Officials from two royalist
parties that suffered major defeats in local elections last month said Tuesday
they would be unable to merge into one ahead of next year's general elections. Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who heads his self-named party, blamed the failure on
Funcinpec's leadership, which he described to reporters as "responsible
for this new fragmentation."Funcinpec's secretary-general, Nhiek Bunh Chhay, said in a phone interview his
party would not join in a royalist coalition because Norodom Ranariddh wants to
join together with the opposition. "Funcinpec is in the government,"
he said.
Both parties have seen
waning popularity in recent elections, following the ouster of Norodom
Ranariddh from Funcinpec in 2006. (VOA Khmer's Kong Sothanarith reports
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