Questions raised over Washington state lawmakers’ visit to Cambodia to observe elections

[geovalin]

The recent visit by a group of Republican Washington lawmakers to Cambodia has raised questions about whether they were used to legitimize the sham elections of an authoritarian government.

 

OLYMPIA — By the time they sat down with the U.S. ambassador in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh last week, Washington state Reps. Drew MacEwen and Brandon Vick already felt trepidation about their trip during the country’s elections.

The two Republican lawmakers say they, along with another state legislator, were invited by Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, to observe Cambodia’s July 29 elections.

 

But since they’d arrived, Vick, from Vancouver, learned that a resolution had passed the U.S. House threatening to sanction Cambodia’s authoritarian regime over the  upcoming vote. The government, ruled by Prime Minister Hun Sen since the mid-1980s, had broken up the opposition party and cracked down on news organizations in the country.

 

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[phycokiller]

I guess with the lack of transparency in the white house these days we will never know if trump  has called hun sen to congratulate him on his great victory

[Redline]

They either didn’t know there were 2 Washingtons, or they wanted to say they had observers from Washington, assuming everyone would think it was DC ?

[Trouble]

So the voters of Washington State funded another boondoggle.

[Langsuan Man]

Just like my insurance companies crack CSR's call me at 06:00 since they cant tell the difference between WA and DC