With Election on the Horizon, Politicians Defend Land Policies
National parliamentary elections are scheduled for July 28, and Cambodia’s land problems are emerging as a key issue.
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
03 January 2013
WASHINGTON DC - Cambodian politicians have begun a public campaign to defend their records on land policies, as they prepare for the run-up to July elections.
Politicians from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, as well as the opposition Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, have said they will give free land titles and not take land or tax from farmers.
But Cambodia has been plagued with ongoing land grabs, forced evictions and bitter disputes since the last national election, in 2008, and the issue is likely to be a main political battleground in the parliamentary elections.
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