08 May 2012
By Hang Savyouth
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soch
CPP commune councilors from Oddar Meanchey province are accused of buying people to vote for them.
A NGO in Oddar Meanchey criticized activities led by some commune council candidates in Samrong city, Oddar Meanchey province, which contradict the commune election law. These candidates visited voters and they distributed money to many villagers.
An official for the Natural Resource Conservation NGO from Oddar Meanchey, who declined to provide his name, said that on 07 May, at about 07AM, Chiep Tong, a CPP commune council candidate visited villagers near Wat Samaky Meanchey Damrey Phoss pagoda (aka Dey Thmey) where he handed out money to them.
The NGO official criticized such misconduct to buy people prior to the upcoming commune election: “The CPP gathered villagers at the local level, then they gave out 15,000 riels (~$4) to each of them and they also showed them how to mark the ballot for the CPP. Under the election law, there is no stipulation about distributing money to people to buy their vote.”
Nevertheless, RFA could not reach Chiep Tong to respond to this criticism.
Thon Nol, Samrong city governor, said that he does know about this issue.
Kham Visal, the vice-chairman of the Oddar Meanchey Provincial Election Committee (PEC), said that he did not know about this problem. However, he said that according the election rule, it is prohibited for parties to distribute money or gifts before the election campaign season.
Kham Visal said that, according to Chapter 8 of the election rule, Section 8.1.9 stipulates that the distribution of hats or clothing before the election campaign is not considered as campaigning. Section 8.13.7 stipulates that meeting people for discussion prior to the election campaign is not considered as campaigning either.
Ms. Kong Ravin, election observation director for Comfrel, said that the civil society is very concerned the upcoming commune election will not be free nor fair.
Kong Ravin said: “It was reported about money distribution, there is no such stipulation in the election rule. No such stipulation exists, the rule only talks about distribution of leaflets, about public meetings to discuss about political party programs so that people would know about each political party. The voters will vote for the party they like.”
Comfrel also indicated that during the period leading to the 3rd commune election campaign, it has received information about irregularities taking place in the province of Pursat and Ratanakiri among others. Comfrel is investigation on all these irregularities.
7 comments:
CPP will deny buying votes as they always do. CPP will always win the election as they always do. CPP will keep Hun Sen till he is 99 as he had promised.
What are you DUMB Khmer going to do? Blame the YOUN for voting for CPP because lazy, uneducated Khmer are pure and innocent. Khmer don't vote for CPP, Khmer don't kill Khmer. Only YOUN kill Khmer.
Wake up DUMB Khmer. What are you lazy uneducated DUMB Khmer doing?
Stupid ass 2:35 PM,
Stop insultIng yourself, mom, dad, sibling and your grandparent. Simply, booked yourself an airline ticket; head down there and see for your stupid self how Hun Sen manage to win his election every year. Then and only then, you may come back and share us your finding.
You sound stupid. Stop insulting your own people!!!!
WELCOME STUPID & DICTATOR TO KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA ,
CPP WIN ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE UNITED , SOMETHING THAT
YOU GREASY HEAD FROM MANY PARTIES CANNOT DO . IT'S ASHAME THAT
YOU LIVE IN FREE WORLD AND BRAGGING ABOUT "DEMOCRATIE " ;THEN
YOU ACCUSE OR LABEL ALL KHMERS WHO SUPPORT CPP ARE "YUON" .
LET ME TELL YOU : IN KHMER HISTORY, ONLY POL POT'S LABELED KHMERS AS YUONS AND KHMERS WHO DID NOT SUPPORT POL POT'S POLICIES WERE ACCUSED AS TRAITORS AND SUBJECTED TO BE ELIMINATED . WHAT IS YOU ARE GOING TO DO,IF YOUR PARTY WIN ELECTION ? WITH YOUR MIND SET, I BET YOU WILL ELIMINATE CPP SUPPORTERS . THAT IS KHMERS CPP AND THE WORLD ARE TRYING TO PREVENT . IF YOU WANT TO WIN ELECTION, GET UNITED ;PERHAPS SOMETHING 'S REALLY HARD FOR YOU ,STUPID ASS TO DO AND STOP INSULTING CPP ; THEY ARE KHMERS NOT YUONS .
DUMB Khmer, my mom, dad, sibling and grandparent Have never vote for CPP. Only DUMB Khmer vote for CPP. And only DUMB uneducated lazy Khmer will accept vote buying for a bag of rice in exchange for their land. So why are you DUMB Khmer still blaming the YOUN for voting for Hun Sen and CPP?
It's not the YOUN it's the DUMB Khmer.
12:18 AM,
You have made Khmer people vote for CPP because you called them Dumb. That is your fault. You are not Khmer you are Yuon hidden face along with your Yuon family members who are pretending. Yes, we can see you are talking proudly. Why are you fighting with little people who are Khmer. They were oppressed and pointed with guys to accept the money to mark the CPP check box.
CPP have money and guns to do anything. Those little people who don't have knowledge or no educations so that SRP or opposition parties would go there to help educate them and give them some help to survive and help them should not accept the money from the evil and corrupted CPP.
Your words are just plainly arrogant and insulting. You are just talking and yelling. That is your fault. It shows that you are supporting and voting CPP.
Khmer Yeung
5:08 AM. DUMB Khmer, I told you Im not YOUN. Why are you helping the DUMB Khmer voting for CPP? Have you educate yourself and done anything to stop CPP?
Stop saying YOUN only votes for CPP. Its the DUMB Khmer that also votes for CPP. It is not my fault that DUMB Khmer vote for CPP, because i dont vote for CPP. Why are you DUMB Khmer blaming everyone but not yourself?
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