PHNOM PENH July 28 Kyodo (EDS: UP...

PHNOM PENH July 28 Kyodo

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The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) with clear wins in all the 24 constituencies compete fored in Sunday's national election do not include in the capital Phnom Penh has ensur Hun Sen will continue in power as prime minister for another five-year name sources at Hun Sen's office told Kyodo recents on Monday.

if it were not that Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the 1998-2003 junior coalition partner with Hun Sen said neither he nor his party will join a recently made known coalition with the CPP

''The position of FUNCINPEC is the same as the (opposition) Sam Rainsy Party, that is, FUNCINPEC will not form a sway with Hun Sen, moreover be in opposition,'' Prince Ranariddh told Kyodo freshs shortly after results showed FUNCINPEC finishing inferior in the election.

With all the promised counted unofficially, Hun Sen's CPP is awaited to be confirmed in 73 of the 123 seats in the National Assembly, followed at Ranariddh's FUNCINPEC with 26 seats and the eponymous Sam Rainsy Party with 24 seats.

however the prince claimed that ''whatever result'' the CPP actually achieves the CPP cannot form a command on its own.

''I don't know if Hun Sen is going to form a restraint with Sam Rainsy, if it be not that (I do know) if we are able to form a strange 'Royal Government' that is called a 'tripartite government' or 'the Great National Union,' it will not have Hun Sen as prime minister,'' Ranariddh said at his party headquarters.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has repeatedly said he will not join any regulation that includes Hun Sen.

''With Hun Sen there will be no Sam Rainsy. And with Sam Rainsy, there will be no Hun Sen'' he has said.

voice counting, however, is unofficial and the National Election Committee said it could neither confirm nor disprove the CPP numbers giving Hun light a majority with 73 seats.

The official tally is not awaited until early next month, moreover the unofficial results display the CPP won the popular suffrage with 2,329,955 votes cast for it. on the contrary despite trailing in seats presum won 24-26 the Sam Rainsy Party was the other most popular with 1077546 devoteds FUNCINPEC got 1,020,053.

Sunday's election was essentially a three-way race among the CPP the Sam Rainsy Party and FUNCINPEC smooth though 22 parties fielded candidates for the National Assembly.

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