Monthly Archives: June, 2013
Cambodian National Elections Results since 1993
Election in 1993 – organized by UNTAC – voter turnout 89.6% – 120 seats – 60 parties contested Party % of votes Seat 1 FUNCINPEC 45.45% 58 2 Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) 33.22% 51 3 Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party (BLDP) 3.81% 10 4 Molinaka 1.37% 1 Election in 1998 – organized by National …
Phnom Penh: Before and After Rain
I and my family have been living together in Phnom Penh since 1980, after I returned from Damdek district, Siem Reap in March 1980, to be re-united with my whole family. During the Khmer Rouge regime, April 1975-79 and one year afterwards, I was separated from my parents and family, suffering alone during these dark …
Facts about National Election 2013 in Cambodia
The first national election was organized on September 1, 1946, when Cambodia was still under the French Protectorate. Parti Liberal got 20.8% of the votes and received 14 seats of then 67 members National Assembly. Other party, Parti Democrate got 74.6% (50 seats) while independent candidates received 4.4% (3 seats). The upcoming election will be …
Public Figure vs Private Life
Yesterday during an inauguration ceremony of the National Olympic Committee’s building, PM announced that Kem Sokha has sex with 15 years old girl, two years ago. I read the article in the Cambodia Daily this morning and asked myself, why he needs to attack his opponents by using this kind of stuff? Is it important …
Policies Debate vs Personal Attacks
Since the time coming closer to National Election in Cambodia (28.07.2013), we could observe that PM and politicians from the ruling party are trying hard to make life of the opposition politicians become more and more difficult. There is still a long way to go to bring real democracy to Cambodians, though we positively have …
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