Sar Kheng orders an end to CPP support petitions
The Interior Ministry has ordered local authorities to stop collecting thumbprinted letters of election support, echoing NGOs who alleged earlier this week that the practice amounts to intimidation. “Municipal and provincial governors shall stop immediately making petitions to support the results of the fifth mandate of the parliamentary election and stop immediately instructing the local authorities to make residents thumb print in support of the election result,” Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng wrote in a letter disseminated to provincial authorities on Tuesday but released yesterday. The directive is aimed at “strengthening the neutrality of public authorities at all levels”. …
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