Takeo Area Cites Many Reasons for CPP Vote

By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer Original report from Takeo Province01 June 2008 Illiteracy, poverty, gifts, pressure—and achievement—were all reasons voters in one region of Takeo province, near the Vietnamese border, say they cast ballots for the ruling party. The voters said they’ve recently gathered to receive gifts from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in exchange for their votes and were