CNRP Activists Blocked While Attempting to Register Voters
The Cambodia Daily | 12 Sept. 2016
A group of about 40 opposition activists were prevented from driving
around Siem Reap City on Saturday morning in an effort to encourage
locals to register to vote in next year’s commune council elections.
Equipped with a set of speakers atop a pickup truck, the group had
set out on about 30 motorbikes with plans to visit four markets in the
city. But when they reached Samaki market in Slakram commune at about
10:30 a.m., they were met by authorities who told them the rally was
over.
“When we asked them, they didn’t have permission and so we had to
stop them because we are strengthening the rule of law in Cambodia,”
said Siem Reap City governor So Platong.
While he conceded that the group was clearly working to encourage
people to get to their local commune office to register to vote, he said
they had failed to inform authorities of their plans.
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