CPP Government Establishes Electoral Reform Commission
The CPP government has established a 10-member inter-ministerial electoral reform commission headed by CPP Interior Minister Sar Kheng, according to a sub-decree obtained Wednesday. The opposition CNRP and rights organizations have been calling for electoral reform since July’s national election was marred by widespread allegations of voter fraud, but far from being a multibody committee, the sub-decree indicates the ruling CPP intends to handle electoral reform on its own. The commission, which is made up primarily of CPP secretaries of state at the ministries of Interior, Justice, and Commerce, is to research elections held in other countries, though which countries’ practices should be assessed is not specified, according to the document dated December 9 and signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. …
Lauren Crothers
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