AP
2008-02-21
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 21 (Kyodo) - Japan has granted Cambodia just under $3 million for the country's general election to be held July 27, according to the Japanese Embassy's press statement seen Thursday.
The fund will be used by the National Election Committee for ballots, walkie-talkies, an e-mail system, transportation and civic education among others, the statement said.
Khan Keomono, deputy director of public information department of the election commission, told Kyodo News about $17 million will be spent on the election, among which some $10 million from the government budget and the rest from foreign donors.
After several decades of civil war and political strife, Cambodia held its first general election in 1993 under U.N. supervision.Since, Cambodia has held general elections every five years.
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