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នៅខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៦ ក្រុមហ៊ុនអារីស្តុនបានចុះហត្ថលេខាលើកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងចំនួន ៣ ជានឹងឯកឧត្តម[[សុខ អាន]] (រដ្ឋមន្រ្តីគបក) ដោយមិនបានឱ្យរណឫទ្ធិឬរដ្ឋមន្រ្តីគណបក្សហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិចផ្សេងទៀតដឹងឡើយ។ កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងនេះបានផ្តល់ដីសម្រាប់ជួលឱ្យអារីស្តុនអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ទីលានវាយកូនហ្គោល កន្លែងសំរាកលំហែ និងព្រលានយន្តហោះក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ។ សកម្មភាពទាំងនេះបានធ្វើអោយរណឫទ្ធិខឹងសម្បារយ៉ាងខ្លាំងហើយបានបញ្ជូនលិខិតមួយនៅខែកុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៧ ផ្ញើរជូនលោកជិន លីបគាំងដែលជាប្រធានអារីស្តុនថាកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងព្រះអង្គជាមួយអារីស្តុនគឺទុកជាមោឃៈ។ ក្រោយមកអារីស្តុនបានអះអាងថាពួកគេបានព្យាយាមទាក់ទងមន្រ្តីគណបក្សហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិចក្នុងគោលបំណងឱ្យមានការចុះហត្ថលេខារួមគ្នា។<ref>{{cite web |author=Katya Robinson |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ariston-rides-rough-and-tumble-business |title=Ariston rides the rough-and-tumble of business |date=21 March 1997 |accessdate=6 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102351/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ariston-rides-rough-and-tumble-business |archivedate=24 September 2015 |work=Phnom Penh Post |url-status=dead }}</ref> លោកហ៊ុន សែនក៏បានអាក់អន់ចិត្តដោយសារសកម្មភាពរបស់រណឫទ្ធិហើយនៅខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៧ ឯកឧត្តមបានសរសេរសារទៅលោកម៉ាហាធឺថានឹងធានានូវសុពលភាពនៃកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង។<ref>{{cite web|author=Editor|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970403&id=U6djAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PBUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4769,5624606|title=Assurance from Hun Sen|date=3 April 1997|page=2|accessdate=6 February 2015|work=New Straits Times}}</ref>
 
រណឫទ្ធិក៏បានបង្កើតសម្ព័ន្ធភាពនយោបាយមួយតាមរយៈការបង្រួបង្រួមហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិចចូលជាមួយគណបក្សរួបរួមជាតិ [[គណបក្សប្រជាធិបតេយ្យសេរីនិយមព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនា]] និងគណបក្សខ្មែរអព្យាក្រឹត។ នៅថ្ងៃទី២៧ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៧ គណបក្សនយោបាយទាំង ៤ បានបង្កើតសម្ព័ន្ធភាពរបស់ពួកគេជាផ្លូវការដែលត្រូវបានគេស្គាល់ថា"រណសិរ្សរួបរួមជាតិ" (ររជ) ។<ref>Peou (2000), p. 293</ref> រណឫទ្ធិក៏ត្រូវបានតែងតាំងជាប្រធាន ររជ ហើយមានងារដឹកនាំសម្ព័ន្ធភាពនយោបាយមួយនេះទៅតតាំងនឹងគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជានៅក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតទូទៅដែលគ្រោងនឹងធ្វើឡើងនៅឆ្នាំ១៩៩៨។<ref>Widyono (2008), p. 239</ref> គបក បានអនុញ្ញាតឱ្យបង្កើត ររជ ហើយមិនយូរប៉ុន្មានក៏បានទៅបង្កើតសម្ព័ន្ធភាពគូប្រជែងមួយដែលរួមមានគណបក្សនយោបាយដែលប្រកាន់និន្នាការស្រដៀងនឹងសម័យ[[សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ]]។<ref name="Widyono240">Widyono (2008), p. 240</ref>
Ranariddh forged a political coalition by bringing FUNCINPEC to work together with the KNP, the [[Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party]] and the Khmer Neutral Party. On 27 January 1997, the four political parties formalised their alliance, which became known as the "National United Front" (NUF).<ref>Peou (2000), p. 293</ref> Ranariddh was nominated as the president of the NUF, and stated his intent to lead the alliance against the CPP, in the general elections scheduled to be held in 1998.<ref>Widyono (2008), p. 239</ref> The CPP issued a statement condemning NUF's formation, and formed a rival coalition consisting of political parties ideologically aligned to the former [[Khmer Republic]].<ref name="Widyono240">Widyono (2008), p. 240</ref>
 
