The holders of the positions of the National Assembly President, the Senate President, the Prime Minister and the Constitutional Council President in Cambodia must be of Khmer Nationality.
This has been stated under new articles of the Constitution, which provide for the single Khmer nationality for the top leaders of the four institutions.
In its 6th session convened on Monday October 25 under the chairmanship of Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, President of the National Assembly, 111 deputies approved the draft constitution on the amendment to the New Articles 19, 82, 106 (1), 119, and 137 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia; and the Articles 3 and 4 of the Additional Constitutional Law to ensure the normal functioning of national institutions.
Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia also attended the parliamentary session.
On Oct. 8, 2021, the cabinet ministers endorsed this draft constitution which stipulates that the National Assembly President, Senate President, Prime Minister and Constitutional Council President must have a single Khmer nationality.
The National Assembly, the Senate, the Royal Government and the Constitutional Council are the nation’s supreme institutions responsible for making decisions on important matters that are the nation’s lifeblood. This is for the purpose of ensuring national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cambodia; the nation’s and people’s supreme interests; and the absolute opposition to foreign interference in the internal affairs.
In this regards, the top leaders of those entities are all obliged to take the oath of office in the presence of the King by making a firm commitment to be loyal to the nation and protect the supreme interests of the Cambodian nation and people. At the same time, the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and related laws also require that all MPs, senators, Prime Minister and CC’s members must be Cambodian nationals by birth.
Moreover, the president, vice presidents and members of the National Election Committee, which is also an institution enshrined in the Constitution, are also required by law to be of Khmer nationality by birth and to have only one Khmer nationality in order to ensure the fulfillment of their duties related to the election work so that it is conducted independently to ensure the protection of national interests from external interference in the internal affairs of the election process.
By In Chhay
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