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PHNOM PENH, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's long-time opposition
leader Sam Rainsy said Friday that he would attend the King-mediated
meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen over the election result dispute on
Saturday at the Royal Palace.
"Tomorrow, there will be an important event. I, accompanied by my deputy Kem Sokha and another associate, will meet with the King and we will tell the King that we do not agree with the election results," Sam Rainy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), told a rally in northwestern Battambang province.
"As long as there is no transparent and just solution for the results of the election, there is no need to talk about other issues," he said.
King Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday invited Prime Minister Hun Sen, Vice-President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), and Sam Rainsy for a talk over the election dispute Saturday morning at the Royal Palace.
In response to the King's invitation, Hun Sen said he would lead two colleagues, the CPP's secretary general Say Chhum and Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng, to attend the meeting.
Chheang Vannarith, senior researcher for the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, said the upcoming meeting could be a potential political breakthrough to reach consensus on how to address political impasse.
"It is likely possible that both political parties may reach an agreement to solve controversial election results with transparency and justice," he told Xinhua on Friday. "However, it may need more meetings in order to build trust and confidence between the two parties based on mutual respect and interests."
The National Election Committee (NEC) released the final results of the July 28 election on Sunday, confirming that Hun Sen 's party won victory with 68 seats and Sam Rainsy's party took the remaining 55 seats.
But the opposition rejected the results, claiming that its party should win 63 seats, with the CPP receiving 60 seats if alleged irregularities during the poll were fairly resolved.
It accused the NEC of being loyal to the ruling CPP and demanded an independent poll probe committee that excluded the NEC, but the CPP ruled it out, saying that it was against the kingdom's constitution.
The CNRP set Sept. 15, 16, and 17 for a massive non-violent protest at the capital's Freedom Park against the election results and then, it would boycott the first parliamentary session if the proposed committee was not formed.
Hun Sen has said that his party has enough lawmakers to override any opposition parliamentary boycott and form a new government.
According to the country's constitution, a new government would be formed by a 50 percent plus one majority, or 63 lawmakers, in the new parliament.
Hun Sen, 61, who has been in power for 28 years, will extend his power for another five years through the election victory.
"Tomorrow, there will be an important event. I, accompanied by my deputy Kem Sokha and another associate, will meet with the King and we will tell the King that we do not agree with the election results," Sam Rainy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), told a rally in northwestern Battambang province.
"As long as there is no transparent and just solution for the results of the election, there is no need to talk about other issues," he said.
King Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday invited Prime Minister Hun Sen, Vice-President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), and Sam Rainsy for a talk over the election dispute Saturday morning at the Royal Palace.
In response to the King's invitation, Hun Sen said he would lead two colleagues, the CPP's secretary general Say Chhum and Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng, to attend the meeting.
Chheang Vannarith, senior researcher for the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, said the upcoming meeting could be a potential political breakthrough to reach consensus on how to address political impasse.
"It is likely possible that both political parties may reach an agreement to solve controversial election results with transparency and justice," he told Xinhua on Friday. "However, it may need more meetings in order to build trust and confidence between the two parties based on mutual respect and interests."
The National Election Committee (NEC) released the final results of the July 28 election on Sunday, confirming that Hun Sen 's party won victory with 68 seats and Sam Rainsy's party took the remaining 55 seats.
But the opposition rejected the results, claiming that its party should win 63 seats, with the CPP receiving 60 seats if alleged irregularities during the poll were fairly resolved.
It accused the NEC of being loyal to the ruling CPP and demanded an independent poll probe committee that excluded the NEC, but the CPP ruled it out, saying that it was against the kingdom's constitution.
The CNRP set Sept. 15, 16, and 17 for a massive non-violent protest at the capital's Freedom Park against the election results and then, it would boycott the first parliamentary session if the proposed committee was not formed.
Hun Sen has said that his party has enough lawmakers to override any opposition parliamentary boycott and form a new government.
According to the country's constitution, a new government would be formed by a 50 percent plus one majority, or 63 lawmakers, in the new parliament.
Hun Sen, 61, who has been in power for 28 years, will extend his power for another five years through the election victory.
Editor:
Fu Peng
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