Cambodia poll body disqualifies sole opposition party from July election


  • World
  • Monday, 15 May 2023

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of the opposition party, Candlelight Party, wave flags as they take part in a campaign rally for the upcoming local elections on June 5, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia May 21, 2022. Picture taken May 21, 2022. REUTERS/Prak Chan Thul/File Photo

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Cambodia's election commission on Monday disqualified the sole opposition Candlelight Party from contesting elections in July over its failure to submit proper registration documents.

Other parties have signed up to contest the general election, but Candlelight's disqualification means the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) looks set to run virtually unopposed.

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