Councillors decry omission
A sitting Sam Rainsy Party commune chief and council members from four communes in Ratanakkiri on March 12 decried their omission from the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s list of candidates for the upcoming June ballot. About 88,000 candidates were put forward to the National Election Committee during the March 3-5 registration window, with 12 parties in the running. While the Sam Rainsy Party and Human Rights Party contested separately in 2012, they will take on the ruling party under their now-unified CNRP banner in June. Rmam Yout, SRP commune chief from O’Yadav district’s Pate commune, on March 12 said he was forced to sign off on the CNRP’s candidate list for the commune, comprising 10 names that will contest for chief, deputy chief and commune council positions. On seeing his name was not among them, Yout said he was assured his name would be added later, something he said never happened.
