CPP holds meeting for Cambodian election in July

The CPP leadership at the commemoration ceremony of the 29th anniversary of its coming to power on 7th January 2008. (L-R) Heng Samrin, Chea Sim and Hun Sen.

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The major ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) here on Saturday convened an extraordinary general assembly to review its achievements and prepare itself for the general election on July 27.
"We will monitor a number of matters in preparation for the July general election and the general assembly also has to approve the party's policies for the 2008-2013 period in the development and protection of the country," said CPP President Chea Sim in his speech.
If we compare the voters in the 2003 general election with those of the 2002 communal councils election, we could find that the number of supporters for our party decreased, while that of the total voters of the country increased," said Chea Sim, who is also the Senate President.
"We have learned something from these experiences and debated it a lot in order to set up policies to fill the gap. I hope that we will achieve good results as we plan and approve for the upcoming general election," he said.
Our party members have joined together to solve problems in the country, including the political deadlock in 2003, the border demarcation, the strengthening of peace, political stability and social security, the economic growth, as well as successes of communal councils and general elections, he added.
Deputy party president and Prime Minister Hun Sen and honorary party president and National Assembly President Heng Samrin also attended the general assembly.
CPP has over five million members across the country, or almost one third of the country's total population. It won landslide victory in the last commune councils election in April 2007 and has chosen Hun Sen as premier candidate for the July general election.
CPP has been governing the kingdom in conjunction with the royalist Funcinpec Party for over a decade.
Editor: An Lu