FUNCINPEC

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The FUNCINPEC ( Khmer គណបក្ស ហ្វ៊ុ ន ស៊ិ ន ប៉ិច ), acronym derived from the original French name Funcinpec Party (German National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia ), a royalist party in Cambodia . Together with the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), it formed the governing coalition in Cambodia from 1993 to 2006.

FUNCINPEC was founded in 1981 by the former King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk . During the 1980s she was part of the political and armed resistance against the then Vietnamese government of the People's Republic of Kampuchea . From 1982 she formed a government in exile, the coalition government of the Democratic Kampuchea , together with the Democratic Kampuchea Party (PDK) of the Khmer Rouge and the Khmer National Liberation Front (KPNLF) .

The party won the 1993 elections with 45.5% of the vote and 58 of the 120 seats in parliament (CPP 51 seats). Since then there has been a steady decline. In 1998 the party still achieved 31.7% of the vote and received 43 of the 122 seats, in 2003 only 20.8% and 26 of the 123 parliamentary seats. In 2008 it still achieved 5.05% of the Simmen and only got 2 seats, in 2013 with 3.7 and 2018 with 5.9% of the votes none of the 125 seats.

From 1992 to 2006, the second eldest son of Norodom Sihanouk, Prince Norodom Ranariddh , was the party chairman; his successor was the previous Secretary General Nhiek Bun Chhay , who wanted to continue the coalition with the CPP. In January 2015, Ranariddh returned to FUNCINPEC and was re-elected party chairman.

Today the party advocates a free market economy and a neutral Cambodia.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cambodia National Assembly. Historical Archive of Parliamentary Election Results. Inter-Parliamentary Union .
  2. ↑ Patrick Falby: Funcinpec continues its downhill run. In: The Phnom Penh Post. August 1, 2003.
  3. ↑ Mech Dara, Andrew Nachemson: Breaking: National Assembly passes election law amendments to allow CNRP seat distribution. In: The Phnom Penh Post. 16th October 2017.
  4. ↑ Ben Sokhean: CPP sweeps National Assembly as figures from elections come in. In: The Phnom Penh Post. July 31, 2018.
  5. ↑ Meas Sokchea, Joe Freeman: Royalist return envisioned. In: The Phnom Penh Post. January 6, 2015.