The Phnom Penh Post
Written by Tong Soprach
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Dear editor,
Regarding the article in the November 6 edition of The Phnom Penh Post, "Time For Change" that Democrats living in Cambodia hailed Barack Obama's historic triumph in the US presidential election; this is the dawn of a new era.
However, the Democrats' success is very different from the results of the July 2008 elections in Cambodia, where the opposition SRP leader and his supporters also shouted: "It's time for change".
Unfortunately, the result disappointed the SRP's supporters, thousands of whom did not appear in the voter lists, some of whom were cheated by fraudulent 1018 forms, some of whom were threatened, and so on.
Those and other SRP supporters decried the election results, saying that the election was not free and fair, and that they could not exercise their right to choose the party that they strongly support.
I wish you to keep going with your slogan "It's time for change" during the next election and may your dream become true very soon. Meanwhile, I hope that National Election Committee will improve its organisation.
Tong Soprach
Phnom Penh
Written by Tong Soprach
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Dear editor,
Regarding the article in the November 6 edition of The Phnom Penh Post, "Time For Change" that Democrats living in Cambodia hailed Barack Obama's historic triumph in the US presidential election; this is the dawn of a new era.
However, the Democrats' success is very different from the results of the July 2008 elections in Cambodia, where the opposition SRP leader and his supporters also shouted: "It's time for change".
Unfortunately, the result disappointed the SRP's supporters, thousands of whom did not appear in the voter lists, some of whom were cheated by fraudulent 1018 forms, some of whom were threatened, and so on.
Those and other SRP supporters decried the election results, saying that the election was not free and fair, and that they could not exercise their right to choose the party that they strongly support.
I wish you to keep going with your slogan "It's time for change" during the next election and may your dream become true very soon. Meanwhile, I hope that National Election Committee will improve its organisation.
Tong Soprach
Phnom Penh
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