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Parties and Candidates
PC001
Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
b . Deposit requirement (specify amount) e . Minimum number of candidates f . Other
Comments: To officially register the political party running for the election, a political party shall submit to the National Election Committee an application in a form approved by the National Election Committee, no later than seventy (70) days before polling day.
A list of candidates for the constituency shall have the same number of candidates as the number of determined seats for that constituency.
In addition, political parties shall pay a deposit of fifteen million (15,000,000) riels to the National Treasury. This deposit shall be returned to the political party concerned if it receives at least 3 % of the valid votes or it wins one seat in the National Assembly.
Source: Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly, art. 27: http://ngocedaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tmp_11849-Draft-of-LEMNA-by-CNRP-CPP_March_08_2015132491924.pdf
Verified: 2023/10/11
PC003
Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Age b . Citizenship c . Country of birth d . Residence f . Registration j . Other
Comments: A Khmer citizen who is eligible and wishes to stand as candidate in the election of members of the National Assembly shall meet the following requirements:
1. Be Khmer national from birth;
2. Be at least twenty-five (25) years of age on the date of election;
3. Be eligible to vote and registered in the voter list;
4. Have a residence in the Kingdom of Cambodia;
5. Be nominated by a registered political party running in the election.
Source: Constitution, arts. 34, 76: http://www.ccc.gov.kh/detail_info_en.php?_txtID=791 (2013);
Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly, art. 23: http://ngocedaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tmp_11849-Draft-of-LEMNA-by-CNRP-CPP_March_08_2015132491924.pdf (2013)
Verified: 2023/10/11
PC008
Independent candidates
Question: Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s):
a . Neither in presidential nor legislative elections
Comments: Candidates to the National Assembly and the Senate must be nominated by a registered political party running in the election.
Source: Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly, art. 33: http://ngocedaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tmp_11849-Draft-of-LEMNA-by-CNRP-CPP_March_08_2015132491924.pdf;
Law on Senate Election, art. 17
Verified: 2023/10/11
PC012
Public funding of parties
Question: Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s):
c . Indirect
Comments: Article 28: The State could allocate the national budget of equal amounts to all political parties, for a purpose of using only in the campaign for election of Representatives of the people (members of parliament). Any political party which fails to receive 3% (three per cent) of the total of valid ballots of the whole country or which fails to gain one (1) seat in the Parliament, shall, within a period of 3 months from the date of proclamation of the election final result, pay back such above allocated budget in full amount to the State.
Article 29: A political party shall be prohibited from receiving contributions in any form from state institutions, non-governmental organisations, associations, public enterprises, public foundations, public institutes except in those cases as stated in Article 28 of this law. 23 A political party shall be prohibited from receiving contributions in any form from foreign institutions, foreign companies, foreigners, or those organisations which has
foreign financing source.
Source: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia, A Human Rights Analysis of the Amended Law on Political Parties, arts. 28-29: https://cambodia.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Analysis%20on%20the%20Amended%20Law%20on%20Political%20Parties%2028%2003%202017%20FINAL%20no%20TC.pdf;
Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly, arts. 81, 88: http://ngocedaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tmp_11849-Draft-of-LEMNA-by-CNRP-CPP_March_08_2015132491924.pdf
Verified: 2023/10/11
PC015
Question: What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s):
g . Not applicable
Comments: Article 28: The State could allocate the national budget of equal amounts to all political parties, for a purpose of using only in the campaign for election of Representatives of the people (members of parliament). Any political party which fails to receive 3% (three per cent) of the total of valid ballots of the whole country or which fails to gain one (1) seat in the Parliament, shall, within a period of 3 months from the date of proclamation of the election final result, pay back such above allocated budget in full amount to the State.
Article 29: A political party shall be prohibited from receiving contributions in any form from state institutions, non-governmental organisations, associations, public enterprises, public foundations, public institutes except in those cases as stated in Article 28 of this law. 23 A political party shall be prohibited from receiving contributions in any form from foreign institutions, foreign companies, foreigners, or those organisations which has
foreign financing source.
Source: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia, A Human Rights Analysis of the Amended Law on Political Parties, arts. 28-29: https://cambodia.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Analysis%20on%20the%20Amended%20Law%20on%20Political%20Parties%2028%2003%202017%20FINAL%20no%20TC.pdf;
Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly, art. 81: http://ngocedaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tmp_11849-Draft-of-LEMNA-by-CNRP-CPP_March_08_2015132491924.pdf
Verified: 2023/10/11
PC017
Question: Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: Shall be considered as finances of a political party, those incomes which are from:
1- Contributions or fixed levies from members;
2- Incomes of the political party which comes from lawful business activities;
3- State’s budget;
4- Donation from Khmer private enterprises or Khmer generous persons;
5- Political party’s own assets.
A political party shall be prohibited from receiving contributions in any form from foreign institutions, foreign companies, foreigners, or those organisations which has
foreign financing source.
Source: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia, A Human Rights Analysis of the Amended Law on Political Parties, art. 29: https://cambodia.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Analysis%20on%20the%20Amended%20Law%20on%20Political%20Parties%2028%2003%202017%20FINAL%20no%20TC.pdf;
Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly, art. 81: http://ngocedaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tmp_11849-Draft-of-LEMNA-by-CNRP-CPP_March_08_2015132491924.pdf
Verified: 2023/10/11
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