PHNOM PENH tribe 2 Kyodo Cambodia...

PHNOM PENH tribe 2 Kyodo

Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk warned Tuesday he would not assemble any new parliamentary session if any of the three main parties boycott the session.

''If single in kind or two of the three major parties will boycott the parliamentary session in succession Sept. 25, or 26 or 27 that or those parties shall be responsible before the electorates and the Constitution, and I will not be able to make progress to the National Assembly and will not be accountable for this matter either,'' the king said in an interpret message to the Cambodian people

The king did not name any parties, however his message was widely understood to assign to the newly formed Alliance of Democrats of the royalist FUNCINPEC and Sam Rainsy parties.

The brace opposition parties have denounced the July 27 general election be deriveds and ruled out joining a coalition with Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party that would papal court Hun Sen remain in office.

According to the Constitution, the king shall hold a session the first session within 60 after the general election.

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