Phnom Penh (VNA) – The fifth-tenure CambodianPeople’s Party (CPP) Central Committee opened its 41st session in Phnom Penh onDecember 18.
The three-day event is chaired by CPP Presidentand Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo Hun Sen and CPP Honorary Presidentand National Assembly President Samdech Heng Samrin.
It gathers 3,164 CPP members, including 829 ofthe 865 members of the Central Committee and leaders of ministries, sectors andlocalities from across the country.
The ruling party’s spokesman Chhim Phalvorunsaid the session aims to review the political work’s outcomes and set uporientations and targets for the coming time. It will also instruct theimplementation of a plan on the election of members to the councils of thecapital city, provinces, cities and districts in 2019.
Additionally, they will discuss the advantages,shortcomings and challenges within the CPP, and how to make improvement tobring into play the role of the ruling party.
At the meeting, CPP Honorary President andNational Assembly President Samdech Heng Samrin affirmed the party’s historicrole over the 40 years it has led the country in all fields, includingreconstructing the nation, developing the economy, ensuring political securityand social order and safety, and safeguarding the national integrity.
He also stressed that what have been achievednowadays come from the trust, joint efforts, and support of people andinternational friends.
The session also called on all CPP members andsupporters to uphold unity, protect the regime of the Kingdom and the RoyalGovernment of Cambodia, and improve democratic institutions and citizens’freedoms and law adherence. -VNA