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TEHRAN, July 30-The European Union says the general elections in Cambodia that handed the country’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen full control of parliament lacked credibility, as it failed to reflect the will of people in the Southeast Asian country.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The European Union says the general elections in Cambodia that handed the country’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen full control of parliament lacked credibility, as it failed to reflect the will of people in the Southeast Asian country.
"The lack of genuine electoral competition and the absence of an inclusive political process mean that the July 29 election is not representative of the democratic will of the Cambodian electorate," a statement from the EU's foreign affairs office said on Monday.
"Therefore its outcome lacks credibility," it added.
Preliminary results of the Sunday election released by the National Election Committee showed Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) had won an outright majority of the votes, securing all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs in the elections.
The commission said 6.8 million people cast their ballots — down from about 7.1 million in last July’s local elections — or 82% of registered voters.
Source:UPI
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