NEC amendment: Changes to constitution on agenda
The National Assembly will vote this week on a proposal to
reform the National Election Committee (NEC) to make it a constitutional
institution, a key prerequisite of the deal that ended the country’s
political deadlock.
A press release issued on Friday by the National Assembly’s General
Secretariat listed “proposals of draft laws related to electoral reform”
as one of several agendas up for debate when parliament sits on
Wednesday.
Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker Eng Chhay Eang said the new
NEC would be a constitutionally mandated body that would differ from the
current NEC because “it will need to have a consensus between the CPP
and CNRP”.
“I think that when the bill is passed it will improve the electoral
environment,” Chhay Eng said, adding that he hoped it would go through
without “any problem”.
Ruling party lawmaker Chheang Vun said the principle of both parties
was “to improve the process of democracy and power of the people”.
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