PHNOM PENH: Parliamentary seats held by Cambodia’s recently banned opposition party were reallocated to smaller parties that had failed to win any seats in the last election, the National Election Committee said.
The Supreme Court outlawed the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Nov 16 at the request of authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government in a move that prompted a US cut in election funding and EU threats of action.
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