Youth vote pushes for direct council election
Hundreds of youth activists have deployed to the provinces to collect signatures for a petition calling for an amendment to the election law that would allow direct elections for district, city and provincial councillors. The current system sees the Kingdom’s more than 11,000 sitting commune councillors vote for the representatives along party lines and has been frequently criticised by election watchdogs. The Youth Council of Cambodia (YCC) announced the plan in a statement released yesterday on behalf of a total of six youth associations. More than 570 activists have been dispatched to 12 provinces and expect to collect up to 30,000 petitions ahead of the May 18 sub-national councillor elections, said Sok Pitour, executive director at the YCC. …
Vong Sokheng
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