Cambodian PM:All state's institutions work normally despite opposition's boycott

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that all state's institutions have been proceeding as normal despite the opposition's ongoing boycott of parliament. "Now, all state's institutions at the legislative body, the executive body and the judicial body have been functioning normally without any disruptions," he said at a graduation ceremony for students at the Royal School of Administration. "Don't care whether someone joins or not... deadlocked or not deadlocked," he said. "Let's keep all state's institutions to work normally." The premier also reiterated that the government would do all its best to maintain political stability, security, and social order so as to ensure the sustainability of national development. "Whoever destroying security must be responsible before the law," he said. Cambodia remains trapped in political dispute after the July's election results showed that the Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party won 68 parliamentary seats and the Sam Rainsy's opposition party got the remaining 55 seats. Claiming serious irregularities, the opposition refused to accept the outcome and has boycotted parliament and held many protests -- some of them had turned violent -- in order to demand the resignation of Hun Sen and a re-election. Hun Sen has said that he would neither step down nor call a re- vote. Representatives of the two parties are scheduled to meet again on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to break through the post- election conflict after several talks in September failed to reach any agreements.