Cambodia: 18 political parties qualified to participate in general election

Election campaign parades on some main streets of the capital Phnom Penh.

As of May 15, the Cambodian National Election Committee (NEC) has recognized 18 political parties for the official party list and candidate list to participate in the country's general election next July.

The NEC press release on May 15 said that after reviewing the completed and supplemented dossiers, the agency officially recognized five more political parties and a list of qualified candidates to participate in the election of deputies to the 7th National Assembly .

Among the political parties requested by the NEC to submit additional documents, the opposition Candlelight Party (CP) was disqualified because it did not attach a document (with visa) confirming its registration as a political party with the Cambodian Ministry of Interior . Many political parties in Cambodia have supported the NEC's decision.

For its part, the CP said it is appealing the NEC's decision to the Constitutional Council, Cambodia's top judicial body.

The political parties recognized by the NEC as eligible to participate in the upcoming general election include the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), Cambodian Youth (CYP), Khmer National Unity Party (KNUP), Rule of Law (DP), Democratic Power (DPP), Cambodian Nationality, Khmer is One, Khmer Development Party (KCP), FUNCINPEC, Honeycomb Democratic Society (BSDP), People's Aspiration, Khmer National Unity, Grassroots Democracy, Cambodian Indigenous Peoples Democratic Party, Khmer Out of Poverty, Khmer Economic Development, Farmers and Women for Women Party.

As of the afternoon of May 8, the last day of the 15-day period for registering the list of political parties and the list of candidates participating in the election of the 7th National Assembly in Cambodia according to regulations, the NEC had received 20 dossiers from political parties.

Previously, the NEC pledged to work closely with relevant agencies to maintain security and public order ahead of the general election scheduled for July 23.

Cambodia holds general elections every five years. The most recent election was held on July 29, 2018.

Previously, in February 2023, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni called on all voters in the country to actively participate in the election of the 7th National Assembly of Cambodia to be held on July 23.

King Norodom Sihamoni stressed that the upcoming general election on July 23 will be free, fair, equal and follow the principle of multi-party democracy. He called on voters to exercise their right to vote according to their conscience and responsibility./.

According to VNA

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