Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Ten parties already authorized to participate in the election

19 May 2008
By Leang Delux
Cambodge Soir Hebdo

Translated from French by Luc Sâr


Tep Nitha, NEC secretary general, announced on Monday morning that ten out of the 12 political parties registered, will be running in the upcoming election.

Ouk Phourik’s Khmer Democracy Party must review its candidate list, several of them did not register beforehand on the voting list. According to Tep Nitha, “The Khmer Democracy Party shouldn’t have too much problem to validate its candidate list.”

On the other hand, the NEC refused to validate the Sangkum Khmer Niyum Party which sent a complaint to the Constitutional Council. “It has 10 days to get the approval,” Tep Nitha said.

Between 10 to 12 parties will participate in the 4th mandate election, whereas there were 20 parties in the past election. According to Tep Nitha also, this lower number of political parties is due to the fact that they lack personnel to prepare the candidate files.

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