Kem Sokha said that if any disputes over the selection process arose the final decision would be put to a vote.
Some 84 families of Khmer Rouge veterans are preparing to march through Phnom Penh to deliver petitions calling for land titles to be granted for their farms.
Their arrest sparked a protest movement known as the Black Monday campaign.
The World Bank said the economy remained strong despite the slight downturn, boosted by strong growth in the garment, real estate and construction sectors.
Currently, campaigning is allowed for 15 days prior to the vote and must end 24 hours before the polling booths open.
Cambodian People’s Party Senator Ly Yong Phat told VOA Khmer that he was not connected to the dispute and that the demonstration was “political”.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has scolded Ratanakkiri Provincial Governor Thang Savun for pretending he had an appointment with him.
Activists and workers say they will never forget the mistreatment at the hands of the security forces, such as the Special Forces Division 911 on January 2.
In the clip posted on Facebook, Pisith can be seen walking normally and sharing the company of a young woman as they leave a guest house in Thailand.
A statement from the court, which confirmed the case had been closed, was released a day after parliament declined to summon the interior minister, Sar Kheng, for questioning about the case.
Opposition lawmaker Eng Chhay Eang, who heads parliament’s human rights committee, on Wednesday wrote to Interior Minister Sar Kheng and National Assembly President Heng Samrin, calling on Kheng to appear for questioning about the apparently sluggish probe.
Kha Sros of the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) said that while illegal logging had decreased, forest patrols had only managed to stem logging during the daytime.
In return for co-operation in the drug war, Hun Sen requested that the Philippines invest in Cambodian agriculture.
In 2014, Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT)estimate that almost 30,000 people had faced forced eviction in Phnom Penh, since 1990.
It is the first known case under a new government regulation that was issued in October.
In a statement released on December 6, the co-prosecutors said they were only granted a remit to prosecute high-ranking members of the regime and those most responsible for decision-making.
Sokha had been convicted of failing to appear in court to answer questions in a separate case, but was issued a royal pardon last week in a surprise intervention from Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The ministry quickly issued a retraction of the erroneous statement, which said a 44-year-old man in Kampong Cham province had contracted the disease.
He said that Cambodia would stockpile 5 million tons of rice and be in a position to export hundreds of thousands of tons to countries like China and Vietnam.
National defense and security spending will increase by more than a fifth, to $822 million, while the Ministry of Economy and Finance will also receive a large hike of 13 percent, to $322 million.
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