PHNOM PENH, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the state's institutions will be further strengthened after the opposition ended a 10-months long boycott of parliament over disputed election results in July last year. "The normalcy of all state institutions in the legislative, executive and judicial bodies will be further enhanced after the opposition completely ended its parliament boycott on Friday,"he said during the graduation ceremony of 2,500 students at the Norton University."There is no more the words'one-party parliament'." "We are happy together. It opens a new chapter to further develop the nation,"he said.
All 55 Members of Parliaments (MPs) from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) sat in the parliament with the ruling party's 68 MPs for the first time on Friday last week after boycotting the parliament for 10 months following a disputed election results in July last year.
The opposition group ended their boycott after Prime Minister Hun Sen of the ruling party and CNRP's president Sam Rainsy reached an agreement on July 22. Under the deal, the CNRP will hold four of nine seats on the National Election Committee, possess the position of the first vice-president of the parliament, among other roles, and own a television channel.
During the post-election crisis, the opposition had staged many street demonstrations and led to violent clashes between demonstrators and government forces.
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