Saturday, April 06, 2013

Cambodia Must Postpone Elections Set For July And Prepare Proper Voter Lists

April 5, 2013

CAMBODIA MUST POSTPONE ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY AND PREPARE PROPER VOTER LISTS

Disproportionate Numbers of Women to Be Disenfranchised If Vote Proceeds as Planned

In the light of a report this week by the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) on voter lists and registrations, it is clear that there is no way that Cambodia will be able to hold genuine elections in July.

Comfrel found that 13.5% of registered voters, or 1.25 million citizens, were not on the voter lists for the elections. Nearly two-thirds of these citizens (62.8%) are women. In addition, the National Election Committee (NEC) has registered about 300,000 names who are not eligible to vote (ghost or fraudulent voters) (1).

The findings confirm and amplify the results of the audit published by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in March. This showed that "the quality of voter lists has declined by every measure since 2008," when elections were denounced by European Union observers as falling "short of international standards." The NDI found that 25.8% of names on the electoral register belong to people who, in all likelihood, won’t vote at the assigned place, and that 17.1% of eligible citizens were either not registered or de-registered (2).

The Cambodian government last year rejected recommendations from the United Nations for thorough reform of the NEC. It is now clear and beyond dispute that the will of the Cambodian people can't be democratically reflected in the elections scheduled for July 28. Time has run out. The international community cannot accept such a level of fraud and disenfranchisement. To allow Cambodia's poll to proceed as planned would be to breach the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements, which call for "genuine elections."

There is therefore no other solution than to postpone the elections until valid electoral lists can be produced. The precedent of Bangladesh in 2007 and 2008 shows that a new and high-quality electoral register can be quickly created, given cross-party political will and the support of the United Nations.

If the vote takes place as scheduled on July 28, then the international community must refuse to acknowledge the results. The Cambodian people deserve meaningful elections at a later date, rather than a timely charade that has been identified as such in advance.

Sam Rainsy
President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party
Leader of Cambodia’s united democratic opposition

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

If the election and the election procedures contain irregularities and frauds, the election results are meaningless, deceptive and unacceptable !!!
Therefore, this election must be postponed.

A Khmer Patriot

Anonymous said...

The VC, the Chinese and the CPP crooks will continue to to manipulate about the outcome of this election. They will make sure that they will win this election at all costs. To them, it is already been fixed, they planned to have Hun Sen in power up till 90 years. So, what does this mean? It means everything is just a show, to fool the international community that our country is a 'democracty country' with proper votes and regulation etc, but NOT!.

It time for the Viets, the Chinese and all of the international community leaders with good moral and of good intention to help us to clean up this corrupted system. Because Hun Sen is being used by those crooks to destroy srok khmer. They did it before and they will do it again and again. They took Loas, Champa, Pray Nokhor (Saigon), Khmer Khrom and now the whole Srok Khmer. Their aims also to take control over Thailand and its surround countries in the near future. A number of VC agents have already been station in Thailand (the same tactic used in srok khmer and others).

They used 'khmers to kill khmers' or 'killing two birds with one stone',this will also be applied in Thailand (for ethnic cleansing), Please help us to because we are not independent, we don't have a sovereignty state, because It is being interfered by the outsiders like the VC and Chinese crooks for hundreds of years. Therefore, it time for the international do something about this, since they bridged this principle of a 'non interference in internal affair'. If not, we will go through another genocite, really. Right now, we have no control over our system. So, please help us to get out of this 'bloody regime'. it is so corrupted too the core.

For Hun Sen, please wake up! they (VC and the Chinese crooks) are using you just like they did to our predecessors ( kingta, P{ol Pot and Lon Nol, Hawk Lundi etc) and once you are no longer useful, they will install another puppet of theirs to continue to destroy srok khmer until nothing left for us. So, please let go of your power for the benefit of our nation. Please pass on your power to the righteous ones, the ones who only work for the benefit of our nation. Please remember this, outsiders want nothing good for us. They love seeing us fight one another and would say ' killing two birds with one stone is a way to go, haha' and that, 'Hun Sen is our new dog, when we tell him to sit, he sits'...so please conform just like Yenluck and Abisit for the benefit of our nation. Thank you.

(because you are a khmer like me and I want you to know the truth as the truth will set you free).

Anonymous said...

