Cambodia set to become one party state

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) says it has won every seat in the country’s parliament. The party released the statement after national elections on Sunday. The results would effectively make Cambodia a one-party state. The CPP said it now controls all 125 seats in the National Assembly. But rights groups say the election results are misleading because the main opposition party was banned.

Sok Eysan is a spokesman for the CPP. He said he could not confirm the official vote count, “but I can say that the CPP will get most of the seats at the National Assembly.”

“The result of the election shows that there is a progression of democracy in Cambodia, as people used their right to decide the future of the country,” he said.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is now set to extend his already 33 year rule by another five years.

Nineteen minor parties took part in the election. They won only a small percentage of the vote.

İnformation released Monday by the National Election Committee (NEC) also suggests the CPP will win every assembly seat. The committee says more than 6.8 million registered voters marked ballots. There were almost 600,000 invalid ballots. The Associated Press news agency reports that they appeared to be cast as protests by voters who wished to keep their identities secret.

The CPP’s only real opponent in the election, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was dissolved late last year. Its leader Kem Sokha was put in jail. He was accused of inciting an internationally supported plot to overthrow the government.

İn reaction, the CNRP launched what it called a “clean finger” campaign, urging voters to boycott the general elections.

Hun Sen’s government threatened criminal action against supporters of the campaign. The government also threatened action against Cambodian citizens if they chose to not vote.

Aliqismet BADALOV,
“Khalq qazeti”

 


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