draft-ngo-law--sam-rainsy-says/
Rent law heads to assembly
The draft of a rent-control law aimed at regulating rising housing prices and sudden rental hikes for low-income workers and students is expected to go before the National Assembly by the end of June, officials from the bipartisan working group in charge of the law ...
Sarah Taguiam and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rent-law-heads-assembly
Rainsy and CPP: from enemies to ‘negotiating partners’
Despite his jet-black hair, Sam Rainsy turned 66 in March. And it was clear in an interview with Khmer Times this week that the leader of Cambodia’s opposition is mellowing. ...
Pierre Gillette and Emmanuel Scheffer
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12416/rainsy-and-cpp--from-enemies-to----negotiating-partners---/
Opposition compliments gov’t on reaction to alleged encroachment
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday extended a rare compliment to Cambodia’s foreign minister, who has sent two missives since Friday to Vietnam, accusing the government allowing encroachment in Ratanakkiri province. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-compliments-govt-on-reaction-to-alleged-encroachment/2822319.html
CNRP lawmakers lead another trip to disputed VN border
Continuing a campaign by the opposition to inspect alleged encroachment upon Cambodian territory along the Vietnamese border, CNRP lawmaker Ou Chanrith on Saturday led a trip to a disputed cashew farm in Svay Rieng province, fellow lawmaker Kong Saphea said Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmakers-lead-another-trip-to-disputed-vn-border-85538/
CNRP TV raises $1.5M, abandons share sales model
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that he had secured pledges of at least $1.5 million in funding for the opposition’s planned television station, but had been forced to abandon a share-selling model to raise the funds. A private company created by the CNRP last year ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-tv-raises-1-5m-abandons-share-sales-model-85448/
CNRP wants 2005 Vietnam border treaty re-examined
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that the CNRP wants a controversial 2005 border treaty with Vietnam to be re-examined by the National Assembly, with the possibility left open to “renegotiate it from the beginning.” ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-wants-2005-vietnam-border-treaty-re-examined-85432/
Rainsy lauds late Chea Sim
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday praised former ruling party president Chea Sim, who died on Monday, calling him a national hero and comparing his patriotic ideals to those of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk. Speaking to reporters after paying his respects at the former Senate ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-lauds-late-chea-sim
Rainsy returns, open to PM’s ‘oath of lightning’
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy returned from an extended trip abroad Wednesday saying that he would accept Prime Minister Hun Sen’s challenge to swear on his life that the July 2013 national election was “stolen” by the CPP, adding that a systematic vote recount could be ...
Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-returns-open-to-pms-oath-of-lightning-85338/
Opposition party president to pay his condolence to Chea Sim
The main opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party’s President Sam Rainsy will pay his condolence to former president of senate and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party tomorrow. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1cMLgPf
Cambodian PM tells opposition leader not to take revenge
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has told opposition leader Sam Rainsy not to take revenge on him if one day he is out of power so as to maintain national peace and unity. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1FpLbNa
Hun Sen, Rainsy host joint event abroad
Amid the latest rapprochement between Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition CNRP leader Sam Rainsy, the two men are scheduled to team up in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday as hosts at a reception for Cambodians working in Malaysia. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-rainsy-host-joint-event-abroad-82651/
Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy to meet Cambodians abroad together
Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy will meet together with Cambodian people living in Malaysia this weekend, Sam Rainsy posted in his Facebook page. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1I2WVFT
IOM raising funds to return rescued fishermen
As 58 Cambodian fishermen rescued from slavery in Indonesia await their travel documents to return home, the intergovernmental body organizing their return is attempting to raise money to pay for their travel because the Cambodian government is not offering any funds for their repatriation. ...
Alex Consiglio and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/iom-raising-funds-to-return-rescued-fishermen-82532/
Prince calls for 3-party coalition
Funcinpec party president Prince Norodom Ranariddh has called on the opposition and ruling parties to form a tripartite coalition with the royalists after Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen embarked on a “honeymoon” after years spent at each others’ ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prince-calls-3-party-coalition
Unity again the focus for opposition leaders
Following a month in which Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly sang the praises of opposition leader Sam Rainsy only weeks after threatening to unleash the military on Mr. Rainsy’s deputy, Kem Sokha, the opposition party was back on the road this week promoting an image ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unity-again-the-focus-for-opposition-leaders-82451/
‘We’re no Funcinpec’
An opposition leader yesterday rejected criticism that his party is becoming too friendly with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, assuring supporters they would fight to win power and not be lured into the same trap as the now marginalised Funcinpec royalist party. Speaking to hundreds of ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/were-no-funcinpec
Opposition TV station to launch this year
Cambodia’s first opposition-aligned television station will begin broadcasting around the country by the year’s end, with a group of investors close to the CNRP now raising the $3 million needed to launch operations, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Sunday. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-tv-station-to-launch-this-year-82116/