Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Royalist poll merger begins at provincial level

Nhiek Bun Chhay greeting Hun Xen (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
By Kim Yuthana
The Phnom Penh Post

THE Kingdom’s two royalist parties have moved to integrate their sub-national organisations in Prey Veng province, the first step in a plan to merge fully prior to elections scheduled for 2012 and 2013, party officials said.
The Nationalist Party and Funcinpec, which split in acrimony in 2006, agreed last month to reunite under the banner of the Funcinpec-Nationalist Alliance in order to bolster their returns in future polls.
Nhek Bun Chhay, secretary general of the alliance, said that at a meeting in Prey Veng on Sunday, the party marked the formation of a merged provincial election working group and provincial committee, which will field a single set of candidates in the 2012 commune council elections.
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