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By Khmer Wathanakam
Electoral fraud is not uncommon in many countries around the world, but it has happened as isolated and unconventional. Usually election fraud has occurred at counting and projecting a final result or the ruling parties has gained more media's access than the others such as the election disputes in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Former Yugoslavia, Venezuela, Liberia, Peru, Malaysia, Kanya and so on. Distinctly, the election fraud in Cambodia has happened as conventional and systematic fraud rarely seen in any country in this world. Because the whole system of electoral process in Cambodia is deeply flaw from the beginning of registration and election campaigns to announcement of the final results.
The whole election process has been marred by violence, intimidation, unequal media access, vote buying or bribe, and the bias of the NEC. during the one month campaigns, the opposition supporters were intimidated, threatened, disrupted, and abused by the ruling party, the CPP. Many opposition activists were injured by throwing stones or other objects at, threatened by firing at the headquarter office, verbal and physical abused when they distributed the party policy fliers, and disrupted campaign processions by using loud speakers or to interrupt the processions from moving forward smoothly.
Electoral fraud is not uncommon in many countries around the world, but it has happened as isolated and unconventional. Usually election fraud has occurred at counting and projecting a final result or the ruling parties has gained more media's access than the others such as the election disputes in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Former Yugoslavia, Venezuela, Liberia, Peru, Malaysia, Kanya and so on. Distinctly, the election fraud in Cambodia has happened as conventional and systematic fraud rarely seen in any country in this world. Because the whole system of electoral process in Cambodia is deeply flaw from the beginning of registration and election campaigns to announcement of the final results.
The whole election process has been marred by violence, intimidation, unequal media access, vote buying or bribe, and the bias of the NEC. during the one month campaigns, the opposition supporters were intimidated, threatened, disrupted, and abused by the ruling party, the CPP. Many opposition activists were injured by throwing stones or other objects at, threatened by firing at the headquarter office, verbal and physical abused when they distributed the party policy fliers, and disrupted campaign processions by using loud speakers or to interrupt the processions from moving forward smoothly.
At the same time, during the election campaigns, only the ruling party, the CPP had access to TV stations. No other parties were allowed to broadcast their policies on any TV except 15 minutes time slot
each day on the TVK supervised by the NEC. All TVs and most radios have
not only covered the CPP's campaigns but helped the CPP by broadcasting
only negative news from the oppositions and positive news from the CPP
regardless of those news are reliable or not. It was very shameful to
all TV stations in the country when the opposition leader had returned
home from his exile with tens of thousands of people came to greet him
from the airport without TV's coverage. It's unusual for such a great
event without TV's coverage in any country in the world. This is an
example of how strictly the CPP have controlled the media network in the
country.
Along with the media access, look at to the most important national institutions--military, police, court, and all levels
of local administrations--are strictly controlled and used by the CPP
as their political apparatuses to intimidate and to lure the people to
vote for them. All these officials should be stayed neutral during
election campaigns, instead they have used their power and positions in
the government and national resources to help campaigning for the CPP.
All these wily activities were well documented by the International Human Rights Watch. All these institutions are very independent from the political parties in the true democratic countries.
Furthermore, the National election Committee which has duty to organize and to guarantee fair election results, also has been controlled by the CPP. Actually, the main job of the NEC is to insure
the continuous victory of the CPP regardless of what would go wrong.
The NEC has not only created the good opportunity for the CPP to win but
helped the CPP to cheat. At the same time, the NEC has tried to create
obstacles and to prevent the opposition from winning
the election. The followings are the tricks that the NEC has
contributed for this election in order to help the CPP to win --creating
ghost lists, double or triple name lists, allowing illegal Vietnamese
to vote freely and the CPP's supporters to vote more than one place,
using ink easy to erase so that voters can vote more than one time,
making difficulty for registration and deleting voter's names suspected
of the opposition supporters, and counting ballots and projecting the results without transparency.
