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Cambodia approves law barring non-voters from running for office

This handout from the Cambodia National Assembly taken and released on June 23, 2023, shows members of parliament attending a meeting at the National Assembly building in Phnom Penh. (Photo: AFP)

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's parliament on Friday approved a new law banning anyone who fails to vote in an upcoming national poll from running for office in future elections, in a move that will affect exiled rivals.

The kingdom votes in a general election next month with Prime Minister Hun Sen's party running almost unopposed, after the main opposition outfit was barred on a technicality.

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