Opposition MPs will today boycott a
The decision was made after the CNRP’s permanent committee held an internal meeting on Saturday.
“We decided not to join the extraordinary session of the National Assembly,” CNRP lawmaker Mao Monivann confirmed yesterday.
“We cannot join a debate that is paving the way for Mr Sokha to be stripped of his parliamentary immunity.”
Instead, opposition MPs will travel to Tboung Khmum province to gather outside Trapaing Phlong prison, where Mr Sokha is being held.
CNRP MPs had applied to Phnom Penh Municipal Court for permission to visit Mr Sokha in prison today but were refused.
National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun said today’s session would discuss the alleged offences against Mr Sokha, which have been deemed a “flagrant crime”.
“The session will be to vote on whether to stop the court’s legal procedures,” Mr Vun said, adding the National Assembly could stop court procedures against Mr Sokha, but only if three quarters of the members voted to say so.
