Koul Panha said Comfrel had no obligation to appear before the National Assembly—which currently contains only ruling party lawmakers—but would do so anyway.Comfrel stands by its reports and has plenty of evidence to show the ink used in the election was easily washed off, he said. “The black ink can be cleaned off with gasoline,” he told RFA’s Khmer Service, saying the group had informed election officials of the problem before the polls.“We had informed the National Election Committee [which oversees the country’s polls] by July 26 that the ink could be cleaned off. We didn’t know whether they had tested it or not,” he said. A formal summons has not yet been sent to Koul Panha and no date has been set for him to appear before the National Assembly. At Comfrel’s July 27 press conference warning about potential problems with double voting, staff had demonstrated they could wash off the ink that election officials had claimed was indelible.Reports released before the election by Comfrel and NDI said that up to 1.25 million people who were eligible to cast ballots were not on voter lists.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:43:40 +0000
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