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After release on bail, Candlelight Party commune chief remains in limbo
Nhem Sarom, the newly-elected Candlelight Party commune chief in Kampong Thom who was arrested Tuesday for a robbery allegedly carried out 20 years ago was released on bail Wednesday. Speaking to CamboJA a day after his release, Sarom called the arrest politically motivated. ...
Sorn Sarath and Kheang Sokmean
https://cambojanews.com/after-release-on-bail-candlelight-party-commune-chief-remains-in-limbo/
Sar Kheng urges unity after official vote results
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has instructed all commune council members elected in the recent 5th-mandate elections to work together to provide public services to the people under their authority regardless of political affiliations. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sar-kheng-urges-unity-after-official-vote-results
Election cost $60m, says NA
A high-ranking National Assembly (NA) official announced yesterday at the NA’s consultative meeting with foreign ambassadors to Cambodia that the government spent $60 million to cover costs for the June 5 Commune Election, and that the election process was free, fair and just. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090614/election-cost-60m-says-na/
Think Tank 2022 Forum: Success of local election testimony to progress of Cambodia’s democracy
The success of the 5th Mandate Commune/Sangkat Council Election is another testimony to the progress of Cambodia’s democracy and the election outcomes truly reflect the will of the Cambodian people. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090142/think-tank-2022-forum-success-of-local-election-testimony-to-progress-of-cambodias-democracy/
Observers say polls ‘inclusive, peaceful and transparent’
Giving a clean bill to the Fifth Commune Elections held on Sunday, both national and international observers from 75 organisations termed the polls as “inclusive, peaceful and transparent.” ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089096/observers-say-polls-inclusive-peaceful-and-transparent/
Candlelight Party cries foul as CPP appears to have won landslide at polls
The opposition Candlelight Party is calling Sunday’s commune council elections the “worst ever,” alleging they were beset by voter suppression and intimidation, as the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) looks set to win by a landslide. ...
Sorn Sarath, Sovann Sreypich, and Kheang Sokmean
https://cambojanews.com/candlelight-party-cries-foul-as-cpp-appears-to-have-won-landslide-at-polls/
Elections a symbol of Kingdom’s departure from strife-torn eras: PM
The electoral process has driven Cambodia’s transformation into a democracy, in a stark departure from the eras of war and genocide that have heavily shaped preconceptions of the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun Sen told international election observers on June 4. ...
Ry Sochan and Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/elections-symbol-kingdoms-departure-strife-torn-eras-pm
Special platform to woo voters
The week before yesterday’s Commune Election, 16 out of 17 political parties competing for the local have sent their representatives to speak on the political manifestoes they had aimed to use to gain the people’s votes and hearts on Cross Talk-Political Dialogue hosted by Khmer Times. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501088545/special-platform-to-woo-voters/
Candlelight Party’s Son Chhay confirms that he accepted the seats won by the Party
Son Chhay, Vice President of the Candlelight Party, has confirmed that his party accepted the seats that the party won in the last 5th Commune / Sangkat Council Election. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089499/candlelight-partys-son-chhay-confirms-that-he-accepted-the-seats-won-by-the-party/
Kingdom's commune elections kick off
As people across the country took to polling stations to vote their local leaders in the 5th mandate commune council elections on the morning of June 5, Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife Bun Rany also cast their ballots amid a throng of voters ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-commune-elections-kick
IPTP: No sign of intimidation, coercion and violence during local election
There is no sign of intimidation, coercion and violence during the 5th Mandate Commune/Sangkat Council Election in Cambodia Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089457/iptp-no-sign-of-intimidation-coercion-and-violence-during-local-election/
NEC releases new voter turnout rate for local election
The new voter turnout rate for Sunday’s Commune/Sangkat Council Election is 80.19 percent or 7,382,449 of the total 9.2 million eligible voters, according the National Election Committee (NEC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089435/nec-releases-new-voter-turnout-rate-for-local-election/
CAPDI lauds Sunday’s election process
A delegation of the Centrist Asia-Pacific Democrats International (CAPDI) have shared the same ideas as other international election observers that the 5th Commune/Sangkat Commune Election was conducted in a peaceful and non-violent manner. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089443/capdi-lauds-sundays-election-process/
Independent International Observers say Cambodian local election conducted according to international rules
Hubert Moise Hai HADDAD on behalf of the independent international observers who joined the Sunday’s election observation has affirmed that the election was conducted in a completely fair manner and according to international rules. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089450/independent-international-observers-say-cambodian-local-election-conducted-according-to-international-rules/
Villagers in land dispute hope new commune councillors will help
Residents of Trapaing Pring commune who are involved in a land dispute with a Chinese company say they’ll be voting for whichever commune councillor they think can best help them when they go to the polls this weekend. ...
Khuon Narim and Kheang Sokmean
https://cambojanews.com/villagers-in-land-dispute-hope-new-commune-councillors-will-help/
NEC requests voters prepare ID cards ahead of election day
As the commune council elections approach, the National Election Committee (NEC) has called on voters to prepare their ID Card or documents that were certified by authorities for use to be able to vote. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-requests-voters-prepare-id-cards-ahead-election-day
In commune campaign, formerly imprisoned activist Kung Raiya hits familiar challenges
The activist Kung Raiya, already imprisoned twice on charges related to his politics, is resolute about his decision to stand as a candidate in opposition to a CPP commune chief who flipped his party allegiance after the 2017 election. ...
Khuon Narim and Kheang Sokmean
https://cambojanews.com/in-commune-campaign-formerly-imprisoned-activist-kung-raiya-hits-familiar-challenges/
Commission set up to announce voting preliminary results
The National Election Committee (NEC) has created a commission and three sub-commissions to manage preliminary results of the June 5 commune council elections. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commission-set-announce-voting-preliminary-results
NEC: 160,000 applications for election observer status
The National Election Committee (NEC) has received about 160,000 applications – including more than 70,000 from organisations, over 70 from associations, more than 80,000 from 17 political parties, and special guests from three institutions – to observe the June 5 commune council elections. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-160000-applications-election-observer-status
Hun Sen gives factory workers 2-day break for June elections
The government will give all factory workers two days off to participate in the June 5 commune council elections. Owners of factories and manufacturing enterprises will be required to pay wages and other benefits as normal. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-gives-factory-workers-2-day-break-june-elections
NEC allows ‘special guests’ to monitor local election
Cambodia National Election Committee (NEC) has officially permitted ‘special guests’ to join in monitoring the in-coming Commune/Sangkat Council Election. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082087/nec-allows-special-guests-to-monitor-local-election/
NEC recruits polling station officials
The National Election Committee (NEC) has recruited 141,612 officials to work at 23,602 polling stations in the Commune Election, but will announce the final number in three days once the candidates have passed a screening test. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082209/nec-recruits-polling-station-officials/
PM praises smooth process of election campaign
Prime Minister Hun Sen has spoken highly of the smooth and non-violent process of the campaign for the 5th-mandate Commune/Sangkat Council Election since it was kicked off on May 21, 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082414/pm-praises-smooth-process-of-election-campaign/
NEC lauds smooth process of first two days of election campaign
The National Election Committee (NEC) has spoken highly of the first two days of the two-week campaign for the 5th mandate Commune/Sangkat Council Election which went smoothly with security, safety and good order and without violence. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501080523/nec-lauds-smooth-process-of-first-two-days-of-election-campaign/