Cambodia's new CPP-dominated parliament opens after elections

Record ID: 1355042

  • Title: Cambodia's new CPP-dominated parliament opens after elections
  • Date: 5th September 2018
  • Summary: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (SEPTEMBER 5, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CAMBODIA'S KING NORODOM SIHAMONI ARRIVING, WALKING PAST HONOUR GUARDS CAMBODIA'S PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN WALKING PAST HONOUR GUARDS ALONG WITH NEW PARLIAMENT MEMBERS / KING NORODOM SIHAMONI LEADING WAY UP STEPS
  • Embargoed: 19th September 2018 05:34
  • Keywords: Cambodian parliament parliament Norodom Sihamoni Hun Sen Cambodia election general election election
  • Location: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
  • City: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
  • Country: Cambodia
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018WCN39H
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Cambodia's parliament gathered for its first session on Wednesday (September 5) since a July general election in which Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party claimed victory but which critics called a sham because of the lack of a viable opposition.
    The United Nations and Western countries have described the election as flawed after the Supreme Court last year dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) over accusations of plotting to topple the government.
    King Norodom Sihamoni presided over the opening session of parliament after Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs in the July 29 vote. Representatives from China, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) were also there.
    Absent were Australia, the European Union and the United States whose relationship with Cambodia has cooled considerably since Hun Sen and his allies launched a campaign aimed at silencing critics in the election run-up.
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