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Cambodia’s election process has failed to live up to international standards of “free and fair,” a leading monitor said Monday. Koul Panha, the executive director of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections, told “Hello VOA” that the country has continued to struggle since it’s first election, in 1993, with voter intimidation, an uneven playing field for non-ruling party candidates and other problems. “There are so many irregularities and so much fear,” said Koul Panha, who is to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Philippines later this month.

The Foreign Ministry on Monday issued congratulations to Pheu Thai party of Thailand, after it won an overwhelming victory in elections Sunday. Foreign Minister Hor Namhong welcomed the party and its leader, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, the populist prime minister ousted in a 2006 coup. Yingluck is likely to be named the country’s next prime minister.

Yingluck Shinawatra, the leader of the victorious Pheu Thai party in Thailand’s Sunday elections, has announced plans for a new majority coalition in parliament.

By Prum Sokha The author has personally been involved in all three of the post-Paris Peace Agreement elections in Cambodia. These were the United Nation-organized election for a Constituent Assembly in May 1993, the election for the National Assembly five years later in July 1998, and the nation-wide Commune Council Elections in February 2002. Each [...]

By Kouy Bunroeun Since the Paris Peace Agreement in 1991, Cambodia has held three elections: two national elections in 1993 and 1998, and the communal council election in 2002. Taking this opportunity, I wish to thank the Cambodian people who had participated in the three previous elections. I also wish to think UNTAC for successfully [...]

By Kao Kim Hourn This publication is based on the outcomes of a two-day national conference on “Elections in Cambodia: Lessons Learned and Future Direction,” which was organized by the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) in cooperation with the National Democratic Institute of International Affairs (NDI), with the funding support from the British [...]

By Stephen Bridges I must confess that my knowledge of the subject matter is limited. I was not here in 1993 or 1998. My practical experience of Cambodian elections consists of what I have read coupled with visits to about ten polling stations in Prey Veng and Kampong Cham during the recent Commune Council Election. [...]

By Eric Kessler Three times national elections have been help in the Kingdom of Cambodia, and three times observers and stakeholders have made follow-up recommendations. The repetition in these recommendations, particularly in those coming out of the 1998 and 2002 elections, show that either observers lack creativity in their writing or that indeed some of [...]

By Kean Pounlork Project Assistant Elections & Parliamentary Unit 1. The National Assembly Session Process In the third of its sixth session, the National Assembly has held its first ordinary session on March 21, 2007. In this first ordinary session, the National Assembly adopted 2 laws: the letter of His Majesty Royal Highness Baromneath Norodom [...]