Reuters on May 18 reported that the registration of voters for Cambodia's crucial July 26 general election began across the country on Monday. The first trickle of the estimated six million voters turned up at more than 1,700 mobile registration centres set up in schools and other locations to have their photographs taken and get voter cards. Reuters on May 18 reported that the Cambodian opposition on Monday demanded the general election scheduled for July 26 be postponed, saying it would not take part unless the date was changed and conditions to ensure a fair vote were in place. Reuters on May 17 reported that voters in the Dominican Republic, inspired by the ghost of a dead politician and tired of economic hardship, handed a huge victory to opponents of President Leonel Fernandez in legislative and local elections, results showed on Sunday. Fernandez's Dominican Liberation Party won barely 30 percent of the vote across the country in the Saturday elections, while the Social Christian Reform Party of former strongman Joaquin Balaguer won just 10 percent.
Voters here go to the polls tomorrow in a primary election.
Reuters on May 17 reported that former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos on Sunday said her family had risen from the ashes with the landslide victories by two of her children in the national election, signalling a political comeback for the Marcos name. Agence France-Presse on May 18 reported that President Fidel Ramos broke bread with his most likely successor, Joseph Estrada, for the first time since the May 11 presidential election, the incumbent said. Voters here went to the polls on Sunday, May 10 in presidential and legislative elections. Reuters on May 17 reported that his polished kung-fu kicks and daredevil stunts are famous the world over. But these days, Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan is on television urging his fellow citizens to vote.