Tep Nytha, secretary general of the NEC, during a press conference last month. (Photo by: TRACEY SHELTON)Friday, 24 April 2009
Written by Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post
NEC secretary general says preparations for next month's elections are going smoothly and that voters are registered.
THE SECRETARY general of the National Election Committee said Thursday that preparations for next month's commune council elections were proceeding as planned, despite allegations from the Sam Rainsy Party that the Cambodian People's Party had been trying to persuade opposition commune councillors to vote for it.
Tep Nytha, the secretary general, said all 11,353 commune councillors had been officially registered to vote in the elections, which will see the councillors vote to determine the representation of their respective parties at the higher-level district councils and the municipal and provincial councils.
"We have finished the list of voters and the list of candidates from all political parties, and the process is going smoothly in advance of the campaign, which kicks off on May 2," Tep Nytha said.
But Yim Sovann, an SRP lawmaker and spokesman for the party, said there had been some irregularities with regard to the spelling of voters' names and also accused the CPP of "vote-buying" and intimidation.
"We have received information that the CPP has tried to persuade our council members by offering them positions in the government," he said.
He said the party would gather all of its commune councillors at a meeting on Sunday to "strengthen their political will" and discourage them from "selling their consciences" by voting for the CPP.
He said he expected the party to receive 20 to 30 percent of available seats in the Kingdom's district, provincial and municipal councils.
CPP denial
In a statement posted to its website on Tuesday, the CPP dismissed allegations that it had tried to persuade opposition lawmakers to vote for it and defended the effort of the NEC to run the elections smoothly and fairly.
"Some parties have continued to distort the NEC's responsible effort to organise the elections as well as the CPP's supremacy ... as they have done previously," the statement reads.
Cheam Yeap, a senior CPP lawmaker and member of the party's Central Committee, told the Post on Thursday that the party would hold a two-day conference over the weekend in an effort to shore up support among its commune councillors and articulate a political platform to gain more supporters.
"It is the right of the political parties to criticise, but the CPP does not have a policy of buying votes," he said.
Funcinpec and the Norodom Ranariddh Party will participate in the elections along with the CPP and the SRP.
The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia released a report in February blasting the elections as meaningless, saying they will hold no interest for the general public.
THE SECRETARY general of the National Election Committee said Thursday that preparations for next month's commune council elections were proceeding as planned, despite allegations from the Sam Rainsy Party that the Cambodian People's Party had been trying to persuade opposition commune councillors to vote for it.
Tep Nytha, the secretary general, said all 11,353 commune councillors had been officially registered to vote in the elections, which will see the councillors vote to determine the representation of their respective parties at the higher-level district councils and the municipal and provincial councils.
"We have finished the list of voters and the list of candidates from all political parties, and the process is going smoothly in advance of the campaign, which kicks off on May 2," Tep Nytha said.
But Yim Sovann, an SRP lawmaker and spokesman for the party, said there had been some irregularities with regard to the spelling of voters' names and also accused the CPP of "vote-buying" and intimidation.
"We have received information that the CPP has tried to persuade our council members by offering them positions in the government," he said.
He said the party would gather all of its commune councillors at a meeting on Sunday to "strengthen their political will" and discourage them from "selling their consciences" by voting for the CPP.
He said he expected the party to receive 20 to 30 percent of available seats in the Kingdom's district, provincial and municipal councils.
CPP denial
In a statement posted to its website on Tuesday, the CPP dismissed allegations that it had tried to persuade opposition lawmakers to vote for it and defended the effort of the NEC to run the elections smoothly and fairly.
"Some parties have continued to distort the NEC's responsible effort to organise the elections as well as the CPP's supremacy ... as they have done previously," the statement reads.
Cheam Yeap, a senior CPP lawmaker and member of the party's Central Committee, told the Post on Thursday that the party would hold a two-day conference over the weekend in an effort to shore up support among its commune councillors and articulate a political platform to gain more supporters.
"It is the right of the political parties to criticise, but the CPP does not have a policy of buying votes," he said.
Funcinpec and the Norodom Ranariddh Party will participate in the elections along with the CPP and the SRP.
The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia released a report in February blasting the elections as meaningless, saying they will hold no interest for the general public.
6 comments:
WHY CONTINUE TO COMPLAIN - ELECTIONS AFTER ELECTIONS. EVERYONE KNOWS THE CPP IS CHEATING. THEY MAKE THE ELECTION RULES, CONTROL ALL THE ELECTION STAFF AND NEC. OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE THERE ONLY TO LEGITIMIZE THEIR RULE. LET THE CPP RUN THE COUNTRY BY THEMSELVES. WHEN THEY "F-UP" THE PEOPLE WILL TAKE THEM DOWN. THE WORLD DON'T GIVE A "F" ABOUT CAMBODIA ANYMORE - ESPECIALLY IN HARD ECONOMIC TIME LIKE THIS.
This fucken guy look like potts smoker!
Ah Muk juk! Ah Muk ProMeuk! Ah Muk LMOP Chab Rum Lop, Srei Khmeng! Khmeng!
Mukh ah choy m'ray nih dauch ah Ho Chi minh mork chapp jéat. Ah roléay ah
luk srok Khmer jéa muoy ah
hun sen.
Hun Sen A-Yorng Yuon,
Tep Nytha A-Yorng Hun-Sen.
Muk Ah nis Muk Po ke Chap Rom Lop Srei Srei, Min Tha Khmeng Min Tha Chass, Ah nis choy Taing Oss!!
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