ទន្ទឹមនឹងនេះ ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់រណឫទ្ធិបានបង្កើនការរិះគុណប្រឆាំងនឹងលោកហ៊ុន សែនដោយចោទប្រកាន់លោកថាកំពុងរៀបចំផែនការស្តាររបបកុម្មុយនិស្តឡើងវិញ។ ក្នុងពេលជាមួយគ្នានោះដែរ រណឫទ្ធិក៏បានព្យាយាមបញ្ចុះបញ្ចូលមេដឹកនាំខ្មែរក្រហមមួយចំនួនដូចជា[[ខៀវ សំផន]]និង Tep Kunnal ឱ្យចូលរួមជាមួយ។<ref name="Summers236"/> សំផនក៏បានទទួលយកសំណើររបស់រណឫទ្ធិហើយនៅថ្ងៃទី២១ ខែឧសភា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៧ លោកក៏បានបញ្ចូលគណបក្សសាមគ្គីជាតិខ្មែរ (គសជខ) របស់លោកជាមួយ ររជ។<ref name="Widyono240"/> នៅថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៧ រណឫទ្ធិនិងខៀវ សំផនបានចុះហត្ថលេខាលើសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍មួយដែលសន្យាគាំទ្រគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមក។<ref>Widyono (2008), p. 253</ref> ៥ ថ្ងៃក្រោយមកមន្រ្តីគយខេត្តព្រះសីហនុបានរកឃើញថាមានការដឹកជញ្ជូនកាំជ្រួច ៣ តោន កាំភ្លើងវែងនិងកាំភ្លើងខ្លីដែលមានស្លាក"គ្រឿងបន្លាស់"ហើយរបស់ទាំងអស់នេះគឺត្រូវដឹកជញ្ជូនទៅដល់រណឫទ្ធិ។ គ្រាប់រ៉ុក្កែតត្រូវបានចាប់ដោយមន្រ្តី[[កងទ័ពអាកាសខេមរភូមិន្ទ|កងទ័ពអាកាសកម្ពុជា]]ដែលស្និទទៅនឹងគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាចំណែកមន្រ្តី[[កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ]]ដែលតម្រឹមទៅហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិចត្រូវបានអនុញ្ញាតឱ្យរក្សាអាវុធធុនស្រាល។<ref>Widyono (2008), pp. 244–45</ref> នៅពាក់កណ្តាលខែមិថុនា វិទ្យុខ្មែរក្រហមដែលគ្រប់គ្រងដោយខៀវ សំផនបានផ្សាយសុន្ទរកថាមួយដោយកោតសរសើរសម្ព័ន្ធមិត្តរវាង គសជខ-ររជ ហើយបានអំពាវនាវឱ្យមានការតស៊ូប្រដាប់អាវុធប្រឆាំងនឹងហ៊ុន-សែន។ ការប្រយុទ្ធគ្នាបានផ្ទុះឡើងជាបន្តបន្ទាប់រវាងកងកម្លាំងរបស់រណឫទ្ធិនិងកងអង្គរក្សហ៊ុន សែន។<ref name="Summers236"/>
Meanwhile, Ranariddh stepped up his attacks against Hun Sen, accusing him of harbouring plans to restore a Communist regime should the CPP win the next general election. At the same time Ranariddh attempted to persuade moderate leaders of the Khmer Rouge, including [[Khieu Samphan]] and Tep Kunnal, to join the NUF.<ref name="Summers236"/> Khieu Samphan accepted Ranariddh's overtures, and on 21 May 1997, put the support of his party, the [[Khmer National Solidarity Party]] (KNSP), behind the NUF.<ref name="Widyono240"/> On 4 June 1997, Ranariddh and Samphan signed a communiqué pledging mutual support.<ref>Widyono (2008), p. 253</ref> Five days later, customs officials at Sihanoukville discovered a three-ton shipment of rocket launchers, assault rifles and handguns, labelled "spare parts" and consigned to Ranariddh. The rocket launchers were seized by [[Royal Cambodian Air Force|Cambodian Air Force]] officers aligned to the CPP, while [[Royal Cambodian Armed Forces]] (RCAF) officials aligned to FUNCINPEC were allowed to keep the light weapons.<ref>Widyono (2008), pp. 244–45</ref> In mid-June, Khmer Rouge radio, controlled by Khieu Samphan, broadcast a speech praising the KNSP-NUF alliance and calling for an armed struggle against Hun Sen. Fighting subsequently broke out between Ranariddh's and Hun Sen's bodyguards.<ref name="Summers236"/>
 
ជាការឆ្លើយតប លោកហ៊ុន សែនបានចេញឱសានវាទមួយដោយអំពាវនាវឱ្យរណឫទ្ធិធ្វើការជ្រើសរើសរវាងការចុះចូលជាមួយពួកខ្មែរក្រហម ឬជាមួយរដ្ឋាភិបាលចម្រុះ។<ref name="Summers236"/> ដប់មួយថ្ងៃក្រោយមក ឯកឧត្តមហ៊ុន សែនក៏សម្រេចឈប់ធ្វើការជាមួយរណឫទ្ធិទាំងស្រុង។<ref name="HRW2007">{{cite web |author=Brad Adams |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/07/27/cambodia-july-1997-shock-and-aftermath |title=Cambodia: July 1997: Shock and Aftermath |date=28 July 1996 |accessdate=1 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709210709/https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/07/27/cambodia-july-1997-shock-and-aftermath |archivedate=9 July 2015 |work=Human Rights Watch |url-status=dead }}</ref> នៅថ្ងៃទី៣ ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៧ ពេលធ្វើដំណើរមកទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញ រណឫទ្ធិបានជួបនឹងកងទ័ពតម្រឹមទៅគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា។ កងទ័ពទាំងនេះបានបញ្ចុះបញ្ចូលអង្គរក្សរបស់ព្រះអង្គឱ្យទម្លាក់អាវុធរបស់ពួកគេ<ref name="HRW2007"/> ទាំងនេះបានធ្វើឱ្យរណឫទ្ធិភៀសខ្លួនចេញពីប្រទេសកម្ពុជានៅថ្ងៃបន្ទាប់។<ref>Mehta (2001), p. 110</ref> នៅថ្ងៃទី៥ ខែកក្កដា ការប្រយុទ្ធគ្នាបានផ្ទុះឡើងរវាងក្រុមកងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ ក្រុមទីមួយគឺជាក្រុមគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជានិងទីពីរគឺហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិច ក្រោយពីឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ដែលមានសម្ព័ន្ធភាពជាមួយគណបក្សប្រជាជនបានបរាជ័យក្នុងការធ្វើសមាហរណកម្មកងទ័ពបក្សហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិចឱ្យប្រគល់អាវុធរបស់ពួកគេ។<ref name="Peou300">Peou (2000), p. 300</ref> អង្គភាពគណបក្សហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិចបានរងគ្រោះថ្នាក់ចាញ់ជាបន្តបន្ទាប់ហើយបន្ទាប់មកក៏បាននាំគ្នាភៀសខ្លួនចេញពីទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញទៅកាន់ក្រុងមួយនៅព្រំដែនគឺ[[អូរស្មាច់]]នៅក្នុង[[ខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យ]]។<ref>Mehta (2013), pp. 257–58</ref><ref>Widyono (2008), p. 254</ref>
In response Hun Sen issued an ultimatum, calling for Ranariddh to make a choice between siding with the Khmer Rouge or with the coalition government.<ref name="Summers236"/> Eleven days later, he stopped working with Ranariddh altogether.<ref name="HRW2007">{{cite web |author=Brad Adams |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/07/27/cambodia-july-1997-shock-and-aftermath |title=Cambodia: July 1997: Shock and Aftermath |date=28 July 1996 |accessdate=1 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709210709/https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/07/27/cambodia-july-1997-shock-and-aftermath |archivedate=9 July 2015 |work=Human Rights Watch |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 3 July 1997, while travelling to Phnom Penh, Ranariddh encountered troops aligned to the CPP. These troops persuaded his bodyguards to surrender their weapons,<ref name="HRW2007"/> which prompted him to flee Cambodia the following day.<ref>Mehta (2001), p. 110</ref> On 5 July, fighting broke out between RCAF troops separately aligned to CPP and FUNCINPEC, after CPP-aligned generals unsuccessfully attempted to coax FUNCINPEC-aligned troops into surrendering their weapons.<ref name="Peou300">Peou (2000), p. 300</ref> The FUNCINPEC-aligned units suffered major casualties the following day, and subsequently fled from Phnom Penh to the border town of [[O Smach]] in [[Oddar Meanchey Province]].<ref>Mehta (2013), pp. 257–58</ref><ref>Widyono (2008), p. 254</ref>
 
==ការបន្តដឹកនាំហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិច (១៩៩៧-២០០៦)==
 
===ការភៀសខ្លួន, ការត្រឡប់មកវិញ និងការបោះឆ្នោតឆ្នាំ១៩៩៨===
