EU will send election observers to Cambodia

Tuesday, March 03, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Eneko Landaburu, Director General of the European Commission, declared that the EU plans to send over a group of about 200 observers to participate in the observation of the upcoming 27 July 2008 general election. During a press conference given in Phnom Penh, Eneko Landaburu said that the EU sent election observers to 15 countries at the beginning of this year, for example, on 18 February 2008, the EU sent 845 observers to Pakistan to participate in the observation of the MP election in this country. He said that, in the upcoming election in Cambodia, the EU plans to send about 200 observers to follow up on the election for MPs. In response to the question as to whether, after the election, the EU could consider the election as being free and fair or not, Enekolene Daburu said that the election observers do not provide an evaluation on the election, this issue is up to the government which organizes the election.