PHNOM PENH, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Saturday held an extraordinary conference of its Central Committee on Saturday to set out an action plan for 2023, the year in which the country's next general elections will be held.
The party's honorary president Samdech Heng Samrin said, in his opening speech, that the CPP's landslide victory in the commune election last month clearly reflected people's confidence in the party's leadership and political programs.
"We will strive to make our party even more victorious in the seventh National Assembly election in 2023," he said.
Samrin, who is also president of the National Assembly, noted that the country's successful fight against the COVID-19 pandemic was a great achievement made by the CPP-led government in protecting people's lives and stabilizing the economy.
The CPP extraordinary conference will last two days. It is presided over by CPP's president Samdech Techo Hun Sen, who is the prime minister of Cambodia, and was on the first day attended by more than 3,400 party members from across the country. The party's current central committee consists of 865 members.
The CPP has ruled the country since 1979. General elections are held every five years in the Southeast Asian country.
