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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Pen Sangha, the NRP spokesman, told Rasmei Kampuchea that the NRP extraordinary congress was held this past Saturday. The party decided to change its name from NRP to the “Nationalist Party” and it approved Chhim Siek Leng as the new party president. Besides selecting a new party president, the congress also selected 2 new party vice-presidents: You Hockry, the no. 1 party VP, and Pok Than, the no. 2 party VP. NRP MP Sao Rany from Prey Veng province was nominated as the party secretary-general. Nhiek Bun Chhay, Funcinpec secretary-general, and several other high-ranking Funcinpec officials were also guests at the congress. Pen Sangha indicated that the congress was held to change the party name only, there was no merger with Funcinpec yet, but the two royalist parties are cooperating with each other, as stipulated in the MOU between the two parties on 30 January 2009.
