On April 1st Cambodia saw its second local/communal election. Three weeks before, all activities at the district offices were put to halt to campaign throughout the country. In the past three weeks I saw millions of people on trucks and in motorcycle parades promoting the four different political parties of Cambodia: The Cambodian People's Party, currently in power and with such a corrupt administration, one can't really imagine how corrupt it actually is, FUNCINPEC (royalist party), Sam Rainsy Party (liberal party) and the Norodom Ranariddh Party (led by the King's brother) who was sentenced to 18 months in prison just two weeks ago and therefore couldn't really participate in the election and has now apparently been charged for adultery.
Turns out, that 98% of Cambodians went and voted for the CPP and its leader Hun Sen this Sunday, which was not at all what I had expected due to the weak economic situation of the country and to conversations I've had with Cambodians during these past couple of weeks. It's similar to the election before last in Italy where nobody admitted of voting for Berlusconi but he still somehow managed to get the majority of the votes.
Turns out, that 98% of Cambodians went and voted for the CPP and its leader Hun Sen this Sunday, which was not at all what I had expected due to the weak economic situation of the country and to conversations I've had with Cambodians during these past couple of weeks. It's similar to the election before last in Italy where nobody admitted of voting for Berlusconi but he still somehow managed to get the majority of the votes.
2 comments:
und hat das mit den SMS gefunzt?
Die kambodschanischen Behörden haben am Freitag den SMS-Dienst im Mobilfunk abgeschaltet, um eine zweitägige "Phase der Ruhe" vor den Kommunalwahlen am Wochenende durchzusetzen. So soll verhindert werden, dass die Wähler kurz vor der Abstimmung noch mit Wahlwerbung in Form von Textkurzmitteilungen überschüttet werden. Die Opposition kritisierte dies als Verstoß gegen die Verfassung.
Keine SMS
Telekommunikationsminister So Khun erklärte, alle drei großen Mobilfunkbetreiber hätten sich bereit erklärt, Samstag und Sonntag keine SMS zu verbreiten. Nach Schließung der Wahllokale um 15.00 Uhr soll auch der SMS-Dienst wieder funktionieren.
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das kann ich nicht behaupten, ich habe die ganze Zeit sms bekommen. Keine Partei-sms, aber von meinen Arbeitskollegen, die ja in der Partei haetten sein koennen. Ich wuerde diese Strategie als total gescheitert einstufen, aber dass etwas nicht funktioniert passiert hier eigentlich ziemlich oft....
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