D4288033-B64F-44A5-BC3C-BDB85677FEB3_w1023_r1_s — FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures while speaking in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, at the polling place near his home on the day of the general election on July 29, 2018. The official results, being announced province-by-province and party-by-party Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, were certain to confirm a landslide victory by Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party, but critics called the election unfair because the only credible opposition force, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, could not contest the polls because it was dissolved by court order last year. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Hun Sen Establishes Forum for Opposition Policy Input

The Supreme Council of Consultations (SCC), as the forum will be known, will provide a check on the power of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, according to Hun Sen.

August 25, 2018

by VOA Cambodia

Phnom Penh – Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday announced he would hold biannual meetings with representatives of 16 of Cambodia’s opposition parties where they will be able to directly raise issues with the premier.

The Supreme Council of Consultations (SCC), as the forum will be known, will provide a check on the power of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, Hun Sen said, after the party won a landslide victory at the polls on July 29.

Hun Sen made the announcement following a meeting with the parties at the Peace Palace. Four of the 16 political parties invited to attend the event declined, including the League for Democracy Party (LDP), Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP).

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