Phnom Penh (FN), March 22 – President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party said in his Facebook page that three Cambodian parliamentarians, namely Ms Tioulong Saumura, Mr. Hun Many and Ms Lor Kheng have been elected to the steering committees of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

In a post on his Facebook page on March 22, Sam Rainsy who is in self-imposed exile to avoid prison sentence wrote: “During the 134th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union that is taking place in Lusaka, Zambia, on 19-24 March, Cambodian parliamentarian, Ms Chulong Sumura, was elected today by representatives of 170 countries as the chair of IPU’s Committee for Sustainable Development, Finance and Business.”

The opposition leader also said that two Cambodian lawmakers of the Cambodian People’s Party, Ms Lor Kheng, was elected as member of the IPU’s Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights while Mr. Hun Many was elected as a Board member of the Young Parliamentarians Forum.
=FRESHNEWS