US calls for review of election ‘irregularities’

The US Department of State on Monday called on Cambodian authorities to carry out a full investigation into “all credible reports” of election malfeasance, saying that it was “concerned” by various issues taking place both on, and leading up to, last Sunday’s vote. At a press briefing in Washington, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki praised Cambodians “for their active and peaceful participation” in the elections, before going on to call for an examination of defects in the electoral process and an investigation of irregularities – a move that comes just after the opposition and civil society made their own such calls on Monday. …

The Phnom Penh Post
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