Funcinpec to head five commissions

Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson

Newly minted Funcinpec lawmakers took their places this weekend at the head of five National Assembly commissions previously chaired by the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, including the Commission on Human Rights.

The National Assembly voted to install Funcinpec representative You Hockry as first deputy of the body, with 112 out of 117 present lawmakers approving the selection.

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled to dissolve the CNRP, Cambodia’s only viable opposition party, in a decision that international observers have called a tremendous blow to democracy. The CNRP’s 55 parliamentary seats were redistributed to minor parties, with Funcinpec receiving the bulk despite only winning around 3 percent of the vote in 2013.

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