AKP Phnom Penh, January 14, 2025 --

The Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia approved here this morning the proposed amendment to its internal regulations. 

The 59 senators present voted for the proposed amendment at an extraordinary session of the Senate chaired by its President Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen.  
According to a press release from the Senate’s General Secretariat, the amendment to the internal regulations is based on the legislative principle of preparing legal regulations that responds appropriately to the role of the Senate as an organisation with legislative power.

The proposed amendment to the internal regulations consists of 17 chapters divided into 89 articles, detailing “the procedures of the sessions and other activities of the Senate, as well as the structure and mechanisms of the Senate and some internal rules.” 
The proposed amendment also reflects the high responsibility of the Senate under the wise leadership of Samdech Techo Hun Sen to ensure the implementation of its functions more effectively, especially in line with the context of socio-economic growth, the unceasingly evolution of technological systems, and to respond to the long-term vision of the 5th legislature of Senate. 

Today’s approval of the internal regulations is also a very important moment in the history of Cambodia as 40 years ago, on Jan. 14, 1985, Samdech Techo Hun Sen was elected as the Chairman of the State Council, underlined the press release. 

By Heng Panha