STATEMENT OF FUNCINPEC PARTY
 
 

On August 31, 1998, The Constitutional Council held a hearing at the absence of the complaining parties,
and decided on a number of cases relating to the general elections. On this issue, Funcinpec Party would
like to inform the public national and international of the following: 

1. We have observed that the Constitutional Council through these hearing, had decided on a limited
number of cases, while other issues of greater importance such as the formula used to allocate seats in
the National Assembly, the reconciliation of ballots, reserved, used and unused still remain unresolved.

2. We observed that the Constitutional Council failed to uphold its responsibilities prescribed under article
117 of the Constitution and under the article 1 of the law on the organization and functioning of the
Constitutional Council which requires that the Constitutional Council to resolve issues related to elections.

3. Funcinpec Party wishes to request the Constitutional Council to continue holding hearing to properly
address the remaining issues which constitute legal complaints officially accepted by the Constitutional
Council.
 

Phnom Penh, 31 August, 1998