CPP seeks to limit election campaigning

The ruling party wants to change the law governing commune elections to reduce the campaign period from 15 to 10 days and ban campaign rallies from spilling across commune boundaries, Interior Minister Sar Kheng has announced.

Kheng, also deputy prime minister and vice president of the Cambodian People’s Party, claimed the reforms are necessary to maintain social security and order during the 2017 commune council vote.

He pointed to the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s protests after the disputed 2013 national election to support the argument.

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