ភាពក្រអឺតក្រទម
របស់សម រង្ស៊ីដែលជាអ្នកស៊ីឈ្នួលធ្វើនយោបាយ
ថ្នា​ក់កុមារដ្ឋានឱ្យអាយួន យកត្រឹមតែជើងម៉ា
ដាក់លើក្បាលតែ ប៉ុណ្ណោះ,
ហើយនិងបានកាត់ដៃកាត់ជើងខ្លួនឯងទាំងពីរ
ប្រគល់ឧ្យអាយួនកិម សុខាអស់រលីង.....
ណាខ្លួនជាទណ្ឌិតរបស់អាចោរកញ្ជះ-
យួនហ៊ុន សែនផង................

Anonymous said...

What happen if Hun Sen allows Sam Rainsy return to Cambodia is Mr. Sam Rainsy advocating to postpone the election, too?

Anonymous said...

8:35am
It is time to show to the world that 'khmers love khmers' and it time to say the crooks that, enough is enough, they can run but the can't hide because 'the truth will always be the truth and it has to be revealed in the end' Gandhi.

Anonymous said...

It is waste of time to vote because it is all youns' plans, plus some Khmers are still stupid and dumb by supporting Ah Hun.

Anonymous said...

This idiot Sam Rainsy, clown look alike face has been helping HS to legitimize every election anyway since 1998, he has been 5 steps behind HS. When it comes down to play politic HS is much brighter and clever, election draws near he's still outside partying every state and europe. He is a Fool, the voters are in Srok Khmer not out here Stupid coward, even tep vanny is more brave and very daring. Son Chhay or yim sovann should replace this idiot!

Anonymous said...

Lady Men Sam An, deputy prime minister and very close to Vietnam, is going to replace Hun Sen. Hun Sen is afraid to be killed like Hok Lundy and Chan Sy. This is why he is becoming crazy.

Anonymous said...

A convicted criminal Sam Rainsy, first you had appealed to international community not to send electoral observers to Cambodia and now you appeal that the upcoming election must postpone, but why don't you dare to call your party to boycott the election?

Make no mistake that international community will not listen what fugitive crying out at all. Your word is meaningless to foreign government. The upcoming election will go ahead as planned with or without opposition.

Please keep crying out louder in exile fugitive. Your political career is dead in the water.

Pi Anh.

Anonymous said...

Pi Anch
Your boss Hun Shit is an international fugitive because he killed million of innocent khmers,a drug dealer, deforestation, land concessions against national will and the tea money agreement between BHP (Aust) of $3.5million. International community is not stupid any more and they know who the real fugitive is hahahahah upside down right? lol

Anonymous said...

សម រង្ស៊ី ដក តម្រុយ ព្រំដែនកម្ពុជា-វៀតណាម គឺជួយ វៀតណាម ដក តម្រុយព្រំដែន ឱ្យបាត់ដែនដីខ្មែរ។បើគាត់ស្រឡាញ់ជាតិ ស្រឡាញ់ដីខ្មែរ ពេលដក តម្រុយ គួដាំតម្រុយវិញ ចូលដី វៀតណាម ព្រោះអ្វី?។ បាត់តម្រុយ គឺវៀតណាមអាចយកដី ខ្មែរ បានងាយ។ស្រឡាញ់ជាតិ?ឬជួយវៀតណាម?។


សម រង្ស៊ី សឿងឬពុំសឿង?
យួនជាង៨លាននាក់ ក្នុងស្រុកខ្មែរ ព្រោះខ្មែរ គ្មាន ព្រំដែន គ្មាន តម្រុយ ស្នាដៃសម រង្ស៊ី ។អរគុណសម រង្ស៊ី។

Anonymous said...

8:35 AM

The postponement of the election is not because Mr. Sam Rainsy can't return to Cambodia, but rather because the election and its implementation have been rigged very badly.

Anonymous said...

Stupid Pi Ahn and Mike,

You only know how to FART loud and proud !!!

Anonymous said...

ភាពក្រអឺតក្រទម
របស់សម រង្ស៊ីដែលជាអ្នកស៊ីឈ្នួលធ្វើនយោបាយ
ថ្នា​ក់កុមារដ្ឋានឱ្យអាយួន យកត្រឹមតែជើងម៉ា
ដាំលើក្បាលតែ ប៉ុណ្ណោះ,
ហើយនិងបានកាត់ដៃកាត់ជើងខ្លួនឯងទាំងពីរ
ប្រគល់ឧ្យអាយួនកិម សុខាអស់រលីង.....
ណាខ្លួនជាទណ្ឌិតរបស់អាចោរកញ្ជះ-
យួនហ៊ុន សែនផង................