Phnom Penh (FN), August 20 - His Majesty King’s royal decree to appoint Hun Sen as prime minister of Cambodia in accordance with the constitution, Cambodian People's Party (CPP)’s spokesman Sok Eysan said Monday.

Paragraph 2 of Article 4, page 138 of the constitutional law stipulates that “upon the proposal by the majority political party at the National Assembly, submitted through the most senior member, the King designates a high ranking personality among the members of the National Assembly from the elections winning political party to form the Royal Government.”

It added that: “This designated high ranking personality prepares the attribution of the different ministerial posts within the Royal Government, then sends the list of all its members to the most senior member of the National Assembly.

“The fact that His Majesty appoints the premier to organize the government composition and submit to the National Assembly for the vote of confidence is in accordance to the constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia,” said Sok Eysan.

The spokesman called on politicians and political analysts to check the content of the laws to avoid misleading the public.
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