Opposition to send poll complaints to NEC

Phnom Penh, 14th August 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - The Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will send their complaints to the National Election Committee (NEC) in order to reject the results of last month's parliamentary election, an opposition official said Wednesday.

Koy Bunroeun, opposition party senior official, said that his party will send their complaints this afternoon to the NEC.

The NEC had announced the preliminary election results on Monday, showing that the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) had won a majority vote in Cambodia's fifth general election.

The committee showed that the CPP received 3,235,969 votes while the opposition CNRP only gained 2,946,176 votes.

According to the initial tally, the CPP had won 68 seats while the CNRP only gained 55 seats in parliament.

However the opposition party immediately rejected the NEC's preliminary official results after it was announced by the state-owned National Television of Cambodia, TVK and two national radio stations Monday morning, saying that there were too many serious irregularities in the general election.

"The CNRP is very sorry and opposed to the National Election Committee (NEC) for releasing the preliminary election results in a situation that the poll irregularities on the election day have not been either investigated or resolved," Kem Sokha, CNRP acting president, said in a press conference on Monday. - See more at: http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NDI1OTQxNjIzNjk#sthash.9fJ8Z1W9.dpuf