Cambodia Prepares For Elections

Locals in Phon Penh, Cambodia, prepare polling booths for elections tomorrow July 29, which have been wide criticised as being a 'sham',brbrThe Cambodian People's Party (CPP) is running without a significant challenge, after the main opposition party was made illegal last year. The leader was jailed and its MPs banned from politics for five years.brbrNineteen different parties are on the ballot sheets for the election tomorrow - but all are either linked to the CPP are too small to make any significant impact,brbrThere have allegedly been threats and intimidation of opposition leading up to the vote. But foreign countries including the U.S., Australia and Japan have all said they will not be sending in election monitors.