After Mr. Kem Sokha was nominated as the new president of the opposition party CNRP on March 2, in the same day, Prime Minister Hun Sen sent a letter to congratulate Mr. Sokha.
"On the occasion that Your Excellency was nominated as the president of the CNRP, I wish Your Excellency and your family live in a healthy and happy life," wrote Prime Minister Hun Sen in his letter to Mr. Sokha.
As a result, a question was raised whether the prime minister's letter is a legally binding document recognizing Mr. Sokha as the president of the CNRP or not.
However, on March 22, the Ministry of Interior sent a letter to the CNRP stating that the nomination for Mr. Sokha to be the president, Pol Ham, Mu Sochua and Eng Chhay Eang, to be vice presidents of the CNRP, did not conform to Article 47 of the CNRP's bylaws - Mr. Sokha was nominated in less than 18 months after Mr. Sam Rainsy, former CNRP's, resigned in February 11.
The letter also asks the CNRP to change their slogan "Replace commune chief serving the party by commune chief serving the people".
According to the ministry, the slogan is against the 1993 Constitution, the Law on Political Parties, the Law on the Election of the Commune, the Law on the Administration Management of Commune, and the Cambodian democratic and proportional representation principle.
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