Thursday, 7 August 2008

PM: Funcinpec Is Still a Partner in the Upcoming Coalition Government

Phnom Penh, August 7, 2008 AKP --

Prime Minister Hun Sen has affirmed that Funcinpec is still a partner in the upcoming coalition government.

The Cambodian prime minister said this, while visiting Samrong Tong district, Kampong Speu province, on August 6.

Speaking to the audience after joining the rice cropping work with the villagers in the district, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a formula for forming the upcoming new government, appointing Funcinpec Secretary-General Nhiek Bunchay at the post of deputy prime minister and Funcinpec Minister of Education Kol Pheng, Minister of Culture Veng Sereyvuth, Minister of Public Works Sun Chanthol and Minister of Health Nuth Sokhom at the post of senior ministers.

He also called on all Cambodians, either holding any political parties, to consolidate and avoid turning the election into the national division, hoping the countrymen had a sense of forgiveness and unification.

According to unofficial results, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won 90 seats of the total 123 NA seats, while Funcinpec got only two. --AKP

(By Mr. THOU Peou)

No comments: