The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) is taking direct aim at the pocketbooks of opposition lawmakers as it appears to be opening a new front in the nation’s ongoing political battle.
On Monday the National Assembly’s powerful 13-person standing committee ordered the First Commission on Economics, Finance, Banking and Auditing of the Assembly to figure out if the government can stop paying lawmakers who boycott the legislature.
Opposition party lawmakers are boycotting National Assembly sessions as they attempt to pressure the government to develop a peaceful solution to the current political crisis that has seen lawmakers and activists critical of Prime Minister …read more
Source: Radio Free Asia
