Phnom Penh, 1st March 2015
*RESULTS OF LATEST TALKS ON NEW ELECTION LAW* On Saturday 28 February 2015, at the National Assembly, the leaderships of the CPP and the CNRP met in order to discuss the remaining points of disagreement that the working groups of the two parties had not yet resolved with regard to the draft of amendments to the Law on the Election of Members of the National Assembly (LEMNA). The leaderships of the two parties finally resolved all those remaining points of disagreement. Here are the substance and the meaning of the final agreement: 1. The agreement is the final political step before the adoption by the National Assembly of the amended LEMNA that will govern the 2017 commune election and the 2018 national election. 2. The agreement is also the final step before the adoption by the National Assembly of another election-related law, i.e. the Law governing the formation and the functioning of the National Election Committee (NEC) whose draft has been entirely approved by the two parties having seats at the National Assembly. 3. After the adoption of the two above-mentioned laws, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly will start selecting the nine members of the new NEC as a measure to implement the new provision on the NEC introduced in the Constitution on 1st October 2014 (following the 22 July 2014 crisis-solving agreement between the CPP and the CNRP). According to this provision, the new NEC will have four members from the CPP, four members from the CNRP and one neutral member from the civil society. 4. In the new LEMNA, the two parties working together guarantee the respect of fundamental democratic principles, such as - Integrity and transparency of the election process so as to ensure the respect of the people’s will - Freedom of expression for all citizens and for the civil society - Prohibition of political threats - Prohibition of vote-buying - Equity for all parties in the election campaign. The above negotiation results were achieved through mutual concessions made by the two parties that are determining the fate of the nation. They are also attributable to the culture of dialogue that the two parties have simultaneously embraced in order to settle peacefully all problems with the purpose of serving and defending the nation’s interests. *Sam Rainsy* Minority Leader at the National Assembly CNRP President -- Best Regards, *Khmer Forum* *A place for sharing community events and public news.* -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
