The Phnom Penh Post
Nearly 200 villagers from Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district gathered for a fourth consecutive day of protest yesterday, claiming they had been illegally refused the right to register to vote by their commune chief.
Residents from O’Ampril village protested in front of Anlong Veng commune office, accusing commune chief Hang Sat of refusing to allow them to register to vote for the commune elections scheduled for next year.
“The Anlong Veng commune chief said that he will allow us to register to vote if we swear to vote for the [ruling] Cambodia Peoples Party, otherwise he will not because he is afraid we will vote for the [opposition] Sam Rainsy Party,” said 38-year-old Moeun Heak. “I have a Cambodian identity card and I am a Khmer citizen. Why can I not vote? I am not a foreigner,” Moeun Heak said.
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