Original report from Phnom Penh
25 August 2008
The Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties on Monday filed complaints over July's election results with two representative countries of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords.
The ruling Cambodian People's Party and the National Election Committee had violated the Accords and denied Cambodians a democratic election, the parties said Monday in complaints to France and Indonesia.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said he wanted the countries to intervene, but he declined to say how. The Accords require democratic elections, and Sam Rainsy said July's election had not been democratic.
The CPP has warned that the parties must participate in a swearing-in ceremony of the new National Assembly, scheduled for Sept. 24, or risk having their seats reallocated among other parites.
Both parties reiterated their plan to boycott that meeting in protest of the election results Monday.
Human Rights Party President Kem Sokha said the 18 national signatories to the Accords had a responsibility to ensure free and fair democratic elections.
"They must not only sign, but they have to follow what happens in Cambodia," he said. "Cambodia is not alone."
Sam Rainsy said more than 20,000 people had thumb-printed a petition claiming they were denied their right to vote in the election.
As many as 800,000 administrative forms had been fraudulently issued during the election, allowing nearly 1 million people to vote who were not eligible under election law, he said.
NEC Secretary-General Tep Nitha said Monday the parties had a right to complain to the international community, but the election body had done what the election law required.
Hang Puthea, executive director of the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, said countries that signed the Peace Accords should issue some kind of response to the complaint, in order to demonstrate their continued roles in free and fair elections in Cambodia.
This is the first time parties have complained using the Accords, he said.
The complaints could cause the National Election Committee to pay more attention to regulations for the next election, he said.
The ruling Cambodian People's Party and the National Election Committee had violated the Accords and denied Cambodians a democratic election, the parties said Monday in complaints to France and Indonesia.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said he wanted the countries to intervene, but he declined to say how. The Accords require democratic elections, and Sam Rainsy said July's election had not been democratic.
The CPP has warned that the parties must participate in a swearing-in ceremony of the new National Assembly, scheduled for Sept. 24, or risk having their seats reallocated among other parites.
Both parties reiterated their plan to boycott that meeting in protest of the election results Monday.
Human Rights Party President Kem Sokha said the 18 national signatories to the Accords had a responsibility to ensure free and fair democratic elections.
"They must not only sign, but they have to follow what happens in Cambodia," he said. "Cambodia is not alone."
Sam Rainsy said more than 20,000 people had thumb-printed a petition claiming they were denied their right to vote in the election.
As many as 800,000 administrative forms had been fraudulently issued during the election, allowing nearly 1 million people to vote who were not eligible under election law, he said.
NEC Secretary-General Tep Nitha said Monday the parties had a right to complain to the international community, but the election body had done what the election law required.
Hang Puthea, executive director of the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, said countries that signed the Peace Accords should issue some kind of response to the complaint, in order to demonstrate their continued roles in free and fair elections in Cambodia.
This is the first time parties have complained using the Accords, he said.
The complaints could cause the National Election Committee to pay more attention to regulations for the next election, he said.
10 comments:
Go Mr.Rainsy and Sokha go! the monkeys sold our coutry to Viet we can ask our country back for our khmer people nothing wrong with that?
Go to hell Mr.KVAK Hun Sen the cheater man in Caambodia election!
Only you are the REAL hero for all KHMERS and her nation MR SAMRAINSY .. we are all depand on you now .. go get that CHEATER AH KWUCK HUN SHIT..
I want to see KIM SOKHA one of the KHMER hero like MR SAM RAINSY ..
HOW CAN SAM RAINSY LOVE KHMER PEOPLE WHILE HE IS NOT KHMER AT ALL? HE IS HOLDER OF FRENCH PASSPORT. SO, WHAT HE IS DOING NOW, IS TO RUIN KHMER LIFE JUST FOR HIS AMBICIOUS POWER SEEKING!!!
In Russian lunguage we call this person "PIZDUK".
Sirs! you are on the right path. It's high time that Paris accord signatories take some measures to ensure the government of CBD is really democratically elected.
It's has to do with the NEC. The NEC has to be impartial independent body both financially and organizationally. If we let the current set up roll on, the issues will be never solved...It's my small contribution. Broyuth in Phnom Penh
SRP and HRP Should call the people to rebell ASAP.
yeah millions more poeple will join!!!Topple this gangster, lawless-style of government down.
Hell to all the current mother-fuckers blood-suckers leaders!!!!!!
The election had not been democratic? hahaha, LOL, hahha. Who died and make Ah Scam Rainxy an authority of democracy?
Bosses, don't go to join parliament with CPP! SRP and HRP should stay away from parliament and let CPP and other minority parties take our seats...I'm sure Hun Sen will do it.
We should cry as childish for help from Franch and ASEAN though EU observers have made their annoucement that the July election was better than other previous elections while ASEAN sent no observer to watch election...
We together, SRP and HRP can join to ask for reelection until next life though we are sure that Franch and Indonesia can do nothing about our complain...
From Khmer oversea
4:40PM what the shit head you are?
Ever heard about law?
SRP and HRP try to do all the legal ways posible, to have a peacefull resolution for our nation!
You sucking Vietnamese know only war, son of ah goat face HO Chiminh pimp of the nation!
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