Cambodia PM’s party is certain to sail to easy victory again following what the UN Human Rights Office charged was a pattern of ‘threats, intimidation and obstruction targeting opposition candidates’
Cambodians headed to the polls Sunday in local elections that are their first chance to vote since the ruling party of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen swept a 2018 general election that was widely criticized as unfair.
Cambodia’s delegation at the UN Geneva offices said in a statement that the criticism was “erroneous, politicized and selective.” It said “all political parties, including opposition ones, have fully exercised their rights in line with the laws and registered schedules without any threats and obstruction.”
His party is the only one to field candidates nationwide in all 1,652 communes. Its only serious rival, the Candlelight Party, has candidates in 1,632 communes, and the royalist FUNCINPEC Party has challengers in 688 communes. There are a total of 82,786 candidates from 17 political parties with 9.2 million registered voters.
Without the Cambodian National Rescue Party on the ballot, Hun Sen’s party was assured of victory in the general election the following year.
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