Cambodia, where Do We Go from Here?: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, September 28, 1998, Volume 4 |
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allegations ASEAN Asia balloting and counting BEREUTER Bjornlund bodia BOYCE California CAMBODIA'S ELECTION Chairman Chea Chea Sim climate of impunity coalition government colleagues complaints CONG CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Constitutional Council coup Craner credible democracy in Cambodia Democracy Square demonstrations election commission election day election process election-related electoral ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA FALEOMAVAEGA flaws formula fraud FUNCINPEC going GRENADE ATTACK GRESS hearing human rights Hun Sen INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS international community international observers International Republican Institute issue July election Khmer Rouge killings King Sihanouk LIBRARY OF CONGRESS monitoring monks National Assembly NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE NDI and IRI negotiations opposition leaders opposition parties opposition's Phnom Penh Pol Pot polling post-election power sharing Prince Ranariddh question Rainsy RARY RESS ROHRABACHER role ruling party seats Sen's September SEPTEMBER 28 statement Subcommittee Thank tion United violence vote voters
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Page 58 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Washington, DC.
Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 1:35 pm, in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 21 - CRANER, PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE Mr. CRANER. Mr. Chairman, thank you for the invitation to testify today.
Page 53 - WHILE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO DO SO, THE NEC DECLINED TO ADDRESS ALL BUT A FEW OF THE MORE THAN 800 ELECTION DAY AND COUNTING IRREGULARITIES CHARGED BY THE OPPOSITION; • THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL, SUPPOSEDLY THE FINAL ARBITER OF ELECTIONS APPEALS, LIKE THE NEC REFUSED TO HEAR THE MAJORITY OF OPPOSITION COMPLAINTS AND SIDED COMPLETELY WITH THE NEC ON ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE OPPOSITION. INCLUDING USED AND UNUSED BALLOTS, RECOUNTS, AND ASSEMBLY SEAT ALLOCATION...
Page 51 - EXPERIENCE SINCE 1983 IRI HAS OBSERVED MORE THAN 70 ELECTIONS IN OVER THREE DOZEN COUNTRIES IN DOING SO, WE HAVE ONLY ONE ASSET THAT MATTERS, AND THAT IS A REPUTATION FOR IMPARTIALITY - A WILLINGNESS TO CALL AN ELECTION PROCESS LIKE WE SEE IT, AND TO DO SO WITHOUT REGARD TO WHO WON OR LOST. MOST RECENTLY. OUR APPROACH LED IRI TO CALL THE 1995 HAITIAN ELECTIONS FLAWED.
Page 65 - NDI is proud to have worked with these coalitions, using funds from the National Endowment for Democracy and the US Agency for International Development, for the last three yean.
Page 55 - CAMBODIA, WITH A LONGER HISTORY OF DICTATORSHIP, HAD AN ELECTION RUN - AND LOST - BY FORMER COMMUNISTS IN 1996 WITHOUT ANY ELECTION-RELATED MURDERS NOR MUST A COUNTRY BE A LONGSTANDING, WEALTHY DEMOCRACY TO PROPERLY COUNT AND RECOUNT BALLOTS ONE OF THE MOST WELL CONDUCTED ELECTIONS IRI HAS OBSERVED WAS THE 1994 AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL ELECTIOKON THE REMOTE MISKTTO COAST OF NICARAGUA, THE POOREST REGION OF A POOR COUNTRY EMERGING FROM DECADES OF DICTATORSHIP.
Page 51 - COUP, AND SUBSEQUENT DESTRUCTION OF OPPOSITION PARTY INFRASTRUCTURES; • THE FAILURE TO ALLOW OPPOSITION LEADERS TO RETURN UNTIL LESS THAN SIX MONTHS BEFORE BALLOTING, THE DENIAL TO THEM OF ACCESS TO MEDIA ONCE IN-COUNTRY, AND THE MURDER OF UP TO 100 OPPOSITION MEMBERS WITHOUT ANY RESOLUTION TO THE CRIMES; • THE OVERWHELMING RULING CAMBODIAN...
Page 10 - In the interest of time, Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask that my whole statement be incorporated in the record so I will not have to read it.