"We Will Not Accept The Result"—Sam Rainsy

For John, BLUF:  Election results in Cambodia stir controversy.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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From today's edition of The International Herald Tribune we have this article, by Reporter Thomas Fuller, on the results of the the elections over the weekend in Cambodia.  Here is the lede and following paragraph:

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia faced a volatile and possibly prolonged political standoff on Monday after leaders of the opposition said they rejected the preliminary results of Sunday’s election and accused the authoritarian government of Prime Minister Hun Sen of large-scale cheating.

“We will not accept the result — we cannot accept the result,” Sam Rainsy, leader of the newly energized opposition, said Monday at a news conference. “The party in power cannot ignore us any more.”

Democracy is a messy process, but that it is happening in a nation from which we draw many of our residents is a good thing.

Regards  —  Cliff