The National Election Committee (NEC) will take necessary legal action against illegal propaganda that deceive people not to cast their votes.
NEC circulated the notification in a press release issued on June 6, stressing such deed is a violation of the election law.
Based on the article 142 of the law, explained the statement, the act can end up with between 5,000,000 Riel and 20,000,000 Riel (roughly US$1,250 to US$5,000) penalty and criminal punishment.
NEC hopes and believes that all political parties, their respective candidates, and supporters, will not support the ill-willed practice.
NEC team has worked hard to ensure a fair, transparent and free national election for the 7th legislature to fall on July 23 this year, and called on eligible voters to go to vote.
Eighteen political parties have been endorsed by NEC to join the political race.
They are the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, Cambodian Youth Party, Khmer United National Party, Dharmacracy Party, Democracy Power Party, Cambodian Nationality Party, Khmer United Party, Khmer Conservative Party, FUNCINPEC Party, Beehive Social Democratic Party, People Purpose Party, Ekpheap Cheat Khmer Party, Women’s Party for Women, Khmer Anti-Poverty Party, Khmer Economic Development Party, Cambodia Indigenous People’s Democracy Party, Grassroots Democratic Party, and Khmer Farmers Party.
Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse