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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Suth Dina, NRP spokesman, told The Phnom Penh Post that 50 to 60 Funcinpec party members came to lobby Prince Ranariddh to lead the Funcinpec party again, short of that, these Funcinpec officials asked to join the NRP directly. However, Suth Dina said that Ranariddh will not return the lead Funcinpec. Following large amount of expenses paid for the 27 July election, numerous Funcinpec officials became angry because they did not receive any government position, and this situation led them to turn to Prince Ranariddh, their former leader. Suth Dina added that these dejected royalist officials came from all over Cambodia and they occupied various positions in the Funcinpec party. Suth Dina said that the NRP has an open door policy allowing officials from other parties to join in. NRP officials have asked their party members not to be narrow-minded with Funcinpec officials who want to join the NRP. Ok Socheat, Funcinpec advisor, recognized that it was true that a number Funcinpec officials left to join the NRP, but that these defectors undertook this task so as the two parties (NRP and Funcinpec) can merge together again.
