said last month<\/a> that he had therefore taken on the role of acting head and picked seven replacements for senior positions. He said at the time that he had met with the remainder of the permanent committee to make the decisions, but in fact only one committee member is still recognized by the ministry \u2014 himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\nParty bylaws state that in the absence of the president, standby president and vice president, a new acting president can only be appointed with a letter from the departing president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Otherwise, a new president must be voted in by a party congress, but an extraordinary congress can only be called by a party president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This appears to leave the Love Party unable to appoint new leadership at least until its next regular congress \u2014 held every five years. The party was formed in 2020, so this is likely years away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the Interior Ministry says even this could be impossible \u2014 and the party may be stuck forever \u2014 as the permanent committee doesn\u2019t have its minimum membership of nine that is required to bring action items to congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Interior Ministry\u2019s decision of September 2 says Visoth has been rejected as acting president, and the Love Party cannot hold an extraordinary congress in September as requested. The document cites violations to articles 21, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 31 of the party\u2019s bylaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visoth said on Monday that he was working with a lawyer to try to find a way to keep the party viable. He wanted to talk directly with the ministry to better understand the technical aspects, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe remaining people have the ability to lead and organize additional leadership for the party,\u201d he said. \u201cUsing the decisions of those who have already resigned to not allow this party to continue seems improper.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Chhim Kan, director of the Interior Ministry\u2019s political parties department, said the Love Party has no leadership, so it cannot do anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All party work needed to be adopted by quorum of the permanent committee, and the party did not have enough members in the committee to have a quorum as required by its bylaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is impossible. No appointments are possible [according to the way] they set it up themselves,\u201d Kan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Violated Party Bylaws<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\nArticle 21 says a normal national congress is held regularly every five years, with the date and place set by the party\u2019s permanent committee. Extraordinary congresses can be called by the party president with two-thirds vote from the permanent committee or board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article 25 says the permanent committee prepares the party\u2019s plans, which are submitted to the board of directors for inspection then to a national congress for discussion and adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article 26 says the permanent committee has nine to 15 members, and also stipulates voting requirements for holding meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article 27 says the party\u2019s president, standby president and vice president will be chosen for each five-year mandate by vote at a national congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article 28 says that in the absence of the president and standby president, the vice president becomes acting president. But if the vice president is also absent, a letter from the departing president is needed to transfer the right to be acting president to the person next-in-line in the party hierarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article 31 says that if the permanent committee loses the ability to lead the party due to resignations or deaths, the permanent committee can choose a new candidate to submit to a vote at a national congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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