The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) of long-serving Prime MinisterHun Sen on August 19 denied the allegations by the opposition partythat it has colluded with the National Election Committee (NEC) forballot- rigging.
"Some allegations that theCPP has colluded with the NEC for vote-rigging are groundlessaccusations and intended to mislead the public about the electionprocess in Cambodia, the CPP categorically rejects these allegations"said a CPP's statement.
The denial came afterthe Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) of opposition leader SamRainsy had repeatedly accused the NEC of being controlled by the CPP andrigging votes for the ruling Party during the July 28 nationalelection.
Initial election results showed that theruling CPP won the poll with 68 seats of the 123 parliamentary seats,while the opposition CNRP got the remaining 55 seats.
However, the CNRP did not recognise the results, claiming serious irregularities during the poll.
According to the Cambodian Constitution, a new parliament will be established no later than 60 days after the election.
CNRP's Vice President Kem Sokha said that his party will boycott thefirst parliamentary session and call for a mass demonstration if theproposed independent investigation committee is not established.
Prime Minister Hun Sen affirmed that a new parliament and a newgovernment will be established as scheduled despite the opposition'sboycott.-VNA