Critics have expressed alarm over what they see as a campaign of intimidation and public threats. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia’s Parliament voted unanimously to amend an election law on Friday to penalise anyone who boycotts next month’s poll, which critics have said will be a sham because of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s efforts to stamp out all opposition.last week ordered the Parliament to revise the law so that anyone who does not vote in the general election on July 23 will be barred from contesting any future elections.
“...Individuals wishing to stand for election must participate in voting events prior to their mandate,” Mr Sar Kheng, deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, said in a statement posted on his official Facebook page after the vote in Parliament. “The amendments impose fines and punish individuals who disrupt and obstruct the voter registration process... the election,” he added.the Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party won all of the parliamentary seats,There have been no overt calls for an election boycott but critics have expressed alarm over what they see as a campaign of intimidation and public threats by Mr Hun Sen and the CPP ahead of an election they are certain to dominate.
“This really shows that this is a dictatorship that is playing in the democracy game,” Mr Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch said, adding that “civil rights and political liberty have been completely, totally restricted by Prime Minister Hun Sen and his government”.The election commission said earlier this month that anyone urging people not to vote would be fined or imprisoned.
The CPP will run virtually unopposed next month, after the election commission disqualified the sole opposition Candlelight Party from running, citing improper paperwork. REUTERSនាព្រឹកថ្ងៃសុក្រ ៦កើត ខែបឋមាសាឍ ឆ្នាំថោះ បញ្ចស័ក ព.ស២៥៦៧ ត្រូវនឹងថ្ងៃទី២៣ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០២៣នេះ សម្ដេចក្រឡាហោម ស ខេង...
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