Government in Cambodia

  • What to expect from Cambodia’s 2013 election

    CAMBODIA, 2013/07/27 The uneven playing field in Cambodia’s political landscape favours the CPP in a number of ways. Initial, the National Election Committee (NEC), which is under the control of the ruling party, has been suspected of tampering with the voter inventory. The National Democratic Institute found that one in ten voters have had their names removed from this year’s voter inventory —an irregularity that could potentially disenfranchise over a million voters. Second is the unequal access to the media. The CPP has a monopoly over online media, leaving the opposition parties to rely on the insufficiently short, officially allocated time on national-run television. The opposition parties’ campaigns have therefore been based on face-to-face meetings with their supporters, which can generate only limited exposure.