The vote count in Phnom Penh (Photo: Reuters)2008-07-27
Radio France International (RFI)
The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) claims to have been re-elected in Sunday's general election and predicts that it will have enough seats to rule alone. A victory would prolong of Prime Minister Hun Sen's 23-year rule and strengthen his grip on power. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told RFI that the result "does not reflect the will of the Cambodian people".
Polls closed at 3 pm local time. Official results are not expected until next month but the CPP is already claiming to have increased its number of seats in parliament.
Party spokesperson Khieu Kanharith told the French news agency AFP "we are leading in most provinces" but added that the CPP is not sure of its margin of victory since votes were still being counted.
The party hopes to win more than the 73 seats it held in the outgoing parliament. A change in the law will allow it to govern alone if it wins an overall majority of the 123 seats.
Previously parties needed a two-thirds majority to govern alone and the previous parliament was thrown into crisis when a coalition between the CPP and the royalist Funcinpec broke down.
The most vocal opposition party, the Sam Rainsy Party, claims that the vote was not fair.
Its leader, Sam Rainsy, told RFI that phantom voters appeared on electoral rolls and its supporters were deleted from them.
"This election does not reflect the will of the Cambodian people," he says.
Polls closed at 3 pm local time. Official results are not expected until next month but the CPP is already claiming to have increased its number of seats in parliament.
Party spokesperson Khieu Kanharith told the French news agency AFP "we are leading in most provinces" but added that the CPP is not sure of its margin of victory since votes were still being counted.
The party hopes to win more than the 73 seats it held in the outgoing parliament. A change in the law will allow it to govern alone if it wins an overall majority of the 123 seats.
Previously parties needed a two-thirds majority to govern alone and the previous parliament was thrown into crisis when a coalition between the CPP and the royalist Funcinpec broke down.
The most vocal opposition party, the Sam Rainsy Party, claims that the vote was not fair.
Its leader, Sam Rainsy, told RFI that phantom voters appeared on electoral rolls and its supporters were deleted from them.
"This election does not reflect the will of the Cambodian people," he says.
1 comment:
This is unfair why CPP eliminate 200,000 people from the voting list in Pnom Penh?
This is completely wrong.
This is not democracy at all.
This is no freedom for Cambodian people living in Phnom Penh.
I urge all people in Phnom Penh need to protest.
Need re-vote in Phom Penh!
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