An NGO with suspect ties offers wide praise
The Cambodian Democratic Student Intellectual Federation, a self-described “non-governmental and politically impartial organisation”, has declared the elections an unqualified success. “Having directly observed the electoral process in all 24 municipality [sic] and provinces, CDSIF … affirms that this general election was smoothly, properly, transparently, freely and fairly organised,” it said in a widely disseminated statement. However, CDSIF – which was officially registered as an observer with the National Election Committee – is a self-professed member of the umbrella group Justice Eyes. In 2003, that group was implicated in a government plan to seed the field of monitors with pro-CPP lackeys whose express purpose was to undermine assessments by other observers deemed unfriendly to the government. …
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