President of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam
Rainsy has called on Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni to help resolve the
dispute over the July 28 election, the national press said on September
4.
In a letter on September 2, Sam Rainsy asked for the
King’s intervention to find a solution for the irregularities in the
election in a manner of transparency and justice that meets the
Cambodian people’s aspiration.
One day later, the King said he had received the CNRP’s leader’s letter, but did not say if he will do as requested.
According to the initial election results announced by the nation’s
National Election Committee (NEC), the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP)
won the poll with 68 of the 123 parliamentary seats, and the CNRP took
the remaining 55 seats.
As scheduled, the official
election results will be released on September 8, after the
Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) resolves the poll dispute.
The CCC accepted the CNRP’s proposal on opening official election
documents at several polling stations to verify the results. However,
the verification showed that the results recorded at the polling
stations were not different from the initial results announced.
The CNRP declared that it will hold a masive demonstration on
September 7 if an independent committee is not formed to look into the
irregularities, and the Phnom Penh City authorities have allowed it to
go ahead nonviolently at the Freedom Park in the city.-VNA