Democracy and Governance

1. The post of Prime Minister will be held for a maximum of two mandates (10 years), as per the limitation of the period of presidency for the Human Rights Party.
2. Reform electoral system to a system whereby citizens will directly and individually select city, district and provincial governors, commune and village chiefs; and court judges.
3. Empower citizens to question leadership through public forums involving citizens and all levels of government and through an annual National Congress.
4. Instantly adopt and effectively implement the Anti-corruption law in its entirety by requiring high-ranking officials to declare their assets.
5. Create an independent and efficient National Human Rights Institution to ensure, promote and protect human rights.
6. Ensure all ranks of civil servants become responsible, true servants of the public by increasing their salaries and improving their capabilities; convict and punish any authority or civil servant who does not respond to the requests, proposals or complaints of the public on time, or who are involved in bribery or corruption.
7. Reduce the number of senior ministers, ministers, deputy ministers, secretaries of state, under secretaries of state, provincial/ district/ city governors and deputy governors, national authorities, advisors and bodyguards to a minimum, in order to reduce any expense which is an unreasonable burden on the state. Eliminate the Council of Ministers and reduce the tendency of concentration of power to individuals within the present bureaucracy.
8. Promote freedom of expression, non-violent demonstrations and strikes, and freedom of information by reforming the existing law according to international standards. Development within all sectors must be governed by adherence to human rights.
9. Promote research institutions and independent surveys to serve as a basis for keeping the government on target.

National Independence and Sovereignty

1. Protect national territorial integrity by prioritizing development in border areas- such as roads, electricity, water purification, markets, hospitals, schools and pagodas – so as to allow Cambodian citizens to populate the border areas easily.
2. Curb the illegal influx of foreigners by enforcing strict collection of immigration data and take tough measures on illegal immigrants according to nationality and immigration laws.

Agriculture

1. Award citizens, especially all farmers, valid land titles by sending out state agents to access the titles.
2. Ensure all landless farmers acquire land by encouraging them to live in social land concession areas, where the government provides facilities such as irrigation, schools, hospitals, health centers, pagoda, roads, and markets.
3. Ensure farm irrigation systems in all areas, with the government providing $US 100 million per year in loans for irrigation, and fully support communities in sustainable management and maintenance so that farmers have water to cultivate in all seasons.
4. Ensure farmers have a market for their products at reasonable prices by creating an advertising and market analysis system; provide capital for production in communities when stocks are depleted; support the creation of a common community for products; assist in seeking overseas markets for farmers; fully support any institution or firm which helps expend crop markets.
5. Ensure there are at least three expert officials per commune to provide information and services in fields such as agricultural techniques, veterinary science, marketing and credit.
6. Ensure farmers receive long-term loans at low interest rates (lower than 1 percent per month) to invest in agriculture by creating a farmers’ bank, encouraging savings in the community, and reducing interest rates to the level of those offered by the state to micro-finance institutions.
7. Support the production and supply of cheap, high-quality fertilizers, insecticides, crops animal stocks and farming implements.
8. Support annual provincial – and national-level farmers’ congresses, with the aim of eventually establishing a National Farmers’ Assembly, where farmers will have the opportunity to exchange experience and raise questions, providing guidance to the government in developing the agricultural sector.

Education, youth and employment

1. Establish a system to offer loans to at least 50,000 young people each other to pursue their studies at university, with repayments made over a period of 15-30 years, after the loan recipients have graduated and are earning decent salaries.
2. Establish vocational training schools at local levels to train youth according to employment market demands, so as to give them skills to earn a living, with the state offering consulting service and loans.
3. Create employment offices in all districts and communes across the country to provide employment information and skills training services.
4. Develop employment opportunities through reinforcing the rule of law and boosting tourism, trade and industry (especially agro-industry), by eliminating corruption and bureaucracy to attract investors and expand markets to sell products in as many foreign countries as possible.

Health and social affairs

1. Establish a health insurance system where citizens are charged 500 riel per month, and where they receive a high standard of medical care free of charge.
2. Create a foundation for poor families that will give low-interest loans to build houses, which are paid in installments over a long period of time.
3. The elderly – 65 upwards – and disabled persons will receive services from the sate such as free health care and pension funds of at least 40,000 riel (about US$10) a month.
4. Increase minimum salaries for civil servants, police, soldiers and teachers to 400,000 riel (around US$100) per month; increase minimum basic salaries to US$80 a month, organize an insurance system with a US$1 per month premium, where workers can receive compensation when they are unemployed; and encourage workers to create unions to protect their interests.

Inflation and food security

1. Prevent increase in good prices by lowering the fuel price to equal that in neighboring countries, lowering the price of electricity to 300 – 500 riel a kilowatt, and lowering the price of fertilizers and animal feed by increasing the gross domestic product.
2. The government will intervene to ensure and protect sustainability of local supply and stability of price by ensuring basic services and the presence, at a reasonable price, of basic commodities such as milled rich, fuel, fertilizers, animal feed and electricity.
3. Purchase 500,000 tons of rice surpluses per year in order to stabilize rice prices and ensure nationwide food security.

Business and Trade

1. Promote the establishment of small and medium-sized businesses by eliminating the culture of corruption; easing the process of businesses registration; and providing low-interest loans and consultation services for businesses in cooperation with the private sector to support the sector.
2. Encourage the establishment of insurance systems for small and medium-sized business to prevent bankruptcy.

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