Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, center, walks with Chea Sim, rear left, Senate President outside the main door of Senate in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, March 20, 2006. Sihamoni formally inaugurated the newly elected Senate, the upper house of parliament heavily dominated by members of Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party. (AP photo/ Heng Sinith) 
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, second right, organizes a group photos at outside the Senate in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, March 20, 2006. Sihamoni formally inaugurated the newly elected Senate, the upper house of parliament heavily dominated by members of Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party. (AP photo/Heng Sinith)Prince Sisowath Chivanmonirak from FUNCINPEC party continued to hold the post of first vice-president, while Tep Ngorn from the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) was elected as second vice- president of the Senate. The new Senators will be sworn in this afternoon at the Royal Palace.
Cambodia held its first non-universal Senate election on Jan. 22. The CPP swept the election, winning 45 seats of the 61-seat Senate. The royalist FUNCINPEC party gained 10 and the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) only two.
Only four political parties competed for 57 of the 61 Senate seats. The remaining four were appointed by the National Assembly and King Norodom Sihamoni.
The Senate was created as an upper house by constitutional amendment in March 1999, with Cambodian People's Party (CPP) President Chea Sim as the head.
For the first term, 59 out of 61 Senate members were appointed by the three major parties in proportion to their seats in the lower chamber. The remaining two were appointed by the King.
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Remember: chea sim is one of the Khmer rouge top leader in the pol pot regime, and let don't forget that, the communist still run your head, don't you get it? jeeesh.. all khmers must have lost their mind!!
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