Three-Day Election Nominations Begin With Small Parties Facing Threats, Plagued by Scarce Resources

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With a little over 90 days to the commune elections, political parties began registering candidates on Friday to run in the 1,652 communes across the country.

The National Election Committee kicked off a three-day registration process for political parties to nominate candidates for the June 5 commune election. The 1,652 communes will have 11,622 councilors, with tens of thousands of candidates — includings reserves — registered this weekend.

 

The 2017 commune election saw the opposition CNRP perform better than any other opposition party before, winning 489 commune chief positions and 5,007 councilors across the country. The party was dissolved months later by the Supreme Court for allegedly orchestrating a color revolution in the country.

 

Hang Puthea, a spokesperson for the NEC, said that 10 political parties had started submitting candidates for the election, though officials would have to assess all the nomination papers to ensure they were compliant with the regulations. Puthea added that if there were complaints with the election process, they always came from “one side.” “The voices about this and that are coming from one side only. So, the NEC will not accept those to be under its jurisdiction,” he said.

 

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