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THE FIRST SESSION
IN THE
FIRST LEGISLATURE OF KAMPUCHEAN
PEOPLE'S
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
April
11-13, 1976
Unofficial Translation By Bun Sou
Sour
Documentation
Center of Cambodia
Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly's
Plan on Decisions To Be Taken in its First
Session, First Legislature
April 13, 1976
Respected and Beloved Kampuchean
People's Representatives!
From April 11 to April 13 1976, we have opened
meeting both in forms of committee meeting and plenary meeting for discussion,
review on all aspects and all qualifications of the agenda of Kampuchean
People's Representative Assembly's first session in the first legislature.
Having gone through debates for three consecutive
days, the assembly's floor is in unanimous agreement with the basic essence
listed on the agenda towards a final decision.
Based on the unanimity provided by our session,
the Chairmen of the meeting have prepared a draft of decision to be taken by
the People's Representative Assembly's meeting in its first session, first
legislature.
We, on behalf of the Chairmen, would like to read
out the draft of decision to the floor for final approval and adoption.
Here we go.
After the successful election to choose the
members of Kampuchean People?s Representative Assembly on March 20, 1976, the
Kampuchean People?s Representative Assembly has conducted its first plenary
meeting for the first period.
The first plenary meeting in the first period of
People?s Representative Assembly was carried out for three days from the
morning of April 11 until April 13, 1976 in the capital city of Phnom Penh in a
great and warm solidarity atmosphere. The meeting focused on all important
issues, which have been declared in the agendas. The issues are thoroughly
discussed in accordance with Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea and with
great spiritual responsibility for revolution, nation, workers, peasants,
laborers, male and female youths, and cadres of Kampuchean Revolutionary Army.
After thorough and full examination of all issues,
which are listed in the agendas, finally the assembly has formally adopted the
followings:
1. About
the Evaluation of the Outcome of the General Election Held on March 20,
1976
The assembly's unanimous adoption: The general election held on March 20, 1976
under careful supervision and monitoring of the election committee and
committee of ministry of interior has been conducted meticulously according to
the principles of the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea. Workers, peasants,
laborers, male and female youths, and cadres of Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
have actively participated in the election in a super solidarity atmosphere and
with strong belief in the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea, in their
relative-representatives, and in the anticipation of a brighter future of
Democratic Kampuchea of their home country.
2. About
the Management of Work Procedures of Kampuchean People?s Representative
Assembly and the Organization of Standing Committee of the Assembly and Various
Committees of the Assembly itself
Kampuchean People?s Representative Assembly was
founded by the fresh blood of laborers and peasants, which had been flowing
like rivers in the struggle and in the fight thousand years ago.
All members of the Assembly are the flesh and
blood of workers, peasants, laborers, and Kampuchean Revolutionary Army, who
used to join in the revolutionary struggles, underwent hardship and misery
together in the fight against imperialism, old and new types of colonialism and
its lackeys, experienced happiness and despair together for years, and still,
we can now live together in the class of laborers working in factories,
railroads, harbors, rubber plantations, salt fields, dike systems in rice
fields, and water channels in syndicates, in cooperatives, and in various
departments of Kampuchean Revolutionary Army fighting relentlessly to build up
our nation and to defense our country.
This is the true background of our
representatives; there would be no qualification in term of representativeness
and democratic nature better than the above-mentioned points. So far, until
these days and from now on our Assembly shall maintain the nature as laborers,
peasants, and our revolutionary army?s representatives into the future.
With this viewpoint, the Assembly has unanimously
adopted the basic principle of work procedures as follows:
1. Each member of Kampuchean People?s
Representative Assembly must continue to be representative for their previous
local bases, sharing misery and happiness with people, trying to understand the
feeling of the people, and make sure to be informed about people?s requests,
especially staying closely with syndicates and factories, cooperatives, dike
and irrigation systems, work sites, their own units, participate in building up
and defense the country with workers and peasants people, laborers, male and
female youths and cadres of Kampuchean Revolutionary Army in order to suit
their ranks of real representatives of workers and peasants people, laborers,
and Kampuchean Revolutionary Army.
2. Kampuchean People?s Representative Assembly
shall conduct a plenary meeting once a year, in order to promote annually the
political line inside and outside of the country and to observe the activities
of the state presidium, government, and judicial committee. They shall also
observe good and bad points and rectify annual work targets of the three state
organs.
3. During the period between each plenary meeting
of Kampuchean People?s Representative Assembly, there shall be a permanent
organization of Kampuchean People?s Representative Assembly which is
responsible for practicing and observing the practice and decisions of the
plenary meetings of the Assembly. This organization is called Standing
Committee of Kampuchean People?s Representative Assembly.
At the same time, the Assembly has also selected
members of the Standing Committee of Kampuchean People?s Representative
Assembly and has also chosen members of other commissions of the Assembly.
The Standing Committee of Kampuchean People?s Representative
Assembly is composed as follows:
1.
Comrade Nuon Chea,
President
2.
Comrade Nguon Kang,
First Vice-president
3.
Comrade Peou Sou,
Second Vice-president
4.
Female Comrade Ruos
Nim, Member
5.
Comrade Sar San,
Member
6.
Comrade My Chham,
Member
7.
Comrade Kheng Sokh, Member
8.
Comrade Matt Ly,
Member
9.
Comrade Thang Sy,
Member
10.
