Voters have multiple parties to choose from, Cambodia tells UN

The Cambodian Permanent Mission to United Nations in Geneva has maintained that an absence of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) for the upcoming elections “does not detract Cambodia from pluralism”, saying the voters remain able to choose one among 17 registered political parties.

The statement was made by An Sokkhoeurn, Cambodian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to UN office in Geneva, at the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on “General Debate on Item 2: High Commissioner’s Oral Update” yesterday.

In his statement, Sokkhoeurn did not mention any political party by name but seemed to refer to the court-dissolved CNRP after Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in her statement said:  “The country’s largest opposition party is precluded from running and many of its leaders and supporters are exiled, detained and even facing prosecution for conduct legitimate under international law.”

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