Prosecutor Nov Monichot, spokesman for the Supreme Court, told Fresh News on Saturday that lawyers from the opposition party CNRP filed a complaint to his court in order to ask the court to revise its decision on the dissolution of the CNRP.
Mr. Monichot added that so far, the Supreme Court did not take any decision yet regarding the complaint, the court was still looking at possible legal measures for the complaint to be processed or not.
According to Fresh News, on Friday, Attorney Pheng Heng, accompanied by Mr. Ou Chanrath and Mr. Kong Kimhak, went to the Supreme Court to file a complaint asking the court to revise its decision on the dissolution of the CNRP and the reallocation of the CNRP's seats at all governmental level.
Attorney Heng told reporters that the trial for the dissolution of the CNRP on November 16 was carried out by the Supreme Court. And the court has been using civil procedures for the case. As a result, Attorney Heng said that it was possible that the case could be revised
The complaint was filed two day after the US government made a decision to restrict the issuing of visa for Cambodia's high ranking government officials.
In its press statement, the US government stated that the visa restriction was a concrete measure to respond to the Cambodian government's actions that are violating the liberal democratic principles and human rights in the country.
"[...] the United States is taking concrete steps to respond to the Cambodian government’s actions that have undermined the country’s progress in advancing democracy and respect for human rights [...] include the dissolution of the main opposition political party and banning of its leaders from electoral politics, imprisonment of opposition leader Kem Sokha, restriction of civil society, and suppression of independent media," read the press statement.
Nevertheless, the US Government would lift this visa restriction on condition that the Cambodian government led by Prime Minister Hun Sen «UNDO» the dissolution of the opposition party CNRP, release its president Mr. Kem Sokha, and restore the space for civil society and free media to carry out their activity as enshrining in the Constitution.
"We call on the Cambodian government to reverse course by reinstating the political opposition, releasing Kem Sokha, and allowing civil society and media to resume their constitutionally protected activities. Such actions could lead to a lifting of these travel restrictions and increase the potential for Cambodia’s 2018 electoral process to regain legitimacy," added the press statement.
In response, the Cambodian ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement on Friday saying that the US visa restriction was "politically motivated, with prejudice and double standards."
The ministry also said that historical facts have proved that foreign interference often has destructive consequences. Hence the Kingdom of Cambodia wants to walk in their own way by following its own type of liberal democracy.
Concerning this issue, a political analyst said that every country around the world wants to be independent and to do everything by its own way. But, economically, do we have a choice to be independent from the European and the US markets?. Not only Cambodia, China also asks the same question although China wants to be a «Self-Sufficient» country since Mao Zedong era.
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