Briefs: Sar Kheng Calls for Unity After Election, Seng Theary ‘Strong’
Sar Kheng said Tuesday the recent commune election was free and fair, while his son earlier advocated for officials to serve all citizens.
VOD Staff Jun 23, 7:10 pm
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Sar Kheng said Tuesday the recent commune election was free and fair, while his son earlier advocated for officials to serve all citizens.
In brief, Preak Sihanouk provincial governor demands inquiry into recent gun violence. Meanwhile, the NEC is suing Son Chhay for defamation, and the apparel giant Adidas has decried police action against labor leaders in Kampong Chhnang.
Cambodia saw a near 60% increase in exports to the United States for the first five months of the year, led by clothing and footwear. Banteay Meanchey’s deputy governor is back at work after military police questioned him for several hours on Friday.
A Candlelight Party activist who was arrested in Battambang on Wednesday has now been charged by the court with breaking and entering. The NEC has received 85 election-related complaints.
Counting has begun at 23,602 polling stations across the country. Polling officials are emptying ballot boxes and sorting through ballots. Other officials will start writing party names on blackboards and whiteboards for the tallying of votes.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. across Cambodia giving more than 9 million registered voters the chance to vote for their preferred political party and elect 1,652 commune chiefs.
The CPP made a show of strength on Friday morning with a road rally that filled Hun Sen Boulevard with a river of white-clad supporters, while the Candlelight Party also gathered supporters in a march from Chbar Ampov.
The ruling CPP will hold a large roadshow on Friday to end the two-week election campaign period, with the party expecting in excess of 50,000 supporters.
Even as many of the country’s political issues recur in cycles, a handful of new voices — pressing previously neglected issues around gender, environment and minorities — is also emerging.
VOD reporters followed the launch of the official campaigning period for the June 5 commune election on Saturday morning. The Candlelight Party held a march through Phnom Penh, while the ruling CPP conducted gatherings within communes. Other parties like the Grassroots Democratic Party and the Khmer National United Party also kicked off their campaigning.
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