PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): A senior National Assembly (NA) member told 31 diplomats from embassies in Cambodia that the Candlelight Party may gain 20 or more seats in the NA through the parliamentary election in 2023 – based on the support for the party shown at the June 5 commune council elections.
Following his consultation meeting with the diplomats, Suos Yara – chairman of the NA Commission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information – told reporters on June 8 that the NA is now dominated completely by the presence of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), but given the election outcome this year he expects that the Candlelight Party will be able to establish its presence in the parliamentary body in next year’s national election.