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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/

Ministry will conduct unannounced inspections of schools

The Education Ministry will conduct random and unannounced inspections of schools across the country, targeting “low-hanging fruit” in its ongoing bid to clean up the education system, the minister said Tuesday. ...

Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-will-conduct-unannounced-inspections-of-schools-81143/

Kem Sokha says judicial laws need changing

Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha told supporters Monday that the CNRP’s 55 lawmakers will soon ask to revisit the three controversial judicial reform laws passed by the National Assembly last year during the opposition party’s post-election parliamentary boycott. ...

Hul Reaksmey and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-says-judicial-laws-need-changing-81065/

King Sihamoni approves two new election laws

King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the country’s two new election laws last week in an unpublicized action that entered the controversial pieces of legislation into legal force, an opposition lawmaker said Monday. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/king-sihamoni-approves-two-new-election-laws-81082/

CNRP will not protest at Meach Sovannara trial

The opposition CNRP will neither protest at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday nor send any senior officials there to oppose the scheduled hearing of 11 of its members who stand charged with “insurrection,” opposition spokesman Yem Ponhearith said Thursday. ...

Kuch Naren and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-will-not-protest-at-meach-sovannara-trial-80829/

NA commission calls ministers over Bokor

The National Assembly’s Seventh Commission, which oversees tourism and culture, summoned four government ministers to answer questions yesterday regarding the development and future of Kampot province’s Bokor Mountain. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/na-commission-calls-ministers-over-bokor

Gov’t to examine Vietnamese grave site on Bokor mountain

In the coming weeks, a task force composed of officials from the ministries of tourism, religion, culture and education will lead an expedition to a remote patch of forest on Kampot province’s Bokor Mountain where Vietnamese tourists pray, the education minister said Monday. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-examine-vietnamese-grave-site-on-bokor-mountain-79352/

CNRP seeks to supplant vietnamese prayer sites

CNRP spokesman Yem Ponhearith said on Monday that he plans to summon four government ministers to parliament to determine whether a remote area of Kampot province’s Bokor Mountain used for prayer ceremonies by Vietnamese tourists could be turned into a Cambodian cultural site. ...

Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-seeks-to-supplant-vietnamese-prayer-sites-78107/

CNRP visits vietnamese prayer sites in Kampot

Bokor Mountain, Kampot province – Spurred on by social media rumors that Vietnamese tourists are flocking to this colonial-era retreat for elaborate, hidden ceremonies at the graves of their ancestors, CNRP lawmaker Yem Ponhearith on Thursday led about 50 officials here on a fact-finding trek. ...

Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-visits-vietnamese-prayer-sites-in-kampot-77899/

Cambodian parliament panel chief questions management of Angkor Wat revenue

A parliamentary commission leader wants Cambodia’s tourism ministry to manage revenue generated by the country’s iconic Angkor Wat temple complex, amid concerns that the government is losing money by retaining a private company to oversee ticket sales. A quasi-government group, Apsara Authority, which is responsible ...

Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/angkor-wat-11192014172942.html

Buddhist Institute is safe, minister tells National Assembly

Despite being hemmed in by construction on all sides as NagaWorld expands its casino empire in Phnom Penh, the Buddhist Institute will not be sold off or rented out, Cults and Religion Minister Min Khin told a National Assembly commission on Thursday. In May, the institute’s ...

Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/buddhist-institute-is-safe-minister-tells-national-assembly-69526/

Education minister called to National Assembly

For the first time since opposition CNRP lawmakers joined the National Assembly last month, they have called a government minister to answer questions before parliament, according to officials from the government and opposition. Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron will attend a session of parliament on September ...

Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/education-minister-called-to-national-assembly-67673/

Court to question lawmakers over ‘insurrection’

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court will question three opposition CNRP lawmakers this morning over a street brawl at a July 15 protest that the authorities have described as an “insurrection” against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. Three CNRP youth organizers remain in prison over the ...

Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-to-question-lawmakers-over-insurrection-66120/

Constitutional Council OKs contentious judicial reform

Cambodia’s Constitutional Council has approved three controversial draft laws on judicial reform, despite heavy opposition from rights groups and international observers who say they will not restore the public’s faith in the courts. Critics say the laws—passed without opposition members in the National Assembly—put too much ...

Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/constitutional-council-oks-contentious-judicial-reform/1952955.html

Committee Approves $25 Million Budget for National Assembly

The CPP-controlled Permanent Committee of the new National Assembly has approved a $25-million budget to cover the Assembly’s costs for the coming year, despite the continued absence of nearly half the 123-member body’s elected lawmakers. The opposition CNRP’s 55 lawmakers-elect have been boycotting the Assembly since ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/committee-approves-25-million-budget-for-national-assembly-45434/

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