The National Election Committee (NEC) of Cambodia has rejectedcomplaints filed by the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) againstthe July 28 election, which saw the victory of the ruling CambodianPeople’s Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Theopposition CNRP of Sam Rainsy on August 14 filed 17 complaints to theNEC against the initial poll results, claiming that there wereirregularities in voter lists and ballot-rigging.
China ’s Xinhua News Agency quoted Tep Nytha, NEC's secretarygeneral as saying the committee has rejected 13 complaints because thecomplainants had no concrete evidence to support their complaints. TepNytha also said the committee have held brief hearings for fourcomplaints in order to verify votes in four provinces, but there was nochange to the election results.
The oppositionparty has the right to appeal to the Constitutional Council within 72hours against the NEC's decision, he said.
Tep Nytha said with the opposition's appeal, the final election results will be announced by September 8.
Kuy Bunroeun, deputy chief of the CNRP's administration department,said on August 17 that an appeal will be filed to the ConstitutionalCouncil against the NEC's decision.
On August 12, NEC released initial poll results, showing that the CPP won a majority of votes.
The CPP calculated that with its 3.23 million votes, the party wouldhave 68 seats of the 123 parliamentary seats, while the CNRP, with its2.94 million votes, got the remaining 55 seats.-VNA