Cambodia's Royalist movement has been dealt a huge blow, with Prince Norodom Ranariddh announcing his resignation from politics for a second time.
13 August 2012
ABC Radio Australia
"I don't think there will be a major Royalist presence any longer in Cambodian politics but you never know, Cambodia is so fluid everything can change in one moment."
The Prince first resigned in 2008 after a scandal involving the sale of the Funcinpec party's headquarters, before receiving a royal pardon and making a comeback in late 2010 with a self-named party that aimed to reunite all Royalists.
That attempt appears to have collapsed, and along with it the political career of the Prince.
Official biographer and former private secretary to the Prince's father, Ambassador Julio Jeldres, told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific the Prince was unable to accept Funcinpec leaders' calls for more transparency in the decision process.
"As I understand it there had been a number of proposals sent to the Prince from the Funcinpec party asking him to accept the Presidency of the party in whatever title he wishes to have...but to accept that there was a kind of organisational decision making which didn't exist before when he was the President of Funcinpec because normally he took all the decisions," he said.
Mr Jeldres says there was also talk earlier in the year that the ruling Cambodian People's Party would merge with Funcinpec, but this didn't eventuate.
He says the resignation marks the end of the Royalist influence.
"I don't think there will be a major Royalist presence any longer in Cambodian politics but you never know, Cambodia is so fluid everything can change in one moment."
2 comments:
This shitty guy changes his mind all the time. Before you knew it, he will join politic again, once he's sick and tired of his young wife.
I'm proud of u, congra !! To exit
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