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For CNRP How to Turn Popularity Into Policy
It has been a decade since Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling CPP has had to consider compromise with another political policy.
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AKP Corrects Report on Call for International Vote Probe
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith yesterday clarified that Prime Minister Hun Sen did not express willingness to see international involvement in an independent investigation into election irregularities, after state media incorrectly reported to the country.
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NEC Rejects Joint- Party Vote Investigation
National Election Committee (NEC) Secretary- General Tep Nytha reiterated yesterday that NEC had no authority to establish a joint-party investigation into alleged irregularities during Sunday’s national election, while opposition leader Sam Rainsy said he would now seek an investigation outside the NEC.
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In Capital, Unease Over Prospect of Post-Election Violence
Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, told VOA Khmer on Thursday that the CPP losses at the polls were due to a continued drift from impoverished Cambodians, especially since the 2008 elections.
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Diplomats Told Not to Interfere Or Support Opposition
With the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP both claiming victory in Sunday’s national election and official results pending, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday called on all foreign diplomatic mission not to interfere in the country’s internal affairs, and not to support the opposition.
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China's Army Day celebrated in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The 86th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was celebrated in the Cambodian capital on Wednesday by about 300 Chinese and Cambodian military officers as well as foreign diplomats.
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Police Found Guilty of Extortion, Shooting
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday found two police officers guilty of extortion, and one of them was also sentenced for aggravated weapon use after he shot a 29 year-old man who refused to pay a bride at a road side checkpoint in January.
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Opposition leader Sam Rainsy agrees to talks on disputed Cambodia election result
Cambodia's Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy has agreed to an offer of talks from Prime Minister Hun Sen to discuss claims of voting irregularities
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CNRP Supporters Practice Patience, Await Call
Supporters of the opposition CNRP yesterday said they were ready to mobilize in the streets to demonstrate against the election results as soon as the order came through from the party’s leadership.
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A Historic Day for Cambodia
On Sunday, Cambodians exercised one of their most important rights – the right to vote. During my time here in Cambodia, these elections were probably the most important and memorable event for me. I was happy to witness the Cambodian people’s engagement in the political process and their eagerness to take a position on the country’s future.
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CNRP Defends Election Victory Claim of 63 Assembly Seats
The opposition CNRP yesterday stood by its claim that it own a razor thin majority of the National Assembly’s 123 seats in Sunday’s election, just enough to form the country’s nest government if its number hold.
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Hun Sen Declares Election Win, as Opposition Calls for Investigation
PHNOM PENH & WASHINGTON DC - Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday appeared in public for the first time since Sunday’s election, saying the ruling Cambodian People’s Party was ready to begin negotiations with the opposition party over the formation of the National Assembly.
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Fewer Female Lawmakers Elected Parliament
There may be markedly fewer female lawmakers to be found in the next National Assembly, an analysis of preliminary election results suggests.
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Analysis: Were the Cambodian elections fixed?
A month before the elections, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that CNRP seats would be reallocated to other parties if the opposition were not to recognize the results. This was echoed by Tep Nytha, the NEC General Secretary.
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CPP Denies Rumors of Hun Sen’s Resignation
With nary a sight of Prime Minister Hun Sen since his CPP held on to a narrow parliamentary majority in Sunday’s national election but suffered a major loss of seats, the party yesterday sought to quash rumors that Mr. Hun Sen had left the country and resigned his post.
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Phnom Penh’s Chief Monk Visits Scene of Election Violence
Phnom Penh’s chief monk, the Venerable Kim Sum, visited a pagoda in Meanchey district yesterday where rioting broke out during Sunday’s election and told monks there to refrain from engaging in political protests.
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Sam Rainsy Claims CNRP Election Victory
The opposition CNRP last night issued its own results from Sunday’s election, claiming razor thin victory over Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling CPP and calling on the country’s longtime leader to stand down.
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Rainsy Make Symbolic Speech at Grenade Attack Memorial
Returning to the park where a grenade attack killed 16 his supporters in 1997, opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday spoke at the stupa in central Phnom Penh that memorialize that men, women and children who were murdered in one of the biggest single cases of violence against civilians since the Khmer Rouge.
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Losses Point to Differences Between Public, Private CPP Support
At Chak Angre Krom Primary School in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Sunday, 82 years-old Kat Om slowly made his way out of one of the classroom, his forefinger darkened with ink.
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China and Hungary Call National Election ‘Free and Fair’
In the absence of official results from Sunday’s election and the opposition still contesting the CPP’s victory, there have been no official letters endorsing the vote from the likes of the U.S and the European Union.
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