The defeat of FUNCINPEC-aligned troops in the military clashes on 6 July 1997 amounted to the effective ouster of Ranariddh. On 9 July 1997, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Cambodia)|Cambodian Foreign Ministry]] issued a [[white paper]] labelling Ranariddh a "criminal" and a "traitor", as well as accusing him of conspiring with the Khmer Rouge to destabilise the government.<ref>Peou (2000), p. 298</ref> Ranariddh travelled to the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia, where he met with [[Fidel Ramos]], [[Goh Chok Tong]] and [[Suharto]] to seek their help in his restoration.<ref>Peou (2000), p. 389</ref> During his absence, at a party meeting on 16 July 1997, Ung Huot was nominated by FUNCINPEC MPs loyal to Hun Sen to replace Ranariddh as First Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web |author=Post Staff |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-backs-hun-sen-digs |title=Asean backs off as Hun Sen digs in |date=25 July 1997 |accessdate=2 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627030742/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-backs-hun-sen-digs |archivedate=27 June 2015 |work=Phnom Penh Post |url-status=dead }}</ref> Huot was subsequently endorsed as First Prime Minister during a National Assembly sitting on 6 August 1997.<ref>Mehta (2013), p. 260</ref> A few days later, Sihanouk expressed his unhappiness over the clashes, and threatened to abdicate the throne and take over the premiership. Sihanouk also claimed that Ranariddh's ouster was unconstitutional, and initially refused to endorse Ung Huot's appointment,<ref>{{cite web |author=Post Staff |url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/11/cambodia/ |title=Cambodian King Sihanouk offers to abdicate – but still considers son's ouster illegal |date=21 August 1997 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227102154/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/11/cambodia/ |archivedate=27 February 2015 |accessdate=2 February 2015 |work=CNN |url-status=dead }}</ref> but later relented when [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) member states supported Ung Huot's appointment.<ref>Widyono (2008), p. 265</ref> In September 1997, the UN secretary general, [[Kofi Annan]] met separately with Ranariddh and Hun Sen, to mediate the return of FUNCINPEC politicians and prepare for the [[1998 Cambodian general election]]s. The UN proposed that its representatives monitor the elections, to which both Ranariddh and Hun Sen agreed, but Hun Sen insisted that Ranariddh be prepared to face court charges, to which Ranariddh responded with a threat to boycott the election.<ref>{{cite web |author=Elizabeth Moorthy |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fpec-wonders-wheres-party |title=F'pec wonders 'Where's the party?' |date=10 October 1997 |accessdate=5 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627020949/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fpec-wonders-wheres-party |archivedate=27 June 2015 |work=Phnom Penh Post |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
At O Smach, FUNCINPEC-aligned troops fought along with the Khmer Rouge forces against CPP-aligned troops<ref>{{cite web |author=Tom Mintier |url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/21/cambodia/ |title=Royalist troops hold on to Cambodian outpost–Khmer Rouge aids Ranariddh in battle |date=21 August 1997 |accessdate=1 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205185102/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/21/cambodia/ |archivedate=5 February 2015 |work=CNN |url-status=dead }}</ref> until February 1998, when a ceasefire brokered by the Japanese government came into effect.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Stew Magnuson |author2=Kimsan Chantara |lastauthoramp=yes |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/govt-resistance-agree-to-cease-fire-86373/ |title=Gov't, Resistance Agree to Cease-fire |date=28 February 1998 |accessdate=17 January 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130013142/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/govt-resistance-agree-to-cease-fire-86373/ |archivedate=30 January 2016 |work=The Cambodia Daily |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 1998, Ranariddh was convicted in absentia by a military court of illegally smuggling ammunitions in May 1997, and of colluding with the Khmer Rouge to cause instability in the country.