Fw: New Decree to give more power to Norodom Sihanouk as Border Council President
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KHMER INTELLIGENCE
15 May 2005
New Royal Decree to give more power to
ex-Monarch Norodom Sihanouk as Border Council
President (2)
At its first meeting in Beijing on
11-12 May 2005, the Supreme National Council on Border Affairs examined the
possibility of giving more power to King-Father Norodom Sihanouk in his capacity
as Council President. The issue was raised by Princess
Norodom Vacheara who submitted a draft for a new Royal Decree on the role, the
functioning and the powers of the Council. The rationale behind the draft is the
fact that when the old Decree was issued on 27 April 2005 nobody had thought
King-Father Norodom Sihanouk himself would be appointed as King Norodom Sihamoni’s Representative and
Council President.
The main points of the draft are the following:
-
Article 1: The Supreme National Council on Border Affairs is created in
order to [better] defend and guarantee Cambodia’s territorial integrity in line
with Article 2 of the Constitution.
- Article 2: The composition of
the Supreme National Council on Border Affairs is as
follows:
1- King’s Representative: His Majesty King-Father Norodom Sihanouk as
President.
2- Senate President’s representative: H.E. Chea Cheth as
Vice-President.
3- National Assembly President’s representative: Princess Norodom Vacheara as
Vice-President.
4- Prime Minister’s representative: H.E. Sok An as
Member.
5- CPP representative: H.E. Say Chhum as
Member.
6- Funcinpec representative: H.E. You Hockry as
Member.
7- SRP representative: H.E. Sam Rainsy as Member.
- Article 3: The
Supreme National Council on Border Affairs has the following
role:
- To conduct studies and research on land and maritime border issues with
neighbouring
countries.
- To engage in negotiations with neighbouring countries in order to
properly delineate land and maritime borders so as to
prepare the ground for the conclusion of legal border
treaties with those neighbouring countries, and to
monitor the implementation of any border
agreements.
- To observe on the spot the situation in areas situated along
the
borders.
- To regularly report to the King and the Royal Government on
developments in the resolution of border issues with
neighbouring countries.
- Article 4: Any meeting of the Supreme
National Council on Border Affairs is convened following
the President’s instructions.
- Article 5: Any decision by the Supreme
National Council on Border Affairs, including the decision whether to make
public any information related to border issues, is adopted according to the
President’s instructions.
- Article 6: The Joint Committee on Border
Issues [previously established by the Government and presided over by H.E. Var
Kim Hong] will terminate its mandate and merge with the Supreme National Council
on Border Affairs.
After it was loudly read by King-Father Norodom
Sihanouk on the last day of the Beijing meeting, the
draft received the support of Funcinpec and SRP representatives, while
the CPP-affiliated members of the Council asked for a
consultation with their top leaders in Phnom
Penh.
To read the original draft in Khmer go to http://www.khmerintelligence.org/050515KretBorderCouncil.pdf
15 May 2005
King-Father
appeals to the Cambodian people to directly report to him on border
encroachments (1)
Only three days after the first
meeting in Beijing of the Supreme National Council on Border Affairs,
King-Father Norodom Sihanouk appeals to the Cambodian people (“anonymous
patriotic Compatriots”) to discretely travel to border areas, listen to the
farmers living there and directly report to him on border encroachments by
neighbouring countries.
See the Royal Message in Khmer at
http://www.norodomsihanouk.info/mes%202005/mai/textes/1505txt2.htm
Unofficial English translation at http://www.khmerintelligence.org/KingFatherEnglishVersion2.htm
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