Political Programs, Strategies, Commitments

A Platform for Building Peaceful & Prosperous Cambodia

With the goal of liberating the country from invading and expansionist foreign forces and to give Cambodia peace, independence, territorial integrity and prosperity, our beloved and venerated Samdech Euv created on March 21,1981, a National Liberation and Reunification Movement called National Unified Front for the Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia . The Front is known as FUNCINPEC from its French acronym. Samdech Euv has since assumed the Presidency and Leadership of this great movement.

To stay above all political parties and in the spirit of national reconciliation and reunification Samdech Euv later legally transferred all military power along with the FUNCINPEC to His Royal Highness Prince Norodom Ranariddh to pursue this royal mission.

On February 27-29,1992 at Phum Trom , Khum Ampil , Srok Banteay Ampil in Banteay Meanchey province, the FUNCINPEC convened a congress to discus and approve the creation of a political party. The party unanimously elected HRH Prince Norodom Ranariddh as its President and Leader. the FUNCINPEC party is a nationalist, royalist and Sihanoukist movement with the goal of national reunification and reconciliation.

In 1993 the FUNCINPEC party won the general elections organised under the auspices of the UNTAC. For the sake of peace, political stability and development, the party, with HRH Prince Norodom Ranariddh as its President, made a great historical sacrifice and agreed to share power in the two prime ministers formula.

The FUNCINPEC party solemnly pledges respect for the 1993 Constitution and the principle of one prime Minister's government. However, the party will actively cooperate with all political parties embracing similar political ideals and tendencies.

Government is the facilitator of the private sector

Minimum government intervention

Supply and demand economy

Open trade policy

Accelerate the implementation of AFTA

Implement value added tax system and introduce simple tax laws

Implement commercial codes based on world-wide standards

Promote and facilitate foreign and local investments through a speedy approval procedure and a competitive incentive package.

Benchmark best practices form Singapore Economic Development Board

Pay government officials at current market value

Agriculture

Tourism

Fast track investment approval procedures for a true "One Stop" service organisation

Provide predictable and transparent investment rules and regulations

Create export processing zones and industrial estates

Participate in the Greater Mekong sub-region economic development

Halt the isolation of Cambodia by participating in the regional and global Investment seminars and organisations.

Revitalise education, capacity development and training systems to build sustainable human resources.

Provide every Cambodian child with a free and quality education

Upgrade the quality of teachers through Train the "Teachers Program"

Allocate at least 15% of the national budget to education

Develop quality curriculum that enables student to participate in a market economy

Establish links and exchange programs with major foreign universities

Award scholarships to the most qualified students

Stop nepotism and favouritism

Team up with the private sector in technical and vocational training.

Build a fair, just, and peaceful society by improving community cooperation and integration.

Build a strong and cooperative community through government sponsored projects, cultural events and religious ceremonies

Restore moral values in the Khmer society

Involve Buddhist monks in rebuilding and strengthening the community

Rehabilitate urban and rural water systems

Install deep-bore tube wells with pumps in the rural areas

Construct latrines for poor urban population and in rural areas

Provide primary health services to all Cambodians by the year 2000. Commit to immunisation to all Cambodian children.

Implement safe birth spacing and population policies.

Allocate more resources to health : 5% by the year 2000.

Provide quality basic health care for every Cambodian

Re-train health staff and improve the quality of health centres and hospitals

Regulate and control the illegal distribution of fake and expired medicines

Enhance the quality of midwifes though "Train the Midwifes Program"

Vaccinate all Cambodian children against tuberculosis, polio, and measles

Support and encourage infant feeding practices

Promote family planning and encourage infant feeding practices

Educate the population on the risk of HIV/AIDS

Improve training of medical educators and health workers

Accord highest priority to agriculture sector as a main sector in the economic development of Cambodia.

Expand production of rice and other food crops by promoting competitive market pricing

Improve productivity and yield by using latest technology and research from the International Rice Research Institute

Use government resources to assist in finding export markets

Assist farmers in obtaining low interest loans

Improve collection and distribution of farmers' output

Implement recommendations of the World Bank/UNDP on forestry management

Review and renegotiate signed concession contracts in accordance with WB/UNDP recommendations

Enforce prohibitions on illegal logging and severely punish the violators

Control and reduce over fishing and destruction of fish sanctuaries

Promote aqua-culture industries

Increase productivity of livestock sector

Establish a state of law that protects the rights and freedom of the Cambodian people, and makes Cambodia a responsible member of the world community, respects and abides by international laws.

Adopt and promulgate laws harmonised with ASEAN countries

Accelerate the promulgation of key laws:

Commercial codes

Bankruptcy

Property

Mortgage and securities

Create and uphold civil rights to fair and independent judiciary systems

Create and enforce the independence of the court system and judges

Educate citizens on their legal right and civil obligations

Encourage the transfer of knowledge from foreign lawyers to Cambodian lawyers

Protect and safeguard the environment by strictly implementing recommendation of the world bank /UNDP on forestry management.

Implement recommendations of the world Bank and UNDP on forestry management

Comply with regulations of international tropical timber organisation

Develop environmental impact assessment system for all investment projects

Integrate environmental policies into national economic and social development planning

Establish protected areas as national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and ecologically sensitive areas

Establish regulations and standards for pollution control

Recognise women as a major pillar in maintaining and strengthening social and economic development.

Provide training and financing to set up medium-scaled enterprises.

Protect women from labour and sexual exploitation.

Support and encourage the enrolment of girls vocational training and education

Develop programmes to reduce female illiteracy by half

Commit to free health care and easy access to community based health centres to promote safe motherhood and early childhood development

Commit to free and fair legal protection and improved access to legal services for women

Develop and implement public awareness campaign to reduce HIV/AIDS.

Support and provide skills to establish female entrepreneurs of small to medium scale enterprises

Create micro-credit lending organisation for women.

To protect and defend the interest, independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Cambodia.

To promote a pluralistic, democratic society that respects and protects the rights of its citizens.

To work diligently to improve the living standards of Cambodian people.

To protect the environment, culture religion an national heritage and patrimony.

To reintegrate Cambodia into the regional and world community.

To stop corruption, nepotism and cronyism.

To Serve the People of Cambodia.

To build a Peaceful and Prosperous Cambodia.