<ref>Mehta (2013), p. 258</ref> He was sentenced to a total of 35 years' imprisonment,<ref name="Summers237">Summers (2003), p. 237</ref> but this was nullified by a pardon from Sihanouk.<ref>{{cite web|author=Robert Birsel|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19980324&id=8JYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2138,2633403&hl=en|title=Pardon for Ranariddh revives peace hopes|page=15|date=24 March 1998|accessdate=30 October 2015|work=Manila Standard}}</ref> Ranariddh returned to Cambodia at the end of March 1998 to lead FUNCINPEC's election campaign,<ref>Widyono (2008), p. 266</ref> which focused on pro-monarchical sentiments and anti-Vietnamese rhetoric.<ref>Kiernan and Hughes (2007), pp. 52 and 54</ref> FUNCINPEC faced numerous obstacles, including lack of access to television and radio channels which had come under CPP's exclusive control following the 1997 clashes, and the difficulties of its supporters in getting to party rallies.<ref name="PPPost-17071998">{{cite web |author1=Samreth Sopha |author2=Elizabeth Moorthy |lastauthoramp=yes |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funcinpec-relies-royalty-anti-vn-rhetoric |title=Funcinpec relies on royalty, anti-VN rhetoric |date=17 July 1998 |accessdate=2 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702163536/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funcinpec-relies-royalty-anti-vn-rhetoric |archivedate=2 July 2015 |work=Phnom Penh Post |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the vote on 26 July 1998, FUNCINPEC polled 31.7 percent and secured 43 out of a total of 122 parliamentary seats. The CPP won the elections by polling 41.4 percent of all votes and securing 64 parliamentary seats. The [[Sam Rainsy Party]] (SRP), Rainsy's renamed KNP, was in third place with 14.3 percent of the vote and 15 parliamentary seats.<ref name="Widoyono267">Widyono (2008), pp. 267–68</ref>
 
Both Ranariddh and Rainsy protested against the election results, claiming that the CPP-led government had intimidated voters and tampered with ballot boxes.<ref>{{cite web |author=Post Staff |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-investigates-allegations-fraud |title=NEC investigates allegations of fraud |date=31 July 1998 |accessdate=5 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121543/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-investigates-allegations-fraud |archivedate=24 September 2015 |work=Phnom Penh Post |url-status=dead }}</ref> They filed petitions with the National Election Commission (NEC) and Constitutional Court; when these were rejected in August 1998,<ref>Peou (2000), pp. 327–28</ref> Ranariddh and Rainsy organised street protests to demand that Hun Sen relinquish power. The government responded on 7 September 1998, by banning street protests and cracking down on participants.<ref>Peou (2000), pp. 319–20</ref> At this point Sihanouk intervened, and arranged a summit meeting on 24 September 1998 in Siem Reap. He summoned Hun Sen, Ranariddh and Rainsy for discussions aimed at ending the political impasse.<ref>Mehta (2001), p. 130</ref> On the day of the summit meeting, a [[RPG-2|B40]] rocket was fired from an [[RPG-2]] rocket launcher at the direction of Hun Sen's motorcade, who was travelling en route to Siem Reap. The rocket missed the motorcade, and Hun Sen escaped unhurt. The police accused FUNCINPEC and SRP leaders of plotting the attack, with Rainsy as its ringleader.<ref>Mehta (2013), p. 291</ref> Both Ranariddh and Rainsy denied any involvement, but fled to Bangkok the following day, fearing government crackdowns on their parties.<ref name="Mehta131">Mehta (2001), p. 131</ref>
 
