CNRP Asks Canada to Clarify Stance on Election
Representatives of the opposition CNRP in Canada have sent a letter to the Canadian government asking that it clarify its stance on the results of Cambodia’s national election after a former Cabinet minister took part in an international observer team that deemed the elections free and fair. Sheila Copps, who served as a Liberal Party deputy prime minister as recently as 1997, was part of a delegation from the Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International, which, along with the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), was among the few groups of international observers to monitor the July 28 ballot. A joint statement from the two groups, which was posted to the website of the National Election Committee (NEC), described the election as “free, fair and transparent, and, above all, peaceful, non-violent and smooth, [which] bears testimony to the fact that Cambodian democracy has not only matured, but come of age politically.” …
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-asks-canada-to-clarify-stance-on-election-40006/
