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Opposition officials had requested to meet with Interior Minister Sar Kheng to request a change of the NEC’s leadership and other election-related procedures.
20 September 2012
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
WASHINGTON DC - Ministry of Interior officials will meet with a delegation of opposition leaders this week to discuss complaints of political bias at the National Election Committee.
The NEC is supposed to be an independent government agency tasked with running elections, but opposition officials say it is biased toward the ruling party and have sought to reform it ahead of national elections in 2013. The Ministry of Interior prepares the candidate lists for NEC positions, then sends them to the Council of Ministers for approval.
Opposition officials had requested to meet with Interior Minister Sar Kheng to request a change of the NEC’s leadership and other election-related procedures. Two representatives each from the Human Rights and Sam Rainsy parties will in fact meet with Prum Sokha, a secretary of state for the ministry, on Thursday.






















