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Politics

Cambodia’s main opposition party barred from July election

Supporters of the opposition Candlelight Party ahead of last year's local elections [File: Prak Chan Thul/Reuters]

Cambodia’s election commission has disqualified the Candlelight Party, the country’s main opposition party, from contesting July’s election in a move that will allow the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to run virtually unopposed.

The commission said the party had failed to submit “proper registration documents”.

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