(VOVworld) - Cambodia's election body on Friday accepted opposition leader Sam Rainsy as a lawmaker, paving the way for his party to enter parliament as part of a political settlement with Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, July 21, 2014. Photo: internet

A plenary session will take place on Tuesday to complete the parliament sitting.  Opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who on Tuesday struck a deal with Prime Minister Hun Sen to end the CNRP’s boycott of the National Assembly, said on Friday the party will swear its 55 elected lawmakers into parliament on Tuesday only if details of the plan to overhaul the country’s electoral commission are hammered out beforehand.