Khoun Leakhana
The Mekong Times
The National Election Committee (NEC) can order another ballot at any polling station affected by technical problems, Tep Nytha, secretary general of the NEC, said Thursday, but any actions must follow electoral procedure.
“To decide to hold a reelection, first of all we have to rely on law,” he said. “If the municipal and provincial committees find severe irregularities in any voting office or commune, they can propose that the NEC conduct a re-election there. If the NEC discovers a serious case of irregularities, the NEC can decide to conduct a re-election within a period of eight days after the decision is made.”
To date, the NEC has received about 100 complaints from all over the country, most of which involve the issuance of controversial 1018 forms that permit anonymous voting.
NEC officials stressed that alleged irregularities were few in comparison to the number of voters.
“In some provinces, they [officials] are currently calculating results,” Tep Nytha said. “Our NEC officials reported that there have not yet been any serious cases [of irregularities].”
Opposition protests against allegedly rigged election results were to be expected, Tep Nytha said. “I understand that this can be a bad Cambodian habit after election … Ever since 1993, elections have had protests, and sometimes the protests were inappropriate and in breach of procedures, but this is the right of political parties in any democratic country.”
“To decide to hold a reelection, first of all we have to rely on law,” he said. “If the municipal and provincial committees find severe irregularities in any voting office or commune, they can propose that the NEC conduct a re-election there. If the NEC discovers a serious case of irregularities, the NEC can decide to conduct a re-election within a period of eight days after the decision is made.”
To date, the NEC has received about 100 complaints from all over the country, most of which involve the issuance of controversial 1018 forms that permit anonymous voting.
NEC officials stressed that alleged irregularities were few in comparison to the number of voters.
“In some provinces, they [officials] are currently calculating results,” Tep Nytha said. “Our NEC officials reported that there have not yet been any serious cases [of irregularities].”
Opposition protests against allegedly rigged election results were to be expected, Tep Nytha said. “I understand that this can be a bad Cambodian habit after election … Ever since 1993, elections have had protests, and sometimes the protests were inappropriate and in breach of procedures, but this is the right of political parties in any democratic country.”
6 comments:
Is NEC saying that Cambodian have good habit NOT to cheat the national election?
Prove it please, sir !!!!
Neang SA
Kom kit tae thoeb sanleuk chhnaot doembey am nach pek puok ah kanh cheas youn, lmom kit pi Khmae hoey, pel nis proe khuor kbal monus kom proe khuor bang kang, ah phleu.
Pi anh
It is clearly understood to everyone that the real loser are the cheater in this election.
Dear friends,
I have an idea to avoid having problem after eclection, if everyone agree, problem would be solved. It is simple, you just nominate 50% of the NEC from the rulling party and another 50% from the opposition or otherwise you nominate independent people in combination with NGOs, that's it, the problem solved, no headache.
Yeah, but then we'll run into a dead lock. What about have China oversee the NEC?
NEC you can spare the people of Cambodia your rubbish. If you don't allowed the almost 1M whose name was removed to vote, your boss Hun Sen will be governing a nation with lot of angry people. It will be a long five years.
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