Opposition leaders return to politics after royal pardon

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King Norodom Sihamoni has lifted the political ban on former opposition party top adviser Kong Korm and his son Kong Bora after the duo submitted requests to the Interior Ministry last week. According to two separate royal decrees signed by the King on Tuesday, Mr Korm and Mr Bora were among 118 CNRP politicians banned from politics by the Supreme Court in November 2017.

 

“This grants political rights to Kong Korm, born April 6, 1941, who was banned from doing political activities for five years in accordance with a Supreme Court verdict on November 16, 2017,” one of the decrees said. General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, yesterday said King Sihamoni was able to issue the pardon after the National Assembly amended the Law on Political Parties, noting that only Mr Korm and Mr Bora filed requests.

 

“We just received letters from two officials and the King also granted the royal pardon for them,” Gen Sopheak said. “I don’t know how many others will make a request, only they can answer this question. We just implement the law.”

 

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Until i clicked on this button i could not know which King was under discussion.  But i said to myself, unlikely that the King of Thailand would do such a thing.

 

Nice gesture by the King of Cambodia.