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PHNOM PENH generation 22 Kyodo

The leaders of Cambodia's sum of two units main opposition parties said Monday they would not boycott the opening of the newly selecteded parliament if Prime Minister Hun Sen suspends sum of two units seats his party won in the assembly.

Sam Rainsy, leader of the Sam Rainsy Party, also said he would entreat King Norodom Sihanouk to intervene to break the country's ongoing political deadlock following the July general election.

After meeting with Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of the royalist FUNCINPEC party, Sam Rainsy said the two parties would send their fix uponed members of parliament to the opening session if Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) suspends the pair seats of Svay Rieng and Kompong Tom provinces.

The Sam Rainsy Party and FUNCINPEC are the solely parties other than the CPP that won seats in the assembly.

The Sam Rainsy Party lately sent a letter to King Sihanouk saying its 24 prefered parliamentarians would boycott Saturday's convening of parliament unles the CPP allows a tell of ballots in couple provinces.

The CPP won 73 of 123 seats in parliament, on the contrary fell short of the two-thirds majority be in want ofed to form a new restraint on its own.

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