Council elections will lack democracy: NGOs

8 November 2013
Elections / Government
Elections

The National Election Committee yesterday announced a date for the election of district and city-provincial council members, a vote that will only be open to current commune council members, a vote that will only be open to current commune council members.

NEC Secretary-General Tep Nytha took the opportunity yesterday to outline the polling procedures for the May 18, 2014, vote, but observers dismissed the election as undemocratic, maintaining it violated the spirit of representative democracy, and was furthermore a waste of time given that the voting pool entirely comprises of people already affiliated with a party. …

 Meas Sokchea
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