Most authoritative expert on Cambodia: Election frauds were systematic and massive

September 21, 2008

MOST AUTHORITATIVE EXPERT ON CAMBODIA :

FRAUDS WERE SYSTEMATIC AND MASSIVE.

SRP PROBABLE WINNER IN A FAIR AND FREE ELECTION

Excerpts from Editorial in the latest issue (August-September 2008) of Espace Cambodge-Infos, a French-language publication that enjoys the support of François Ponchaud, a respected lifelong French-born but Khmer-fluent missionary, who is probably the most authoritative expert on Cambodia known as "the Catholic priest who brought the Cambodian genocide to the attention of the world" (Alan Channer).

"Election frauds were systematic and massive, to use an opposition's expression, which corresponds to the reality as observed on the spot (…). The SRP, the only viable opposition party, [would be] the probable winner had the elections been fair and free. However, because all the political, police, military and economic power is concentrated in the hands of the CPP, a victory of the opposition would have probably degenerated into civil war because those who are currently in power are not at all prepared to give up their source of immense profits."

To read the whole original text in French please click at http://tinyurl.com/4o5dkf