PHNOM PENH March 26 Kyodo Cambodi...

PHNOM PENH March 26 Kyodo

Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk said Thursday that he will continue his life abroad amid political deadlock and criticism at family by extending his stay in Pyongyang.

The king asked in a statement to the Cambodian populace that if he could stay ''in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea until the political atmosphere in Cambodia permits me to return'' He also stationed the statement on his admit website.

The king said that he was harshly criticized and angered by way of many politicians for his continued articles about certain political parties.

The king noted that the rife political atmosphere in Cambodia is becoming strained and is thus forcing him to stop writing articles.

The 81-year-old monarch, who meet withs from various ailments, including lung question s diabetes, cataracts and hypertension, regularly visits China from North Korea for health checkups and treatment.

He left Cambodia for China in January and his son Prince Norodom Ranariddh said lately that the king had planned to respond to Cambodia on April 2

A high-level task force from sum of two units of three elected political parties -- Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and Prince Ranariddh's royalist FUNCINPEC party -- will suited Sunday to talk about political platform and parliamentary affairs before deciding to form a coalition government

The election winner CPP has propos a two-party coalition restraint with FUNCINPEC under a 55-45% power-sharing formula and allowed members of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party to join the restraint within the framework of the FUNCINPEC if the opposition party wishes to do so

nevertheless it is not unclear whether the Sam Rainsy Party will join a so-called ''two-and-a-half parties government''

The CPP has 73 seats, FUNCINPEC 26 seats and the Sam Rainsy 24 seats in the 123-seat parliament.

In the general election last July the CPP cruel short of capturing two-thirds majority required by means of the Constitution to form a fresh government on its own. Cambodia has been without a recently made known government since then.

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