Comrade Ruos Preap,
Member
3. About
the Examination, Judgement and Decision on the Request for Retirement by King
Norodom Sihanouk by virtue of the his statement dated April 2, 1976 and the
Government Statement dated April 4, 1976 on the Request for Retirement of the
King dispatched to the assembly
Having thoroughly examined and discussed the two
statements, the People's Representative Assembly unanimously does hereby agree
with the request for retirement of King Norodom Sihanouk.
By virtue of the great achievement of King Norodom
Sihanouk, a patriotic monarch who has paid interest-bearing contribution to the
nation and the people of Kampuchea for national liberation against heinous and
barbarous aggressive war of American imperialism and its reactionary clique of
traitors, including Lon Noll, Sirik Matak, Son Ngoc Thanh, Cheng Heng, In Tam,
Long Boret, Sosten, the National Assembly does hereby agree with the
government's requests in the following:
1.
Entitle King
Sihanouk "The Hero with the Highest Patriotism".
2.
Build a memorial for
inscribing his aforementioned achievement.
3.
Guarantee King Sihanouk's and his family's living
standard as high as his honor and his status as Head of State and President of
National Liberation Front of Kampuchea with a yearly pension amounted to
US$8.000.
4. About
the Examination, Judgement and Decision on the Request for Retirement of the
Former Government
The People's Representative Assembly notes that
the Government of Democratic Kampuchea, previously known as Royal Government of
National Union of Cambodia [RGNUC] and established on May 5, 1970, has, in
co-operation with the people of Kampuchea as a whole and the revolutionary army
of Kampuchea, made great efforts to fulfill its task of waging People's War for
the liberation of nation and the people against American imperialism and its
reactionary clique consisting of Lon Nol, Sirik Matak, Son Ngoc Thanh, Cheng
Heng, In Tam, Long Boret, Sosten until
the day of victory?April 17, 1975.
Given the whole country was liberated, and in
accordance with the decision taken by the special national congress along with
the decision made by the Third National Congress, the government jointly
arranged for an establishment of the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea, its
promulgation and for the election of Representative Assembly of Kampuchea. The
government, having accomplished major achievements, asks for resignation on
April 6, 1976.
The People's Representative Assembly unanimously
agrees with the former government's resignation.
5. Election
of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea
Having painstakingly discussed the qualifications
of all aspects, the People's Representative Assembly elects and appoints the
State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea, which is composed of:
1.
Comrade Khieu
Samphan, President
2.
Comrade Sao Phim,
First Vice-president
3.
Comrade Ruos Nhim,
Second Vice-president
6.
Election of the New Government of Democratic Kampuchea
Having painstakingly discussed the qualifications
of all aspects, the People's Representative Assembly chooses the new government
of Democratic Kampuchea, which is composed of:
1.
Comrade Pol Pot,
Prime Minister
2.
Comrade Ieng Sary,
Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs
3.
Comrade Vorn Vet,
Deputy Prime Minister for Economics
4.
Comrade Son Sen,
Deputy Prime Minister for Defense
5.
Comrade Hou Nim,
Minister of Propaganda and Information
6.
Comrade Chuon
Choeun, Minister of Health
7.
Female Comrade Ieng
Thirith, Minister of Social Affairs
8.
Comrade Tauch Toeun,
Minister of Public Affairs
9.
Female Comrade Yon
Yat, Minister of Culture and Education
The committees within the government framework and
put in charge of economics are in the following:
1.
Committee of
Agriculture
2.
Committee of
Industry
3.
Committee of
Commerce
4.
Committee of
Communication
5.
Committee of Power
6.
Committee of Rubber
Plantation
The Chief of each committee is equivalent in rank
to Minister of the government of Democratic Kampuchea.
7. Election
of Judicial Committee
Having thoroughly discussed, the People's
Representative Assembly elects and appoints a judicial committee chaired by
Kang Chap.
8.
People's Representative Assembly's Guidelines On Domestic and Foreign Policies of
the State Presidium and the New Government of Democratic Kampuchea
The following are unanimously adopted domestic and
foreign policies to be implemented by the new government of Democratic
Kampuchea:
1)All articles and chapters of the constitution of
the Democratic Kampuchea shall be correctly, completely, and cohesively
implemented. The constitution of the Democratic Kampuchea is the soul of
Democratic Kampuchea and the basis for domestic and foreign policies on various
fields ranging from political economy, social affairs, culture, which stems
from the fresh blood of millions of children of Kampuchea of several
generations. Therefore, there shall be respect, observation and implementation
at full strength.
2)Strengthen and extend the force of great
national solidarity with higher revolutionary vigilance for defense of the
country, territory, independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity within the
existing boundaries and with high responsibility for the revolution, nation and
our people of Kampuchea.
3)Strengthen and extend the force of great
national solidarity for shock assaults in terms of production of all fields,
especially agricultural field to the point that a maximum yield of rice shall
be reached for upgrading the living standard of our people and building our
country with the speed of great leap forwards.
4)Continue to implement political line of
independence, peace, neutrality, and non-alignment of Democratic Kampuchea by
virtue of article 21 of the constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
There shall be strengthening and extension of the
solidarity and fraternity with all revolutionary movements in various countries
in the world, near and far, and with figures and youth in the five continents,
who love peace and justice, including the ones in the United States of America,
in order to struggle against imperialism, old and new colonies and reactionary
forces for the sake of the revolution, independence, peace, democracy,
fraternity and social development in the international arena.
The firs session in the first legislature of the
People's Representative Assembly concluded on the evening of April 13, 1976
with great success, revolutionary optimism, and strong belief in a glorious
future of the nation and people of Kampuchea.