Cambodia’s only major opposition party is barred from running in July elections
Candlelight party failed to provide registration documents, says election commission, but party says they were seized in a police raid in 2017
Cambodia’s national election committee has refused to register the opposition Candlelight party, the sole credible challenger to the governing Cambodian People’s party, ahead of elections in July.
The committee ruled on Monday that the party had failed to provide the necessary documents, leaving it only a very slim chance of taking part in the elections by successfully appealing to the constitutional council.
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