A
screen grab posted Friday night by election watchdog Comfrel shows
voter ink being removed from a finger using a simple solution.
NEC stands behind Election Day ink
Seeking
to allay concerns over the quality of the indelible ink used to
identify those who have cast their ballots, National Election Committee
officials this evening insisted the semi-permanent stain worked
correctly.
The announcement came after a video was released in
which a staffer for election watchdog Comfrel can be seen scrubbing the
ink completely from his forefinger in just minutes using a simple
solution. The clip quickly went viral on social media, drawing outrage
from voters.
At a televised press conference held Saturday
evening, NEC chairman Im Suosdey, told reporters the election ink – in
which voters dip their fingers after casting a ballot – was set by
exposure to sunlight and could not be wiped off once a voter stepped
outside.
“There was also a concern about the ink, that it would be
cleaned from the fingers; that is not true,” he said, at a scheduled
conference that touched on a number of issues. “It is 100 per cent
certain that the ink would not be able to be removed [after a vote],
because when the ink is exposed to [sun]light, it is set at good
quality.”
Suosdey also stressed that the silver nitrate solution
was only one way to prevent double voting, and said NEC had numerous
safeguards in place.
The Indian government last month donated 40,000 bottles of the ink, which is meant to last days before slowing wearing off.
During
the Malaysian elections in May, whose results were hotly contested,
similar demonstrations showing how easily voters removed the so-called
indelible ink went viral, causing a minor uproar.
3 comments:
Long Live Viet Nam and Long Live Hun Sen and CPP...
We will killed all of you useless human.. we prepared 3 billion dollars after the election if you not joint the government... We prepared snipers forces to kills all of you and we prepared secret forces if you protest after election ... at the end we will kills all of you..
You will not get free and fair election ... because we deleted more then 1millions voters and we have more then 1 millions ghost voters and other.. so lost just with this ... CPP already won 25% just from this .. This election we will win 90 seats or more ...
Long live Viet Nam and CPP and Hun Sen...
U will never see Khmer Prime Minister only Viet Nam approved one or Vietnamese bloods ... You are all useless khmer and should never live .. soon your country will be our NEW PROVINCE ....
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By “any patriot Khmers”
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
I'm writing this @ 5:30 pm Cambodian time, the result is available: 7 wins ( 7 si dartch) VICTORY IS OURS KHMERS !!! CNRP WINS THIS ELECTION.
Because Khmer love Khmer, the intelligence of our leader and technology.
The happiest moment for all Khmer!!!
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