Voters wait to cast ballots during general elections in Svay Rieng province in 2008. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Temporary IDs raise eyebrows among CNRP
More
than 60,000 temporary ID replacements have been issued in Svay Rieng
province, prompting concerns from the opposition of potential electoral
malfeasance in a province that has drawn claims of voter fraud in the
past.
According to figures given to the Cambodia National Rescue
Party by the Provincial Election Committee, 61,320 “1019” forms have
been issued in Svay Rieng, a province with 398,807 registered voters —
almost all of whom already have ID cards. The residency form can also be
used in place of ID “when individuals … do not have any residency
documents,” according to election watchdog Comfrel’s voter list audit.
“The
impact is dangerously high,” SRP Senator Seng Mardi said. “This is
equivalent to one seat. If the government, if the CPP is using the form
for fraudulent purposes, it would impact the results in that province.”
By comparison, continued Mardi, the opposition failed to win a
seat in Svay Rieng in the 2008 elections by just 1,400 votes. “That was
equivalent to two votes per polling station. Right now, on average,
according to this number … [it] is equivalent to 78 ID substitutes per
polling station.”
Svay Rieng appears to have major anomalies
with regards to its registration. In the voter registry audit carried
out earlier this year by NDI, a comparison of NEC registration rates
with the population counts carried out by the National Institute of
Statistics shows the province has a 125 per cent registration rate. Only
Prey Veng has a higher registration-to-population ratio, while most
provinces hover around 102 per cent.
Koul Panha, executive
director of election monitor Comfrel, said it was premature to claim
something was amiss, but said his group had begun an audit of their own.
“We can see that the assumption is something is abnormal, but we don’t know what happened,” he said. “We have to look more.”
Svay Rieng Provincial Governor Cheang Am could not be reached for comment.
3 comments:
This NEC temporary IDs is for CPP voters whom already vote for CPP once can come back again under a different name that the knew it CNRP's voters & cast their vote for the CPP again. So the real CNRP voters came and get told that they have already casted their vote, where in fact the CPP voter have voted twice or more time.
Good approach by NEC and CPP isn't it...
So any honest CNRP voters watch out... you will be rejected by NEC from having your vote.
NEC is a Hun Sen's tool.
Hun Sen is a Hanoi's tool !!!
Cheat all you want but everyone knows you cheat and you know that you cheat!
In the end, just read Mr. Rohrabacher's lips: ' Hun sen has to go'.
9:10 PM
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