M-578 Elections in Cambodia

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) raise concerns with the government of Cambodia about allegations of mass electoral fraud by the governing Cambodian People’s Party during the 2013 general elections; (b) call for the next Cambodian elections, scheduled for February 2018, to be free and fair; (c) condition further Canadian financial aid to the country on the Cambodian government’s compliance with international standards for democratic elections; (d) call on fellow signatory countries to the Paris Accords of 1991 to reaffirm the authority vested in, and strengthen the involvement of, the United Nations to prepare Cambodia for free and fair elections; and (e) call on Cambodia to legislate appropriate electoral reforms to uphold the principles of democracy and the tenets of binding international agreements, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Cambodia is a State party.