The eponymous opposition party (NRP) headed by Prince Norodom Ranariddh has
denied the rumor that he is expected to resign and quit politics, English-Khmer
language newspaper the Cambodia Daily said Tuesday.
The prince has never told anyone in the party that he plans to resign from
his post as party chairman, said NRP secretary generalSuth Dina.
"This is false information. I believe that the prince will not retire from
politics," he said.
English-language daily newspaper the Phnom Penh Post Monday quoted prince
Sisowath Thomico as saying that Ranariddh mulls quitting politics in order to
return from his current overseas exile.
"I heard of his intention two weeks ago," said Sisowath Thomico, who
belongs to the other branch of the Cambodian royal family.
Former king Norodom Sihanouk has often requested that Ranariddh give up
politics and focus on improving the nation, he said.
Ranariddh could become chief advisor to King Norodom Sihamoni, something
that high-ranking members of the major ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP)
have frequently suggested, he said.
Ranariddh, who left Cambodia last year under a cloud of legal problems, is
living in Malaysia and faces arrest if he comes back.
He once led the co-ruling Funcinpec Party and governed the kingdom jointly
with CPP, but later became enemies of major CPP leaders due to power fight.
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