Phnom Penh (FN), April 10 - Sik Bun Hok, Head of the National Election Committee claimed that the upcoming election will be legitimate in accordance to the law on election.

His statement was made to counter the idea that the absence of the former opposition party will negatively impact the number of voters and lead to the absences of NGOs, associations, and observation groups.

The statement was made on Tuesday in a meeting to disseminate information to representatives of the Constitutional Council, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Information, 16 non-governmental organizations, 11 political parties, representatives of the Japanese Embassy, ​​JICA and KOICA experts, followed by the press release on Tuesday.

The chairman also thoroughly discussed the process of the upcoming national election, voter lists, elected and appointed officials, registration of political parties, list of candidates for election, preparations for election campaign, media card issues, election observers, especially Election Day and ballot counting.
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