Cambodia's NA approves constitution amendment

01/16/2008
VNA (Hanoi)

Phnom Penh - The Cambodian National Assembly has amended two articles of the country’s Constitution to specify division pattern of administrative areas to facilitate better political participation of the civilians.

The amendment, passed by a 80-107 vote on January 15, will help improve and increase democracy, Cambodian Prime Minister told reporters after the vote.

However, the FUNCINPEC and the Sam Rainsy Party did not support the amendment, saying it would only benefit the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP).

The Cambodian territory is divided as capital city, special city, province, district and commune.

Cambodia amends constitution for better public administration

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian National Assembly here on Tuesday amended two articles of the Constitution to specify division pattern of administrative areas to facilitate better political participation of the civilians.

The Cambodian territory is divided as capital city, special city, province, district, khan, commune and sangkat, according to the revision.

"We hope that the amendment of the two articles will provide easy way for reform of administrative management at grass-root level and better practice of decentralization to advance democracy and public services with effectiveness and sustainability," Prime Minister Hun Sen told reporters at the National Assembly.

The amendments are a must for implementing progress of politics, administration, society and economy of the country in the future, he added.

Cambodia used to have a four-level system of administrative division, which might lead to statistics confusion and difficulties when there were election and census.

Currently, Cambodia has 20 provinces and four special cities which are directly governed by the central government.

Amendment for PM term limit?

Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translation from Khmer by Socheata

A high-ranking official from the Norodom Ranariddh party (NRP) claimed that NRP as well as Prince Ranariddh plan to propose an amendment to the Constitution to set the term limit for the prime minister position. Ok Socheat, Prince Ranariddh’s advisor, told Kampuchea Thmei newspaper over the phone on Monday that Cambodia should make an amendment to the Constitution to set term limit for the prime minister. He said that the prime minister position in Cambodia should be limited to 2 terms, with each term lasting 5 years. The NRP proposal received the support from the Sam Rainsy Party. Eng Chhay Eang, SRP MP from Battambang, said that he believes this amendment will bring progress to the society and will serve the interest of democracy, he said that this proposal is a very good idea.