Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen has instructed the Phnom Penh Capital Hall to deploy 300 to 350 buses to help transport workers with free of charge to their respective hometowns for the 7th National Election next week.
The transport service will be made without political discrimination, stressed the Premier in a voice message to the public this afternoon.
Samdech Techo Hun Sen asked the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to work with Phnom Penh Capital Hall on the allocation of buses in accordance to the number of workers.
“All buses will depart [Phnom Penh] on July 22 and return on July 24, but we have to make sure that the bus drivers have the time to go to vote,” he underlined.
All civil servants, workers and employees will have three days of paid leave from July 22 to 24, 2023 so that they can go to the poll on Sunday, July 23.
Cambodia has been conducting a three-week-long National Election campaign since July 1 with the participation of 18 registered political parties.
According to the National Election Committee (NEC), a total of 9,710,645 eligible voters, of them 5,161,906 are women, will cast their votes in 23,789 polling stations throughout the country.
Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse