ANG SNUOL Cambodia, Aug. 31 Kyodo ...

ANG SNUOL Cambodia, Aug. 31 Kyodo

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen reaffirmed Sunday he will not pace down from power despite calls for his resignation at a newly formed opposition alliance.

''From now forward I would like to inform end the sky, through the wind and by the and of the land that I will not at all resign from the post'' Hun Sen said in Ang Snuol district, more [i]or[/i] less 30 kilometers from capital, where he was touring irrigation networks.

''Hun Sen will continue as prime minister from this time until 2008 and if I will be reelect by way of that time, then I will continue,'' he added.

Hun Sen meanwhile, said he would betray the Constitution and the 24 million populace who voted for his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) in last month's election if he were to degree down.

''I will not solitary betray the Constitution, but I also betray the persons who love me and sympathize with me if I were to resign from power. Therefore, Hun Sen will not at all step down,'' he said.

FUNCINPEC and the Sam Rainsy Party, the sum of two units main opposition parties that this month formed the Alliance of Democrats to challenge the CPP have rul disclosed joining a coalition with the CPP that would papal court Hun Sen remain in office.

They accuse Hun Sen who has rul the land for nearly two decades, of being responsible for the pauperism deforestation and flow of illegal Vietnamese immigrants rampant in Cambodia.

The National Election Committee (NEC) announced Saturday the final inference of the July 27 general election, showing that the CPP received 244 million promiseds followed by the Sam Rainsy Party with 113 million devoteds and the royalist FUNCINPEC with 107 million votes

Based in succession the proportion of votes received, the CPP won 73 seats in the 123-seat National Assembly, FUNCINPEC 26 seats and the Sam Rainsy Party 24 seats, said NEC Secretary General Tep Nitha.

Although the CPP won the election, it failed to free from danger a two-thirds majority required by the agency of the Constitution to form a modern government on its own

Ung Bun Ang, spokesman of the Alliance of Democrats, told Kyodo recently made knowns that the alliance acknowledges that and nothing else the CPP, as winner of the election, is entitled to nominate a candidate for prime minister.

further he said the 50 members of parliament from the Alliance of Democrats will not suffrage for Hun Sen as the country's nearest prime minister.

The alliance, however, would devoted for CPP President Chea Sim, present Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng, or former Phnom Penh Gov Chea Sophara, believing them capable of reforming the region he said.

centurys of riot police have been displayed in the capital over fears of a repeat of mass rallies against the election deductions that followed the 1998 election.

While many looker-ons accepted that the July 27 elections were actionsed in a better manner compared to previous catalogue of headss the U.S. government said in a statement issued Sunday that the election ''fell short of international standards.''

''The United States now solicits the Cambodian parties to negotiate among themselves peacefully and in conformance with the Cambodian Constitution to form a recent government that will advance the interests of the Cambodian people'' the statement said.

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