PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's top opposition party was barred on Thursday from participating in elections set for July after the country's Constitutional Council refused to overturn a decision not to register the party over a paperwork issue.

The Candlelight Party, the sole credible challenger to the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) in the upcoming polls, lost its appeal because its complaint was deemed unlawful, the council said in a brief statement. The decision is final and cannot be appealed.

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