Phnom Penh
22 May 2008
The National Election Committee has officially declared 11 political parties eligible for July’s polls.
Twelve parties had applied, but the Khmer United People’s Party was rejected, the national election body said in a statement.
Eligible parties will include the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, coalition partner Funcinpec, opposition Sarm Rainsy Party, as well as the Norodom Ranariddh and Human Rights parties.
The official list of parties comes amid complaints by most of them that national TVK is broadcasting programming heavily favoring the CPP, a claim the station denies.
As the campaign period begins, all competing parties will be required equal air time to present their platforms to voters, but rights groups and election monitors say this is nothing compared to the favorable coverage the ruling party and Prime Minister Hun Sen are given.
Twelve parties had applied, but the Khmer United People’s Party was rejected, the national election body said in a statement.
Eligible parties will include the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, coalition partner Funcinpec, opposition Sarm Rainsy Party, as well as the Norodom Ranariddh and Human Rights parties.
The official list of parties comes amid complaints by most of them that national TVK is broadcasting programming heavily favoring the CPP, a claim the station denies.
As the campaign period begins, all competing parties will be required equal air time to present their platforms to voters, but rights groups and election monitors say this is nothing compared to the favorable coverage the ruling party and Prime Minister Hun Sen are given.
6 comments:
Heng Soy
Election Committee Allows 11 Parties Total.
Did you meant to say "Election Committee approved 11 parties in total".
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all competing parties will be required equal air time to present their platforms to voters.
Every party wish to have equal air time and should air time is unavaialble for everybody then they should look into other methods in delivering theirs messages and platforms to their supporters. Sometime air time is not really an effective measures to reach supporters as not all Cambodians are having TV set or radio at home and if they do have it don't think that everyone would be tune in on particular time to listen or watch it either.
Parlimentarian candidates shall embark on the road-approach by setting up a mobile office [if allowed under the electoral rules], visit their constituency and by the way all candidates of the same party shall speak out one common language and platform of the party to avoid confusion to their supporters.
Good luck to all.
god bless cambodia.
បោះឆ្នោត ថ្ងៃ ២៧ កក្កដា ២០០៨ មានតែ ពីរ ជំរើស ៖
- បោះឆ្នោត អោយជនក្បត់ជាតិ (អាក្បត់ជាតិហ៊ុន សែន បំរើផលប្រយោជយួន)
ឬ
- បោះឆ្នោត ជូនអ្នកស្នេហាជាតិ (ឯកឧត្តមសម រង្ស៊ី បំរើផលប្រយោជខ្មែរ)
Two sides of the Cambodian vote on July 27, 2008, vote for :
- Traitor (ah Hun Sen youn servant, CPP: Communist Pro youn Party)
or
- Patriot (H.E. Sam Rainsy khmer servant, SRP: Sam Rainsy Party)
Khmer farmer
Ah Spam Rainxy should be disqualified from the election for cheating.
Ah Savage Hun Sen (Hun Blind: physical and moral blind), youn servant should be disqualified from the election for cheating and criminal against humanity in Cambodia.
Down and Out ! ah Hun Sen, a third-year- elementary-school- educated Prime Minister with 29 years of holding power, is the Criminal against humanity in Cambodia and is a former Khmer Rouge soldier in Khmer Rouge Regime, from CPP (Communist Pro youn Party)
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