Original report from Phnom Penh
18 May 2009
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party won a wide majority of municipal, district and provincial council seats after polls Sunday.
The opposition Sam Rainy Party took around 20 percent of the 3,261 seats, followed by Funcinpec and the Norodom Ranariddh Party, which took about 2 percent each.
The voting, undertaken by 11,353 members of commune councils nationwide, was a step toward decentralization. Councils will help determine development priorities in their areas.
The National Election Committee said Monday preliminary results showed the CPP had won 8,545 votes, or about 75 percent, in Phnom Penh and provincial districts, and 8,470, also nearly 75 percent, in other towns and districts.
The Sam Rainsy party followed with 2,317 votes, or 20.5 percent, in Phnom Penh and provincial councils, and 2,332 votes in towns and districts.
Funcinpec won 236 votes and 268, respectively, and the NRP won 209 and 262 votes.
CPP spokesman Khieu Kanharith told VOA Khmer the CPP won more votes than it had sitting council members, indicating support from members of the other parties.
“The majority win is because the other parties do not have enough human resources and capacity for leading members of the councils…in compromises of development projects,” he said.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said the results were acceptable, as it meant the party now had nearly 600 council members.
“We can win more members in the near future,” he said.
Funcinpec Secretary-General Nhiek Bunchhay said the party had given up some votes but won six capital and provincial council seats.
NRP spokesman Pen Sangha said his party has lost out due to vote-buying.
During campaigning, the Sam Rainsy Party accused CPP members of offering money to council members in exchange for votes.
The NEC will announce official results May 29.
The opposition Sam Rainy Party took around 20 percent of the 3,261 seats, followed by Funcinpec and the Norodom Ranariddh Party, which took about 2 percent each.
The voting, undertaken by 11,353 members of commune councils nationwide, was a step toward decentralization. Councils will help determine development priorities in their areas.
The National Election Committee said Monday preliminary results showed the CPP had won 8,545 votes, or about 75 percent, in Phnom Penh and provincial districts, and 8,470, also nearly 75 percent, in other towns and districts.
The Sam Rainsy party followed with 2,317 votes, or 20.5 percent, in Phnom Penh and provincial councils, and 2,332 votes in towns and districts.
Funcinpec won 236 votes and 268, respectively, and the NRP won 209 and 262 votes.
CPP spokesman Khieu Kanharith told VOA Khmer the CPP won more votes than it had sitting council members, indicating support from members of the other parties.
“The majority win is because the other parties do not have enough human resources and capacity for leading members of the councils…in compromises of development projects,” he said.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said the results were acceptable, as it meant the party now had nearly 600 council members.
“We can win more members in the near future,” he said.
Funcinpec Secretary-General Nhiek Bunchhay said the party had given up some votes but won six capital and provincial council seats.
NRP spokesman Pen Sangha said his party has lost out due to vote-buying.
During campaigning, the Sam Rainsy Party accused CPP members of offering money to council members in exchange for votes.
The NEC will announce official results May 29.
7 comments:
Vote buying by the CPP cannot be controlled by the other parties. It will continue and whether we like it or not, it will happen.
However, to do a business you need both parties!
To avoid the problem of vote buying the other non-cpp parties need to learn to educate their own people so they won't sell their conscience so readily.
Anet Khmer
It's not hard for Hun Sen and his CPP party to win (election after election) because they're in control of eveything - the media, NEC,election staff,etc.
It's better if the opposition parties don't participate and let Hun Sen and his CPP gang "F" up the country. Let the people rise up and deal with them!
As Khmer Superman, from Justice League with my companions Iron Man, Spyder Man, Batman, X-Men will help Sam Rainsy Party win the next election.
Your Hero,
Khmer Superman
Totally agreed with 5:41 AM
The people know all of parties.
Who work hard and who don't work hard.ប្រជាពលរដ្ធខ្មែរលោកដឹងច្បាស់ណាស់
តើបក្សណាធ្វើការឲ្យប្រជាជនហើយបក្សណា
មិនធ្វើការឲ្យប្រជាជន។
It is not egregious -- to say the least -- for the opposition leaders to accept this ignominious defeat.
My congratulatory hat is tipping to the CPP's arduous and strenuous work before, during, and , of course, the work ahead to get the country moving forward, and to once again to have the country on a glide path to a propitious future for the Cambodian people and its land. Needless to say, since this is a landslide victor for the ruling party, it seems very unpropitious moment for Puok Ah Jrouk Jruok Cambodian-American'ts.
PPU
Yet another casualty of economic woes (or better yet, 'malaise'): the party of whinning is ignominiously defeated by an infallible and impregnable party (CPP, that is).
PPU
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