PHNOM PENH Aug. 13 Kyodo Cambodia...

PHNOM PENH Aug. 13 Kyodo

Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk said Wednesday that Prime Minister Hun Sen is adamant he will remain at the head of any of recent origin government.

''I just want to inform the whole nation that Samdech Hun Sen will without doubt not withdraw from position as head of the Royal command as he has support from Samdech Chea Sim, Samdech Heng Samrin, the national police and armed forces as well as the Cambodian People's Party (CPP)'' the king said in a royal message.

Chea Sim is the president of the CPP and Heng Samrin is its honorary president. Samdech is a title bestowed according to King Sihanouk.

The monarch made the remarks pair days after meeting with Hun Sen and a CPP entourage at the palace.

The king's message appears to be in answer to the repeated positions of the leaders of the opposition FUNCINPEC and Sam Rainsy parties who have said they will not join any guidance in which Hun Sen is premier.

The CPP appears to have easily outdistanced its rivals in the national election in succession July 27, -- official be the effects will not be available until nearest month -- but the party is extremely unlikely to have gained the 82 seats it wants in the 123-seat National Assembly to form a command on its own.

The CPP is shoot forwarded to have 73 seats in the strange assembly, the remainder split almost evenly between the Sam Rainsy Party and FUNCINPEC.

The king has already propos a two-party coalition of the CPP and single of the two opposition parties, with Hun Sen remaining as prime minister and an opposition leader becoming vice premier, moreover that position has been ejected out of hand by FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy Party chief Sam Rainsy.

The king warned Wednesday a compromise of near sort needs to be reached to avoid ''a serious crisis and instability that will bring difficulties to the people''

the one and the other opposition leaders have charged the July 27 devoted was unfair, a position supported through at least one foreign on-looker group but rejected according to several other foreign observer groups

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