King Sihamoni returns home to deal with the country’s political crisis

Phnom Penh (Step 11, 2013): Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Wednesday retuned home from China and he is expected to cool down the hot political conflict between Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Sam Rainsy’s Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP).

The King is reported to chair the first national assembly meeting on September 23 after the national election on July 28 that CPP wins 68 out of 123 parliamentary seats and the CNRP gets 55 seats.

However, the CNRP has rejected the results saying that its party’s results have been stolen and alleged National Election Committee (NEC) as the thief who helped steal the election results for CPP.

CNRP at the weekend held of peaceful protests with its tens of thousands of supporters at the Freedom Park in Phnom Penh to seek for setting up a joint investigation committee consists the CNRP and CPP as well as the United Nations but no need the NEC.

Sam Rainsy alleged NEC as the thief who helped steal the election results from CNRP for CPP so that the joint investigation committee does not need the thief like NEC.