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Party over for opposition? Cambodia watchers wonder if CPP really will dissolve CNRP


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Would the CPP dissolve its only political threat, or is it a bluff?

This was the question being asked yesterday as Cambodian People’s Party spokesman Sok Eysan announced April 1 as the date for a parliamentary vote on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s controversial proposal to change the 1997 Law on Political Parties.

 

The changes, the premier has said, would bar people with convictions from leading a political party and allow a party to be dissolved if a member commits a criminal offence.

 

As the Cambodia National Rescue Party has several members convicted in cases widely seen as political, including its exiled leader Sam Rainsy, it’s clear, observers say, that the premier has the opposition in his crosshairs.

 

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/analysis-and-op-ed/party-over-opposition-cambodia-watchers-wonder-if-cpp-really-will-dissolve-cnrp

 

 
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