PHNOM PENH, 26 June 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) -- According to
Lt. Gen. Kirt Chantharith, spokesman for the National Police, Wednesday,
security forces are ready to be deployed to ensure the security, safety
and public order during the election campaign from June 27 to July 26.
"We
will deploy about 20,000 security forces during the one- month election
campaign and up to 70,000 forces during the election day,"he said in a
press conference. "We will do by all security means to ensure security
for all political parties and voters."
He added that during the
election day, three security personnel armed with a 30-bullet-loaded
rifle will be deployed at each polling station.
According to the
National Election Committee, some 9.67 million Cambodians are eligible
to cast their ballots at 19,009 polling stations nationwide.
Eight
political parties will compete in the forthcoming election. Three major
parties among them are the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) of
Prime Minister Hun Sen, the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue
Party (NRP) led by self-exiled leader Sam Rainsy and the royalist
Funcinpec Party headed by Princess Norodom Arun Rasmey, the youngest
daughter of late King Father Norodom Sihanouk.
In the 2008
election, The CPP won up to 90 seats, while the opposition totally won
29 seats and the royalist group won four seats.
Political analysts predict that Hun Sen's party will secure a landslide victory in the upcoming polls.
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