KANDAL, Cambodia, June 5 (Xinhua) — The fifth commune elections kicked off in Cambodia on Sunday after a two-week peaceful election campaign to choose commune chiefs and councilors for 1,652 communes.
A total of 23,602 polling stations opened at 7:00 a.m. and are due to close at 3:00 p.m. local time, according to the National Election Committee (NEC).
Seventeen political parties are contesting in the pol