The comments followed previous statements from the Trump administration on the election, which saw the ruling Cambodian People’s Party win all 125 seats in parliament
China has responded to criticism by claiming it has the right to build on its territory and defend its strategic interests at all costs.
At the annual Overseas Khmer Summit (OKS), rights activists and academics in the Cambodian diaspora denounced the election and appealed to the international community to intervene.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party won a landslide victory, claiming more than three-quarters of the votes cast and all 125 seats in parliament.
The analysis by Moody's suggests that the allegations of fraud surrounding the July 29 general election had increased the risk of a drawback in international financing.
Polls conducted by the Asia Foundation showed that 96 percent of respondents supported the reforms, with about half agreeing that it was “time to start reforming education”.
So, the book argues that it is necessary to step behind this facade and understand how everyday Cambodians and people understand what's going on in this juridical process.
The high turnout figures came amid a boycott campaign led by a former opposition party president and reports of a campaign of voter intimidation during the campaign and on election day. Some 7 percent of Siem Reap residents spoiled their ballots, according to the NEC figures.
“It is villagers’ rights to go to vote or not vote,” said one woman describing pressure from ruling party officials to vote.
Both nationally and internationally, the CPP will have a difficult time explaining its uncontested win in the election, according to experts.
The second annual Overseas Khmer Summit will focus on “unity, peace, continuity, and prosperity”.
Say Samal made the comments in an op-ed published in a widely read local daily newspaper, Rasmei Kampuchea, owned by his father, Senate President Say Chhum.
Japan sent election monitors to Cambodian elections in 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008, but did not do so in last month's national elections.
The CPP jailed Sokha in September on treason charges and banned the CNRP over allegations of a conspiracy to overthrow Hun Sen by force.
The tycoons named by Global Witness were logging baron Try Pheap, Cambodian People’s Party senators Ly Yong Phat, a sugar magnate, Mong Reththy, and Lao Meng Khin, one of Hun Sen’s closest private sector allies.
Nearly 7 million voters, or 82.89 percent of the electorate, turned out to vote, according to the NEC.
Despite a CNRP campaign to boycott the election, amid threats and voter intimidation, turnout was reported at 82 percent, according to the National Election Committee.
The U.S. was joined in its condemnation of the election process by several governments, political figures and rights groups.
ទោះជាយ៉ាងណាក្តី គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា បានចេញសេចក្តីថ្លែងការអបអរ សារទរចំពោះការប្រកាសលទ្ធផលបឋមដំបូង ដែលពលរដ្ឋមានការចេញទៅបោះ ឆ្នោតចំនួន៨២.៨៩ភាគរយ ដែលជាការបង្ហាញពីជម្រើសនិងឆន្ទៈរបស់ខ្លួន។
The demonstrations marked the last push by the opposition to lobby for a boycott of the vote following the party’s dissolution by the Cambodian People’s Party-controlled Supreme Court in November.
ព័ត៌មានផ្សេងទៀត
