Thursday, July 24, 2014

UN Rights Envoy Hails Cambodia's Political Breakthrough


24 July 2014

United Nations human rights expert for Cambodia has welcomed the political breakthrough reached between the two main political parties in Cambodia.

Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and CNRP reached a landmark agreement on Tuesday aimed at ending a year-long political crisis following a parliamentary election in July last year. The CNRP's 55 lawmakers-elect agreed to end their boycott of parliament after CPP agreed to electoral reforms, power-sharing in parliament and an opposition TV channel.

United Nations human rights expert for Cambodia said it efforts towards reforming the state's institutions, and hoped the two parties will undertake reforms on principled grounds instead of being guided by temporary political expediency.

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