Cambodia National Rescue Party

Cambodia National Rescue Party
Cambodia National Rescue Party
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President	Sam Rainsy
Vice President	Kem Sokha
Secretary-General	Yim Sovann
Slogan	សង្គ្រោះ បម្រើ ការពារ; “Rescue, Serve, Protect”
Founded	17 July 2012
Merger of	Sam Rainsy Party; Human Rights Party
Headquarters	576 National Road 2, Sangkat Chakangres Leu, Meanchey, Phnom Penh
Ideology	Cambodian nationalism; Civic nationalism; Liberalism; Liberal democracy
Political position	Centre
International affiliation	Liberal International
Regional affiliation	Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Colors	Blue
Senate	0 / 61
National Assembly	55 / 123
Website
	www.nationalrescueparty.org
	Politics of Cambodia; Political parties; Elections

The Cambodia National Rescue Party, commonly abbreviated as CNRP, (Khmer: គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ, Khmer pronunciation: [kuə̯n paʔ sɑŋkruəh ciət], literally: "Party of Rescuing the Nation") is one of the two major political parties in Cambodia, with the other being the Cambodian People's Party. It was founded in 2012 as a merger between the Sam Rainsy Party and Human Rights Party.^[1]

The Cambodia Democratic Movement of National Rescue, the transitional body ahead of the merger, has established working groups to unite the two groups and is in the process of creating a joint national platform and common party policies.^[2] The logo for the CNRP is the rising sun.

The party believes in the strengthening of freedom and human rights, institution of free and fair elections, and defending Cambodia's "national integrity". Its official motto is "rescue, serve, protect" (Khmer: សង្គ្រោះ បម្រើ ការពារ).

Party platform

The 7-point policies of the CNRP:^[3]

A pension of 40,000 riels or US$10 a month for old people aged 65 and over.
A minimum wage of 600,000 riels or US$150 a month for workers.
A minimum wage of 1,000,000 riels or US$250 a month for public servants.
Guarantee of prices for farm produce (the lowest price of rice is 1,000 riels or US$0.25 per kilo) and of markets for it.
Free medical care for the poor.
Equal opportunity of the young to receive quality education and to have employment.
Lowering the prices of fuel, fertilizers, electricity, and interests on loans.

Policies

Kem Sokha and Sam Rainsy discussing to merge parties in Manila, Philippines.

Domestic policy

The domestic policy of the CNRP promotes national reconciliation by banning discrimination, patronage and nepotism based on a set of principles:

Non-violent struggle and peaceful resolution of problems.
Respect and observance of human rights.
Address the issue of illegal immigration through effective enforcement of the nationality law and the immigration law.
Social justice with the state’s guarantee of human rights, freedoms and equal opportunities in the political, economic and social life.
Pluralistic liberal democracy where power belongs to the people.
Sustainable development putting emphasis on production for export, competitiveness and preservation of national resources.

Economy

The CNRP advocates a free market economy based on economic liberalism.

Competition and equitable development.
Production for domestic products for consumption and exportation.
Promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises and the creation of confidence for foreign investment.

Education, Youth and Employment

Human resource development with equal access to education.
Quality and high standard education.
Technical and professional training to equip the youth with high skills.
Introducing student loans and scholarship plans for higher education.

Party officials meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Healthcare

Universal health care
Clean water, hygiene, and sanitary systems.
Reform of the health care system by improving the expertise and ethics of medical staffing, provisions of adequate medicine, and medical equipment.

Agriculture

The CNRP calls for the raising of living standards for farmers through the provision of adequate farm land and utilization of farm technology, competitiveness, improvement of the quality of farm produce, search for markets for farm produce, and fixing the interest on farm loans to one percent per month.

Women's rights

The CNRP believes in empowering all women to strengthen the foundation of Cambodian society through equal participation in all spheres of public and private life by guaranteeing opportunities to achieve women's financial security, social welfare, land, education, health, justice, and politics.

Regional strength

No.	Constituency	Seats won	Popular vote	Percentage
1	Banteay Meanchey	2	64,732	25.33%
2	Battambang	3	162,527	38.09%
3	Kampong Cham	10	457,819	51.10%
4	Kampong Chhnang	2	96,208	39.30%
5	Kampong Speu	3	186,867	46.92%
6	Kampong Thom	3	115,880	40.46%
7	Kampot	3	125,320	41.64%
8	Kandal	6	366,056	55.76%
9	Kep	0	4,165	20.84%
10	Koh Kong	0	11,017	25.12%
11	Kratié	1	59,774	41.68%
12	Mondulkiri	0	4,244	17.50%
13	Oddar Meanchey	0	21,968	26.96%
14	Pailin	0	8,959	32.57%
15	Phnom Penh	7	382,880	57.68%
16	Preah Vihear	0	19,199	22.42%
17	Prey Veng	6	287,778	49.95%
18	Pursat	1	48,217	23.98%
19	Ratanakiri	0	7,821	14.59%
20	Siem Reap	2	140,737	35.58%
21	Sihanoukville	0	30,558	34.95%
22	Stung Treng	0	6,962	14.94%
23	Svay Rieng	2	99,600	33.04%
24	Takéo	4	236,686	45.73%
Total		55	2,946,176	44.46%

Support base

The CNRP's support base lies in the urban populated areas; in rural villages whose livelihood have been affected by the land-grabbing crisis, and young post-Khmer Rouge baby boomers.