Cambodia has gone through years of war and grief, and now, you find these people arguing about some secondary facts...
To answer M. Sjostrom, who obviously does not speak Khmer, I must clarify some details and this will be my last participation to this forum:
1* The Royal Khmer Language and the legal terms to call the King are grammatically identified as the correct ones towards the princes and NOT the princesses. I will not go further into this matter as M.Sjostrom would probably answer back...
2* Her Late Majesty Queen Sisowath Kossamak, when King Suramarit died in 1960, even though She was given the highest title a Princess could have in our Family, was not allowed to be Queen in title, but only "Supreme Guardian of the Throne".
3* The Constitution of 1993 is clearer than any.
For further information, you can address a direct mail to the Royal Palace, enquiring about the laws of the Khmer Royal Dynasty.
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: Firstly, I observe that this explanation
: given by Mr Ravi..., -again- uses NOT the
: original-language text of the constitution,
: but its English translation.
: So, we actually remain again dependent on
: how a term in Cambodian text was translated
: by someones into English.
:
: Secondly,
: assuming that the Cambodian word used has as
: much a male connotation as 'king' in English
: (although, in European history, there have
: been a few females who were titled as 'king'
: of their country)
: the opinion
: "It is said 'The King', which means a
: MALE member of the Royal Family."
: is of course an interpretation favored by
: those who want it to mean a male.
:
: In legal texts, quite often there are words
: which strictly interpreted, mean a male, but
: still are accepted to mean all human beings.
: And, in english, there is "things
: unknown to man" and suchlike, which
: actually do not limit to the male portion of
: the mankind.
:
: So, the text of the constitution appears to
: be somewhat vague.
: I have now understood that no passage in the
: constitution, is there any explicit
: definition to males.
: It seems not to say 'the male king', or 'a
: male member'.....
:
:
: I foresee that this is a thing which can be
: used as interpretation in favor of females,
: if there one day is that much support for a
: female dynast to be chosen as the king of
: Cambodia.
:
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: --Previous Message--
: Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia
:
: Article 14-
: The King of Cambodia shall be a member of t
: he Royal family, of at least 30 years,
: descending from the blood line of King Ang
: Duong, King Norodom or King Sisowath.
: Upon enthronement, the King shall take the
: oath of allegiance as stipulated in Annex IV
:
: It is said "The King" , which
: means a MALE member of the Royal Family.
:
: --Previous Message--
:
: The monarch of Cambodia is chosen by the
: crown council, from among descendants of the
: late kings Anga Duang, Naradharma or Sri
: Suvatta. (which actually is a redundancy,
: since as Anga Duang's sons, all descent from
: Sri Suvatta and Naradharma would be anyway
: descendants of Anga Duang....)
:
: The Cambodian constitution's most
: translations appear to define eligibility as
: 'descendant', or 'dynasty member'.
: I have not come across with any text which
: would define that as solely male.
:
: What is the precise, authentic content of
: the Cambodian constitution about this: are
: female descendants of that dynasty eligible
: ? would Cambodia potentially have one day
: a regning queen, under this constitution ?
:
: Does the 'prevalent' view to interpret the
: constitution differ in any way (such as, any
: constitutional grounds to limit it to males)
: from the possibly vague text of the
: authentic constitution in this regard, if
: the actual text of the constitution does not
: preclude females ?
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