Today was the day before Cambodia’s June 5 commune elections and we were surprise how many people showed up for the election since the current prime minister, Hun Sen, has been in office since 1985. It was a known fact that his party, the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), will win but it is wonderful to see people still come out to exercise their voting right. To help encourage people to vote, they are given a day off in the office so everyone can travel out to their home province to vote. We were unluckily got caught in the traffic jam and had to detour to some off road in order to get to a baby shower for one of the sister in the International branch. It was a wonderful baby shower and we enjoyed a nice 60 mins foot massage afterward.
Not that I am interested in the result of this election but from the news, the Cambodian People's Party won 72% of the popular vote, 1,648 commune chiefs, and more than 9,000 commune councillors. The resurgent Candlelight Party, a faction of the disbanded Cambodia National Rescue Party in 2017, won 21% of the popular vote, and 4 commune chiefs. I hope whoever continue to rule in Cambodia will put the people first. There are so many poverty here and the rich just keep getting richer and it takes a lot for the poor people to get ahead. This is the reason why I am so thankful for what the Church does here in Cambodia. The projects we are involved in are to lift people, to make their lives better, to improve their health care, to train doctors to be better so they can provide decent health services to those that need the service. It will take a righteous government and a honest leader to make Cambodia better!
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