In short, the election process has been totally flaw and corrupted
from the beginning to the end, and must be seriously restructured in
the future otherwise this election has just been used as a legal shield
to cover up the CPP's dictatorial rule. The whole process of this
election has been filled with the conventional fraud that means all
aspects of this election process were marred by fraud rarely seen in any
country in the world. The CPP have tried to cheat with all of their
means and abilities whenever and wherever has been suitable for them in
order to continue holding their
power grip indefinitely. Should we allow this corrupted electoral system
to be practised in the future again? If yes, we will repeat the
post-election crisis as we are facing today. Or should we make a
concrete reform before we participate?
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Just in - From the unanimous insider of the Hun Sen cabinet that the Hanoi order Hun Sen to force the king out of the country and transfer the power to the Senate president Chea Sim to preside the assembly first meeting go on without the opposition and also the Hun Sen government working on kicking out the US & EU ambassador from cambodia and recall their ambassador from those country as well.
Who is the winner?? AH YOUN KORN TORP, NOT KHMER AT ALL.
CPP officials forcing peoples to accept the election result.
The whole world known that NEC stole the people’s votes gave to Hun Sen.
Ah Hun Sen is the stumbling block for Cambodia’s democracy.
He uses all kind of dirty tricks to hang on to power.
We should use all kind of dirty works to take him down, and one of them would be shots fired by snipers at his forehead or heart.
ក្នុងរបបខ្មែរក្រហមទី១ កំចាត់ ប៉ុល ពត តែម្នាក់ ប្រជារាស្ត្រទូទាំងប្រទេស បានសប្បាយ រីករាយ រីកថ្លើម រីកប្រមាត់ បានមួយរយៈដ៏ខ្លី។ រួចក៏ធ្លាក់ចូលក្នុង របបខ្មែរក្រហមទី២ គឺរបប ហ៊ុន សែន រហូតដល់សព្វថ្ងៃ។ ប្រជារាស្ត្រ បាត់បង់សេរីភាព ខាងបញ្ចេញមតិ ស្ទើរឣស់រលីង។ ពេលខ្លះ គេបណ្តោយឲ្យស្រែក ឲ្យបែកផែនដី ក៏ ហ៊ុន សែន ធ្វើមិនឮ មិនឃើញ ដូច ហ៊ុន សែន ធ្លាប់លើកឡើងថា "ឆ្កែ(គឺរាស្ត្រខ្មែរ)ចេះតែព្រុស មនុស្ស(គឺគេ ហ៊ុន សែន)ចេះតែដើរ"។ ដូចករណី ឣ្នកក្រីក្រនៅបឹងកក់ នៅក្រោមចុងច្រមុះសោះ បើ ហ៊ុន សែន មើលពីលើ វិមានសន្តិភាពទៅ មិនបាច់កែវយឹត ក៏ឃើញបានដែរ តែ ហ៊ុន សែន ធ្វើហី មិនឃើញ មិនឮ មិនដឹង។
ពួកគេ បង្ហុយបង្ហើរពាក្យថា បើចង់សុខ កុំនិយាយ ពីនយោបាយ និយាយពីស្រីស្រស់ ពីស្រាឆ្ងាញ់ វិញ នោះបានសុខហើយ។
រឿងពុករលួយគឺ មហាសែនពុករលួយ ពីភូមិឃុំ រហូតទៅដល់កំពូលចុងស្រួច។ រួបរួមគ្នា ឯកភាពគ្នា ពុករលួយគ្រប់ជាន់ថ្នាក់។
រឿងខូចលួចបន្លំសន្លឹកឆ្នោត មហាសែនខូច លួចបន្លំសន្លឹកឆ្នោត ហើយលើកទ័ព មកគំរាម សម្លុតស្មារតី ថែមទៀត។ ចំជា មហាសែនខូច កំណាច ឃោរឃៅ មែន។
ក្នុងរបបខ្មែរក្រហមទី២ គឺរបប ហ៊ុន សែន នេះ បើកំចាត់ ហ៊ុន សែន តែម្នាក់ចេញ ប្រជារាស្ត្រខ្មែរ ទូទាំងប្រទេស ប្រាកដជា បានសប្បាយ រីករាយ រីកថ្លើម រីកប្រមាត់ ឡើងវិញហើយ។
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