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PHNOM PENH, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, son of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, announced Sunday that he decided to re-enter politics by forming a new party to contest in the 2018's general election.
The prince said he would submit paperwork to the Ministry of Interior on Monday for the registration of the new party named " The Community of Royalist People Party."
"My return to politics is to restore the royal family through mobilizing royalists and Sihanoukist to save the country," the 70- year-old prince told reporters after a meeting with some 200 supporters.
Ranariddh said the two current leading parties -- the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) -- cannot resolve their post-election differences.
"I hope that my new party will win seats in the National Assembly in the 2018's general election," he said.
Prince Ranariddh is currently the president of the Supreme Privy Advisory Council to the King Norodom Sihamoni, his half- brother.
He was former co-prime minister and ex-president of the National Assembly of Cambodia.
The prince, who once led the royalist Funcinpec party, declared to quit politics for the first time in 2008 after he received a royal pardon on fraud charges in his party.
Later, he re-entered politics in December 2010 with his new self-named Norodom Ranariddh Party, and once again, he quit politics in 2012 due to a rift in the party.
Sok Touch, deputy director general of the Royal Academy of Cambodia's International Relations Institute, said since the prince has built a negative reputation in politics in the past, it seemed difficult for him to restore his popularity through forming a new party.
The prince said he would submit paperwork to the Ministry of Interior on Monday for the registration of the new party named " The Community of Royalist People Party."
"My return to politics is to restore the royal family through mobilizing royalists and Sihanoukist to save the country," the 70- year-old prince told reporters after a meeting with some 200 supporters.
Ranariddh said the two current leading parties -- the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) -- cannot resolve their post-election differences.
"I hope that my new party will win seats in the National Assembly in the 2018's general election," he said.
Prince Ranariddh is currently the president of the Supreme Privy Advisory Council to the King Norodom Sihamoni, his half- brother.
He was former co-prime minister and ex-president of the National Assembly of Cambodia.
The prince, who once led the royalist Funcinpec party, declared to quit politics for the first time in 2008 after he received a royal pardon on fraud charges in his party.
Later, he re-entered politics in December 2010 with his new self-named Norodom Ranariddh Party, and once again, he quit politics in 2012 due to a rift in the party.
Sok Touch, deputy director general of the Royal Academy of Cambodia's International Relations Institute, said since the prince has built a negative reputation in politics in the past, it seemed difficult for him to restore his popularity through forming a new party.
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