The Sam Rainsy Party has collected irrefutable evidence of a forgery by the National Election Committee (NEC), which is colluding with the ruling Cambodian People's Party to illegally register (after the legal deadline) CPP candidates for Phnom Kok commune in Ratanakiri province.
Click here to see a summary of the case in English.
For the final hearing that will be held in the next few days at the NEC headquarters in Phnom Penh, the SRP will present the following witnesses who have especially come from Ratanakiri province:
1- Mr. Saun Vann. 38, the SRP candidate # 1 for Phnom Kok commune, Voeunsay district, Ratanakiri province.
2- Mr. Bour Sing, 44, the SRP candidate # 4 for the same commune.
On 4 January 2007 at around 4:00 pm (a day after the deadline), these two persons went to the Phnom Kok commune office, which is also the house of the CPP commune chief, to ask for a document but they discovered that the CPP candidate list is still at the house of the commune chief. Then, they went to the Commune Election Committee (CEC) office located at a nearby school. There, several CEC officials confirmed that the CPP had not registered its candidates yet and that it was too late to do so.
The third witness is Mr. Hok Sophal, 41, a SRP official in Ratanakiri province, who is responsible for Voeunsay district. The fourth witness is Mr. La Boun Peng, 39, a SRP candidate for Ban Pong commune situated also in Voeunsay district.
On 5 January 2007 at around 1:30 pm (two days after the deadline) Mr. Hok Sophal and Mr. La Boun Peng went to the CEC office in Phnom Kok commune. There, they saw the list of political parties with registered candidates stuck on the wall, and there were only two parties: Funcinpec and SRP.
They went to the CEC office with also Mr. Leam Duong, 39, the SRP candidate # 2 for Phnom Kok commune. Mr. Leam Duong did see the same list but since he is the plaintiff in this case, he cannot act as a witness at the same time.
Click here to read "NEC's double standard".
Click here to see legal/judicial documents on the case.
Phnom Kok is a commune whose population is made up of ethnic Lao minority. Among the four witnesses, only Mr. Hok Sophal speaks Khmer fluently. But at the first hearing on 8 January 2007 in Banlung, Ratanakiri province, the Provincial Election Committee (PEC) did not allow him to speak.
Source: SRP
Click here to see a summary of the case in English.
For the final hearing that will be held in the next few days at the NEC headquarters in Phnom Penh, the SRP will present the following witnesses who have especially come from Ratanakiri province:
1- Mr. Saun Vann. 38, the SRP candidate # 1 for Phnom Kok commune, Voeunsay district, Ratanakiri province.
2- Mr. Bour Sing, 44, the SRP candidate # 4 for the same commune.
On 4 January 2007 at around 4:00 pm (a day after the deadline), these two persons went to the Phnom Kok commune office, which is also the house of the CPP commune chief, to ask for a document but they discovered that the CPP candidate list is still at the house of the commune chief. Then, they went to the Commune Election Committee (CEC) office located at a nearby school. There, several CEC officials confirmed that the CPP had not registered its candidates yet and that it was too late to do so.
The third witness is Mr. Hok Sophal, 41, a SRP official in Ratanakiri province, who is responsible for Voeunsay district. The fourth witness is Mr. La Boun Peng, 39, a SRP candidate for Ban Pong commune situated also in Voeunsay district.
On 5 January 2007 at around 1:30 pm (two days after the deadline) Mr. Hok Sophal and Mr. La Boun Peng went to the CEC office in Phnom Kok commune. There, they saw the list of political parties with registered candidates stuck on the wall, and there were only two parties: Funcinpec and SRP.
They went to the CEC office with also Mr. Leam Duong, 39, the SRP candidate # 2 for Phnom Kok commune. Mr. Leam Duong did see the same list but since he is the plaintiff in this case, he cannot act as a witness at the same time.
Click here to read "NEC's double standard".
Click here to see legal/judicial documents on the case.
Phnom Kok is a commune whose population is made up of ethnic Lao minority. Among the four witnesses, only Mr. Hok Sophal speaks Khmer fluently. But at the first hearing on 8 January 2007 in Banlung, Ratanakiri province, the Provincial Election Committee (PEC) did not allow him to speak.
Source: SRP
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