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Updated: Invalid Votes Cross 300,000 With 70% of Votes Counted
Results started to trickle in from Sunday’s election during the evening.
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Election 2023 Live Blog: Documents, Data & Socials
Kamnotra’s live blog will track events and happenings during the national election today, including statements from the National Election Committee, updates from political parties, news reports from journalists and publications reporting from across the country and the results.
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Phnom Penh’s Other Candidates: Minor Party Foils for PM’s Son
To compete with the premier’s son, 17 minor parties have largely submitted their top leadership to head their lists of candidates to represent Phnom Penh as one of the city’s 12 National Assembly lawmakers.
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Parties Promise Anti-Corruption, Social Benefits in Policy Docs
Concerns around livelihoods, education and corruption abound among Cambodia’s political parties, according to party policy documents registered with the National Election Committee, as minor parties push for anti-graft measures as well as major increases in social welfare benefits.
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Sunday’s Ballot: A CPP Family Affair
The National Election this week will be quite the family affair for the Cambodian People’s Party with more than 20 influential candidates contesting alongside a relative.
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Hun Sen’s Sister, Brother, Brother-in-Law Handed Oknha Recognitions
A series of royal decrees granted oknha titles to three relatives of Prime Minister Hun Sen as well as tycoon Kith Meng’s wife and 18-year-old son, according to documents disseminated by pro-government media.
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Minor Political Parties Fail to Register Polling Agents
Ten political parties running in the July national election have not registered even a single party agent to observe voting and ballot counting at the more than 23,000 polling stations across the country.
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Ahead of Election, Land Disputants Still Fight Back
In the weeks ahead of the July 23 election, land disputants have continued to speak out despite ongoing intimidation from authorities. Local news reports show conflicts erupting in Mondulkiri, Kandal and Koh Kong provinces, leading to protests, arrests and alleged threats.
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2,000 Police Medals, Ex-Commander Made Delegate: Gazette 93 Roundup
A former military commander was made a minister delegate, a provincial police chief a prime ministerial assistant, and 2,001 police officers received medals of achievement in book 93 of the Royal Gazette.
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80% of Election Observers Linked to Ruling Party
A majority of the national observers for this month’s election will come from organizations associated with the ruling party, National Election Committee registrations show.
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Oknha With Ties to Prime Minister’s Family Allocated Boeng Tamok Land
Prime Minister Hun Sen allocated three plots of public land in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok lake area to Lanh Pheara, an oknha with close ties to Hun Sen’s sister, according to the Royal Gazette.
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Hun Manith Handed Rank Equivalent to Minister
Documents promoting Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son Hun Manith to a rank equivalent to minister and tycoon Ly Yong Phat as Hun Sen’s personal adviser have been officially released in the Royal Gazette.
