Sam Rainsy deleted from Voter Registration
The National Election Committee (NEC) has removed opposition leader Sam Rainsy from the voter list for next year’s national election on the grounds that he is a convicted criminal, an NEC official said yesterday. The decision means that even if Mr. Rainsy is granted a royal pardon, he will be unable to participate in the national election because the official voter registration period is now over. … Chapter 11 of the Law on the Election of Members of the National Assembly only grants the NEC the authority to delete the names of voters who have committed election-related offenses, such as falsifying the registration of voters or intimidating voters during a campaign. Article 50 of Chapter 6 in the same law states that people who are “serving a prison sentence” are ineligible to vote. …
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