26 August 2008
By Ung Chamroeun
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
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The Constitution Council judges qualified the SRP request as being unreasonable. The opposition leader called the session a theatrical show.
After being rejected by the National Election Council (NEC) on 12 August, the SRP complaint – which demands for a ballot recount in 129 of the 650 election precincts in the province of Svay Rieng – was examined on Tuesday 26 August by the Constitutional Council presided by Ek Sam Ol.
Sam Rainsy observed that a large number of frauds took place in Svay Rieng. The names of several voters who do not agree to the CPP ideas were removed from the voting lists. He indicated also that these people did not move from their current address. Furthermore, there were individuals who took over the identity of other voters to vote in their place. Up to now, Sam Rainsy assured that he had received more than 20,000 thumbprints from voters who were victimized by the fraud.
Sam Rainsy denounced the fact that forms 1014, used to count the number of votes, which were established by the NEC and the CPP, do not correspond to the conclusions by observers from his party. He then proposed for the ballot recounting in 129 of the 650 precincts in Svay Rieng, because he estimated that the number announced by the NEC inflated the number of votes obtained by the CPP.
Sam Rainsy and his lawyer submitted the documents involved as well as the thumbprints obtained to the Constitutional Council. In spite of all these, Ek Sam Ol, the president of the session, judged that the SRP request was unreasonable, while invoking the absence of irrefutable proofs and that the SRP documents were false. “It is impossible to have a new recount,” Ek Sam Ol said.
“This audience is worthy a theatrical show. In reality, the ending was written in advance. The con men are afraid, and this can be seen by the fact that they don’t want a new recount, not even in a single election precinct,” Sam Rainsy denounced in the audience room.
To Sam Rainsy, it is very improbable that the CPP could obtain 5 seats in the province of Svay Rieng.
After being rejected by the National Election Council (NEC) on 12 August, the SRP complaint – which demands for a ballot recount in 129 of the 650 election precincts in the province of Svay Rieng – was examined on Tuesday 26 August by the Constitutional Council presided by Ek Sam Ol.
Sam Rainsy observed that a large number of frauds took place in Svay Rieng. The names of several voters who do not agree to the CPP ideas were removed from the voting lists. He indicated also that these people did not move from their current address. Furthermore, there were individuals who took over the identity of other voters to vote in their place. Up to now, Sam Rainsy assured that he had received more than 20,000 thumbprints from voters who were victimized by the fraud.
Sam Rainsy denounced the fact that forms 1014, used to count the number of votes, which were established by the NEC and the CPP, do not correspond to the conclusions by observers from his party. He then proposed for the ballot recounting in 129 of the 650 precincts in Svay Rieng, because he estimated that the number announced by the NEC inflated the number of votes obtained by the CPP.
Sam Rainsy and his lawyer submitted the documents involved as well as the thumbprints obtained to the Constitutional Council. In spite of all these, Ek Sam Ol, the president of the session, judged that the SRP request was unreasonable, while invoking the absence of irrefutable proofs and that the SRP documents were false. “It is impossible to have a new recount,” Ek Sam Ol said.
“This audience is worthy a theatrical show. In reality, the ending was written in advance. The con men are afraid, and this can be seen by the fact that they don’t want a new recount, not even in a single election precinct,” Sam Rainsy denounced in the audience room.
To Sam Rainsy, it is very improbable that the CPP could obtain 5 seats in the province of Svay Rieng.
