Phnom Penh Post - Commune Elections delayed
The National Election Committee (NEC) has announced that the long-delayed Commune
Elections would be postponed again until 2002. The NEC said the postponement was
necessary in order to complete the voter registration process. Commune Elections
were originally scheduled for the aftermath of the UNTAC-supervised national elections
of 1993.
Protests planned in New York as Hun Sen to attend the UNPrime Minister Hun Sen will speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week. But US-based supporters of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) plan to throw eggs at his car as part of a series of protests to coincide
CPP: ‘Behave or Sokha suffers’The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) spokesman warned Kem Monovithya on Thursday that her attempt to damage “national reputation and prestige” would lead to her father, Kem Sokha, receiving even harsher punishment. Sok Eysan issued the warning as Monovithya, who is the court dissolved
News Analysis: Defiance can last for how long? The Cambodian government has so far stood strong in the face of mounting international pressure over its treatment of critics, but analysts, diplomats and ruling party officials now wonder how long the defiance can last. The European Union has led the firestorm of criticism, threatening
‘Freedom fighters’ or ‘foreign puppets?’ Former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) official Meach Sovannara was joined by supporters at a rally in California on Saturday, where a US lawmaker hailed members of the outlawed opposition as “great freedom fighters”. However, a Cambodian government spokesman said such a phrase belonged to
