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Tuesday 29 July 2008

Monitors say Cambodia election 'flawed'

International monitors say Cambodia's recent election was flawed and did not meet key standards, despite improvements in electoral processes.Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has won nearly 60 per cent of the vote in early returns from the weekend poll.But a preliminary report by European Union election monitors has found the poll was marred by the CPP's domination of media coverage and the improper deletion of people from registration lists so they could not vote. The leader of the EU observers, Martin Callanan, says the campaign was generally conducted in a more peaceful and open environment compared to previous elections, but it had fallen short of a number of key international standards for democratic elections.The EU calculated that 50,000 voters were left off rolls, but Mr Callanan says that would not have greatly affected the election since early results show a large majority for the CPP."Any irregularities that were proved would clearly have to be on a very large scale in order to invalidate that result," he said.However, the four minority parties have rejected the outcome, accusing the CPP of fiddling with the voter rolls to ensure their victory.

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