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NEC kicks off e-voting registration test

The National Election Committee yesterday kicked off the 15-day trial of its new electronic voting registration system at 25 stations throughout the country.NEC spokesman Hang Puthea said that the registration test plans to enrol about 30,000 people, though those people will have to register again ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-kicks-e-voting-registration-test

Hun Sen, opposition cause stir in France

Prime Minister Hun Sen has slammed the opposition for claiming the government forced a group of Cambodian exchange students studying in France to meet with him.A Cambodian radio station in France said the Cambodian embassy was forcing students to meet the prime minister at Maison ...

Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17153/hun-sen--opposition-cause-stir-in-france/

Senior NEC members to go to South Korean for election training

Eleven members and department directors of the National Election Committee (NEC) will depart Cambodia departed today to attend a 10-day training course on election in Republic of Korea. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/senior-nec-members-to-go-to-south-korean-for-election-training-9034

Hun Sen cautions students against voting for opposition

Hun Sen’s comments come after Sam Rainsy criticized the administration and its issuance of graduation certificates that are often useless. ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-cautions-students-against-voting-for-opposition/3013721.html

Cambodian Premier: In democratic countries, power cannot be transferred directly to child

Prime Minister Hun Sen said here this morning at a graduation ceremony that in the democratic countries, power cannot be transferred from a father to his child, according to the state news agency-AKP.   ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-premier:-in-democratic-countries-power-cannot-be-transferred-directly-to-child-9028

NEC to start computerized-voter registration in 41 villages

The National Election Committee (NEC) has chosen 41 villages across the country with more than 32,500 people at voting ages for starting its pilot project for biometric voter registration. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/nec-to-start-computerized-voter-registration-in-41-villages-9016

Pardoned ‘People’s Power’ leader returns from exile

The long-exiled leader of the “People’s Power” movement, Sourn Serey Ratha, returned to Cambodia on Thursday, following a pardon for the crime of treason by King Norodom Sihamoni in July. ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/pardoned-people-power-leader-returns-from-exile/2987265.html

The National Assembly to approve a draft amended commune election law next month

The National Assembly will hold a plenary meeting on October 20th to vote for a draft-amended law on Commune/Sangkat Election. CPP wants the electoral campaign period shall be 10 days, while CNRP demands for 15-day, CPP spokesman said. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-national-assembly-to-approve-a-draft-amended-commune-election-law-next-month-8994

The National Assembly to approve a draft amended commune election law next month

The National Assembly will hold a plenary meeting on October 20th to vote for a draft-amended law on Commune/Sangkat Election. CPP wants the electoral campaign period shall be 10 days, while CNRP demands for 15-day, CPP spokesman said. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-national-assembly-to-approve-a-draft-amended-commune-election-law-next-month-8994

Sar Kheng, Sam Rainsy to re-talk on commune council election law

Deputy Prime Minister, minister of interior Sar Kheng, who is also vice president of the ruling Cambodian People Party (CPP) will hold talk for second times with Sam Rainsy, the president of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/sar-kheng-sam-rainsy-to-re-talk-on-commune-council-election-law-8989

Ruling party, opposition meet over election law

Members of the ruling party and opposition met Wednesday to discuss amendments to the election law for local commune councils. The five points are election campaign procession, campaign period, raising party signs in public places, punishment, and reprimands on civil servants. ...

Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ruling-party-opposition-meet-over-election-law/2977086.html

NEC seeks to help monks vote

The National Election Committee (NEC) submitted a letter to the Ministry of Interior on Monday recommending that bureaucratic obstacles preventing the Kingdom’s 60,000 monks from registering to vote be resolved. ...

Alessandro Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-seeks-help-monks-vote

Lack of IDs could inhibit Cambodian voter registration project

A pilot project in Cambodia to register new voters, set to begin in November, will meet difficulties because many villagers lack simple identification cards, officials say. ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voanews.com/content/lack-identification-could-inhibit-cambodian-voter-registration-project/2968050.html

Sam Rainsy plans to meet deputy prime minister Sar Kheng next week

Sam Rainsy, president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) plans to meet with deputy prime minister, and minister of interior Sar Kheng next week to discuss on a number of disagreement over the amendment of the commune/Sangakt election law. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/sam-rainsy-plans-to-meet-deputy-prime-minister-sar-kheng-next-week-8965

Mam Sonando elected as the president of his newly-created political party

Members of the newly-establishment the Beehive Social Democratic Party elected Mam Sonando, a prominent radio station director, to be the president of party. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/mam-sonando-elected-as-the-president-of-his-newly-created-political-party-8937

Cambodian parties to monitor voter registration project

Cambodia’s political parties say they are preparing to monitor a voter registration pilot project which will be held in November ahead of future local and national polls. Cambodia’s last election in 2013 was marred by disputes over the results. The opposition alleged widespread voter fraud, ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-election-voter-registration-pilot-project/2954222.html

Opposition VP says fair elections would mean wins in 2017, 2018

Kem Sokha, the vice president of the opposition, addressed supporters in Australia last week, claiming that even if “another” party has its own supporters embedded in his party, fair elections in 2018 are what count. ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-vp-says-fair-elections-would-mean-wins-in-2017-2018/2939298.html

NEC too test computerized voter registration

The National Election Committee will begin a voter registration pilot project in 43 villages in November, using a new computer system to store data as the country heads toward local elections in 2017. ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-nec-to-test-computerized-voter-registration/2936401.html

Voter registration test delayed

A voter registration system test originally slated for October will instead occur in November, the National Election Committee (NEC) announced in a press release on Wednesday. ...

Alessandro Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-test-delayed

Cambodia’s election body to make the disabled a priority in next elections

Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) will make the disabled a top priority in political participation and include related policy in the country’s new election law to ensure them equality in the next nationwide elections, an agency official said. ...

Tha Thai
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/election-body-to-make-the-disabled-a-priority-in-next-elections-08112015151825.html

Leaders of CPP and CNRP to held talk on Monday evening

Sar Kheng, vice president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and Kem Sokha, acting president of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party to held talks early next week at the National Assembly’s secretariat. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/leaders-of-cpp-and-cnrp-to-held-talk-on-monday-evening-8807

Talks over e-registration

Members of the National Election Committee (NEC) met with government figures and representatives of NGOs in Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss the electoral registration process, ahead of a new electronic system set to be rolled out next year. ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/talks-over-e-registration

Despite jail for opposition activists, political cooperation remains

Cambodian officials from the ruling party and opposition say they will continue to work together in political dialogue, despite a court ruling this week that delivered major jail sentences to 11 pro-opposition activists. ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/despite-jail-for-opposition-activists-political-cooperation-remains/2875693.html

New laws in Cambodia to help ruling party in 2018 election

Cambodia’s ruling party suffered a dramatic drop in support during the country’s last election two years ago, and critics say lawmakers are now pushing through a spate of laws to ensure that does not happen again. In the past year, parliament has passed new regulations ...

Robert ​Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-laws-in-cambodia-to-help-ruling-party-in-2018-election/2874638.html

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