Official NEC Complaint Period Closes

A total of 125 complaints were filed with Commune Election Committees (CECs) nationwide in the week following the July 28 national election, the majority relating to campaigning on election day, the National Election Committee (NEC) said Monday ahead of the official complaint period closing tonight. Ninety of the complaints were filed by the opposition CNRP, 15 by the ruling CPP, with the remainder filed by voters, election monitors, local officials and minor political parties, the NEC said in a statement. … According to the NEC statement, 25 complaints were al­ready dealt with at the commune level, 32 were rejected for being without basis, 29 remain unresolved and 30 were sent to Provincial Election Committees (PECs) for further review. The remaining nine complaints are still being considered. During the 30 days of election campaigning, a total of 359 complaints were filed with CECs, of which 92 were sent to PECs and 36 of those were then forwarded to the NEC, said Mr. Nytha. Three additional campaign complaints were filed directly to the NEC, he said, adding that only “a few” complaints were yet to be settled at the national level. …

 The Cambodia Daily
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