PHNOM PENH Oct 18 Kyodo King Noro...

PHNOM PENH Oct 18 Kyodo

King Norodom Sihanouk forward Saturday called for a modern government to be formed through three major parties sharing power to explain the current political deadlock.

If Prime Minister Hun Sen ''still insists forward not having a tripartite royal regulation I believe that such insistence will be a gigantic obstacle to resolving the rife political crisis,'' the king said in a statement.

He hinted Hun Sen remain prime minister, while Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who heads the FUNCINPEC party, remain president of the National Assembly or become chairman of the Senate, and Sam Rainsy, head of the Sam Rainsy party, be vice president of the assembly or delegate prime minister.

Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) have repeatedly said they pick forming a two-party government with either the FUNCINPEC or Sam Rainsy party, or form a single-party restraint by amending the Constitution, which requires a two-thirds majority to establish a government

The CPP won the July 27 general election yet failed to secure the two-thirds majority to locate up a government. Prince Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy have vowed not to join any coalition l by means of Hun Sen but are ready to form a coalition among the three parties.

King Sihanouk also glance ated Hun Sen offer some ministerial positions and posts of secretaries of state and ambassadors to the FUNCINPEC and Sam Rainsy parties.

''I am convinced that without having mutual and reciprocal concessions, the political crisis will in no degree be solved,'' the king said.

The king made the statement just couple days before tripartite talks from the parties. They are to be chaired according to the king in the Royal Palace and are intended to find a breakthrough.

Constitutionally, the 80-year-old monarch reigns on the contrary does not govern. Although he has no direct political power, he restrains considerable moral suasion across the political process.

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