Political Setting:

Cambodia

Reported by:

Stephanie E. Ortiz

(BSEd 3-A, Group 8)

Political Setting:

Cambodia

• A monarchy ruled Cambodiafrom ancient times until 1970,surviving under a Frenchprotectorate from 1863 to 1953.In 1970 a right-wing coup endedthe monarchy, and the coup’sleaders established the Khmer

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Cambodia

Republic. A civil war ensued, andin 1975 a Communist-dominatedinsurgency movement known asthe Khmer Rouge, or RedKhmers, took control ofCambodia. Renamed DemocraticKâmpŭchéa (DK), the country

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Cambodia

waged war against neighboringVietnam starting in 1977. TheKhmer National United Front forNational Salvation (KNUFNS), agroup of Cambodian Communistrebels backed by more than100,000 Vietnamese troops,

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Cambodia

deposed the Khmer Rouge in1979 and established the pro-Vietnamese regime of thePeoples’ Republic of Kâmpŭchéa(PRK). However, only a fewforeign governments recognizedthe PRK as Cambodia’s

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Cambodia

legitimate government, and theDK retained Cambodia’s seat inthe United Nations (UN) until1990.

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Cambodia

Vietnam stationed troops inCambodia throughout the 1980s.During this time, theKâmpŭchéan People’sRevolutionary Party (KPRP), theonly legal political party, ran thePRK on socialist principles. After

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Cambodia

Vietnam withdrew its troops in1989, the PRK renamed itself theState of Cambodia (SOC),abandoned socialism, andintroduced free-market reforms.Fighting between the forces ofthe PRK and the DK, which had

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Cambodia

reached a stalemate during theVietnamese occupation, flaredup again. The KPRP changed itsname to the Cambodian People’sParty (CPP) in 1991.

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Cambodia

International negotiations underUN auspices led to a peaceaccord, signed in Paris in 1991.The agreement called for a UNprotectorate to help rule thecountry until national legislativeelections could be held in 1993.

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Cambodia

More than 20 political partiesparticipated in the 1993elections. However, two partiesobtained more than 85 percentof the vote: A royalist party,known by its French acronym,FUNCINPEC, won the most seats,

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Cambodia

while the CPP, led by theincumbent prime minister, HunSen, won the next largest bloc.Following the elections, a three-party coalition formed agovernment headed by twoprime ministers; Prince Norodom

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Cambodia

Ranariddh of FUNCINPECbecame first prime minister,while Hun Sen took the post ofsecond prime minister. InSeptember 1993 a newconstitution restored themonarchy and established theKingdom of Cambodia.

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Cambodia

In July 1997, Hun Sen oustedRanariddh while he was abroad,replacing him with Ung Huot, amore pliable member ofFUNCINPEC. Elections held in1998 gave the CPP a plurality ofvotes, but Ranariddh and

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Cambodia

another opposition candidate,Sam Rainsy, contested theoutcome, claiming that theelections had not beenconducted fairly. In November1998 the CPP and FUNCINPECreached a compromise

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Cambodia

agreement resulting in a newcoalition government. Hun Senbecame the sole prime minister,while Ranariddh became thepresident of the NationalAssembly.

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Cambodia

Cambodia is divided foradministrative purposes into 20provinces and 3 municipalities.These units are administered bygovernors.

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Cambodia

A. Executive

Cambodia’s head of state is theking, whose role is largelyceremonial and advisory. Theking, on the advice of thelegislature, formally appoints theprime minister to head the

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Cambodia

winning party in legislativeelections. The prime ministerheads a cabinet made up ofmembers of the legislature.Cabinet members are chosen bythe prime minister, ratified bythe legislature, and formallyappointed by the king.

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Cambodia

B. Legislature

A bicameral (two-chamber)parliament holds legislativepower. The more powerful lowerhouse is called the NationalAssembly. Established in 1993,the assembly consists of 122

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Cambodia

members who serve five-yearterms. Members are chosenthrough popular elections inwhich people over 18 years ofage are entitled to vote. TheNational Assembly may dismisscabinet members or the entire

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Cambodia

cabinet with a two-thirdsmajority vote. The upper house,or Senate, was created byconstitutional amendment in1999, in accordance withprovisions of the 1998agreement. The 61-memberSenate serves as an advisory

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Cambodia

body to the National Assembly;it has the power to recommendamendments to legislationpassed by the assembly, but thelower house can reject therecommendations on a secondvote. Members of the Senate

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Cambodia

are elected to a term of sixyears.

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Cambodia

C. Judiciary

The 1993 constitution providedfor an independent judiciaryunder a Supreme Court.However, the exact structure andlaws of the courts were not yetdetermined as of early 2000.

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Cambodia

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