CPP Rejects New NGO Proposal to Break Election Impasse

The CPP on Monday quickly dismissed the latest proposal from NGOs aimed at breaking the political impasse over how to investigate irregularities surrounding last month’s contested national election. To break the deadlock, the NGOs, who have dubbed the group they formed to monitor the election the Situation Room, on Monday morning recommended that an investigation committee should be made up of both parties, and with each side regularly rotating the chairmanship of the body. The recommendations also state that the National Election Committee (NEC) act as a coordinator for the committee and carry out acts such as scheduling meeting places and storing meeting minutes. They also said that the committee should include the U.N. and other international organizations in an observer role. Koul Panha, executive director of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, said the NGOs decided the proposal was the best way forward and was intended as a compromise. …

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