PHNOM PENH, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has scored a landslide victory in Sunday's polling of the commune councils election and thus retains its dominance in local governments, a local media said on Monday.
Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith unofficially declared late on Sunday that CPP took 98 percent or around 1,588 of the country's 1,621 communes, reported English newspaper the Cambodia Daily.
CPP is in first place and has won three communes in Phnom Penh from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), French newspaper the Cambodge Soir quoted him as saying.
CPP won 73 out of Phnom Penh's 76 commune chief positions, with the remaining three going to SRP, it added.
CPP has been the major ruling party since the kingdom was established in 1993 and almost one third of the country's population are currently of CPP affiliation.
SRP Secretary-General Mu Sochua said that it has taken communes in Kompong Thom and Kratie, winning 26 communes out of the nation's total, the Cambodge Soir reported.
Meanwhile, SRP President Sam Rainsy told reporters at his party headquarters that SRP has taken at least 29 communes, including three in Phnom Penh, three in Sihanoukville municipality, seven in Kompong Thom province, seven in Kampong Cham, and four in Kratie, reported Cambodian newspaper the Sralanh Khmer.
"The political landscape in Cambodia has changed tonight. SRP has become the only alternative to the CPP," the Cambodia Daily quoted him as saying.
Additionally, Ok Socheat, advisor to Prince Norodom Ranariddh whose newly-established Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) also joined the election, said that NRP was in third place in front of the co-ruling Funcincpec Party, said the Cambodge Soir.
However, Funcinpec spokesman Nouv Sovathero declined to make any comment on it.
Sunday's polling atmosphere was greatly improved on previous years, with intimidation and violence seemingly replaced with order, and no large-scale irregularities were noted at any of the 14, 428 polling stations nationwide, Cambodge Soir said.
The National Election Committee (NEC) declared the participation rate as around 70 percent, based on results received in 20 cities and provinces.
Official results of the polling will be declared by NEC on April 24, a local media disclosed.
In the last commune councils election in 2002, 86 percent of 4.5 million registered voters cast their ballots.
This has been the second ever commune councils election since the Kingdom of Cambodia was established in 1993. It has laid the groundwork for the general election in 2008.
Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith unofficially declared late on Sunday that CPP took 98 percent or around 1,588 of the country's 1,621 communes, reported English newspaper the Cambodia Daily.
CPP is in first place and has won three communes in Phnom Penh from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), French newspaper the Cambodge Soir quoted him as saying.
CPP won 73 out of Phnom Penh's 76 commune chief positions, with the remaining three going to SRP, it added.
CPP has been the major ruling party since the kingdom was established in 1993 and almost one third of the country's population are currently of CPP affiliation.
SRP Secretary-General Mu Sochua said that it has taken communes in Kompong Thom and Kratie, winning 26 communes out of the nation's total, the Cambodge Soir reported.
Meanwhile, SRP President Sam Rainsy told reporters at his party headquarters that SRP has taken at least 29 communes, including three in Phnom Penh, three in Sihanoukville municipality, seven in Kompong Thom province, seven in Kampong Cham, and four in Kratie, reported Cambodian newspaper the Sralanh Khmer.
"The political landscape in Cambodia has changed tonight. SRP has become the only alternative to the CPP," the Cambodia Daily quoted him as saying.
Additionally, Ok Socheat, advisor to Prince Norodom Ranariddh whose newly-established Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) also joined the election, said that NRP was in third place in front of the co-ruling Funcincpec Party, said the Cambodge Soir.
However, Funcinpec spokesman Nouv Sovathero declined to make any comment on it.
Sunday's polling atmosphere was greatly improved on previous years, with intimidation and violence seemingly replaced with order, and no large-scale irregularities were noted at any of the 14, 428 polling stations nationwide, Cambodge Soir said.
The National Election Committee (NEC) declared the participation rate as around 70 percent, based on results received in 20 cities and provinces.
Official results of the polling will be declared by NEC on April 24, a local media disclosed.
In the last commune councils election in 2002, 86 percent of 4.5 million registered voters cast their ballots.
This has been the second ever commune councils election since the Kingdom of Cambodia was established in 1993. It has laid the groundwork for the general election in 2008.
To change and democratize in Cambodia challenge with many things:
ReplyDelete1. People of Cambodia are afraid of change, being attached to old-fashion style and steadily conservative.
2. Being in fear of leader's intimindation such as leader said if I am failed, chaos might be occured.
3. Being grateful to gifts although it is very small
4. Government is still using strategies of:-huge money, distorting registration procedure and distorting opposition's commune councilors to achieve their projects.
5. Opposition party seems lack of comprehension to the deep sense of Cambodian people.
6. Opposition party seems loud in external, but internal needs to improve.
However, this election is still not fair and acceptable in some degree. NEC or PEC needs to train more in bettering registration procedure as well as teh subtle irregularity of CPP's vote-buying.
Commune council election doesn't mean that the national election would be the same because the people of Cambodia understand well the different between these two elections.
WELL DONE! BORN FROM THE PEOPLE, SERVE THE PEOPLE AND DIE FOR THE PEOPLE... THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR CPP!
ReplyDeletespr= born abroad, cheat the people and die for uncle sam... THE PEOPLE HATED AND DID NOT VOTE FOR sam rain shit party.
The SRP shouldn't be celebrating just yet. Sure, they're in second place but the number just isn't encouraging. You can still be in second place even let's say if the CPP won 99.9% and the rest went to SRP which is 0.1%. My advice to you is keep working hard until you can get 40-50% of the votes then you can challenge the CPP head on to take over the country.
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GO TO THE MOON WITH YOUR AIDS... DO NOT INFECTED THE MARTIANS!
The SRP cheated. The CPP should be
ReplyDeletethe only party to chose from. I
call for a deep and thorough
investigation into the SRP and then
remove any seat from them that
they have not won legitimately.
Of course, if we look at the vote number, CPP got only around 55%, so another 45% is still challenged for CPP
ReplyDeleteThe winning here by CPP doesn't mean that the people of Cambodian people love CPP.
The tremendous change will be taken place, but Hun Sen and CPP will not allow the winner to lead the country.
This is the culture of CPP and its cohort.
BORN FROM THE PEOPLE, SERVE THE PEOPLE AND DIE FOR THE PEOPLE = CPP AND THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR THEM TO WIN.
ReplyDeleteCAMBODIAN PEOPLE AGAINST
AIDS = ALIENS INFECTED DONKEYS SYNDROM FROM K LOKOS GRINGOS IN THE US, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA.
TOO LATE SRP= SUPER RETARDED PARROT! go away with your syndrom...
Oh there goes another looney
ReplyDelete(1:25). I bet he won't even say the
same thing, had the SRP wont the
election. Moreover, he got the
got to label himself "Educated",
ha ha ha, LOL, ha ha ha. Give me
another one, dude. Have you
condered to become a comedian?
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