A new report that three political parties’ activists were killed
during campaigns in the run-up to Sunday’s vote,
the country’s third-ever commune-level elections.
On the negative side, we have seen that the [ruling]
Cambodian People’s Party has used state resources and
civil servants to conduct their campaign, and that state
control and private media are biased toward the ruling party.
The irregularities in the election had marred the results.
At some polling stations, election officials prevented
election monitors from monitoring the vote.
Government authorities had intimidated voters at polling stations
and the guarantees against voting twice were not firmly in place.
There was the presence of authorities at each
polling station … and the black ink [used to mark those
who had already cast their ballots] was erasable.
Election officials at polling stations were unfamiliar or
careless with election procedures and sometimes allowed
those without names on voter registration lists to vote.
Thun Saray, Comfrel Board of Directors member ,
the president of the rights watchdog ADHOC.
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