Cheam Yeap Says NEC Must Participate in Further Talks

Veteran CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap said Tuesday that his party would not join further talks with the opposition CNRP to resolve election-day irregularities unless it is invited to do so by the National Election Committee (NEC). With final election results set to be released by September 8, negotiations between the CPP and CNRP over a joint investigation into irregularities during the July 28 election have hit a wall, with the two sides unable to agree on whether or not the NEC should participate. “If NEC invites the CPP, we [will] have four representatives of the CPP attending the meeting. But until today, we have not received an invitation letter from the NEC,” said Mr. Yeap, who has been appointed as the lead negotiator for the ruling party in the formation of an ad hoc committee to investigate elections. “[T]he laws of Cambodia stipulate [that for] the responsibility and settlement of all conflicts involving the election, we have only the NEC and Constitutional Council. If the conflict is not yet resolved and settled you can complain to the Constitutional Council,” he added. …

 The Cambodia Daily
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