Hun Sen party wins Telak in Cambodia in 2018

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The ruling party, the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won elections in Cambodia (elections) held Sunday (29/7). The first counts show that Prime Minister Samdech Techno Hun Sen won the party in all the provinces of Cambodia, paving the way for 33 years of power

In the absence of the main party of Opposition, the National Savior Party of Cambodia. dissolved last year, the CPP obtained 80% of the vote and at least 100 of the 125 seats in the National Assembly or the Cambodian Parliament. "The CPP will get more than 80% of the votes," said Soy Eysan, spokesman for the CPP. AFP . The amount, according to him, is not less than 100 seats in the Cambodian Parliament, or more. "It's a big win for us."

There are 20 parties fighting in the Cambodian elections that begin to open around 7:00 am local time and close at 15:00 Sunday (29/7). Of these, all were small parties, eight of them being established only 18 months before the elections.

Hun Sen, 65, came to power in 1985 while Cambodia is still in the grip of civil war. Khmer Rouge, a prominent figure in the brutal regime, glorifies the stability and growth resulting from his reign.

"Friends have chosen the path of democracy and have used their rights," Hun Sen said on the Facebook page after the vote closed. Hun Sen's appeal was apparently aimed at Sam Rainsy, a CNRP opposition leader who called for a boycott of elections in Cambodia.

Voter turnout in elections in Cambodia 2018 or sixth election was 82% or about 6.88 million people. The number surpbaded turnout in 2013 by 69% when opposition parties clashed and ranked second in the face of the governing party's allegations of governance.

The National Electoral Committee (NEC) claims the success of the Cambodian elections. But unauthorized voting, especially in urban areas, was considered a tacit protest by the ruling party

Channel News Asia, Unauthorized number of ballots reached 17% in the capital Phnom Penh . Kandal Province, Kampong Cham and Tako also contained more than 10% illegal ballots.

"It's a circus, I believe the registration rate was designed," said Monovithya Kem, deputy director of public relations at CNRP. The accusation was dismissed by a PCP spokesman, Sok Eysan. "It is not a false election as a rebellious allegation from abroad," Eysan said.

The Cambodian Electoral Commission (NEC) says there are about 65,744 national observers and 155 international observers who will oversee the election of Cambodia. 1,036 national observers from 93 organizations and badociations throughout Cambodia. There are also 220 international observers from 52 countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Vietnam, Pakistan, Timor Leste, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, Russia, India, Malaysia and South Korea .

The official results of the Cambodian elections will be announced on August 15th. (nat)