===ប្រធានរដ្ឋសភាជាតិ (១៩៩៨–២០០៦)===
[[Image:Ranariddh Powell 2003.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Ranariddh meets US Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]] in Phnom Penh, 2003]]
 
Following Ranariddh's departure, Sihanouk urged him to return with a view to joining the CPP in a coalition government, reckoning that FUNCINPEC faced the prospect of breaking up if Ranariddh refused.<ref>Mehta (2013), p. 292</ref> Ranariddh returned to Cambodia on 12 November 1998 to attend a summit meeting hosted by Sihanouk,<ref>{{cite web |author=Post Staff |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ranariddh-maneuvered-new-summit |title=Ranariddh maneuvered into new summit |date=13 November 1998 |accessdate=22 December 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110305/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ranariddh-maneuvered-new-summit |archivedate=22 December 2015 |work=Phnom Penh Post |url-status=dead }}</ref> at which Ranariddh negotiated with Hun Sen and Chea Sim over the structure of a new government.<ref name="Summers238">Summers (2003), p. 238</ref> An agreement was reached whereby FUNCINPEC would be given the National Assembly presidency together with several low and mid-level cabinet posts, in exchange for its support for the creation of the [[Senate (Cambodia)|Cambodian Senate]]. On 25 November 1998, Ranariddh was nominated as the President of the National Assembly.<ref name="Widoyono267"/> According to Mehta, the creation of the Senate was to provide an alternative platform to pass legislation in the event that Ranariddh exerted his influence as the President of the National Assembly to block legislation.<ref>Mehta (2001), pp. 131–32</ref>
 
After his appointment, Ranariddh worked with Hun Sen to re-integrate the FUNCINPEC-aligned troops into the RCAF.<ref>Peou (2000), p. 355</ref> He also participated in efforts to foster better relations with Vietnam, and liaised with the [[National Assembly (Vietnam)|Vietnamese National Assembly president]] [[Nông Đức Mạnh]] to develop friendship and cooperation initiatives.<ref name="Summers242">Summers (2003), p. 242</ref> This led to several mutual visits between Cambodian and Vietnamese political leaders, between 1999 and 2000,<ref>{{cite web |author=Brian Mockenhaupt |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/vietnams-na-leader-talks-border-dispute-15323/ |title=Vietnam's NA Leader Talks Border Dispute |date=21 February 2000 |accessdate=8 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003134457/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/vietnams-na-leader-talks-border-dispute-15323/ |archivedate=3 October 2015 |work=The Cambodia Daily |url-status=dead }}</ref> but relations between Cambodia and Vietnam deteriorated from September 2000 onwards amid renewed border clashes.<ref name="Summers242"/> Ranariddh steered FUNCINPEC towards political rapprochement with the CPP, and actively discouraged FUNCINPEC ministers and MPs from criticising their CPP counterparts. During the party's congress in March 2001, Ranariddh declared the CPP an "eternal partner".<ref name="Mehta179">Mehta (2001), p. 179</ref>
 
As early as 1999, a sizeable minority of FUNCINPEC's politicians were unhappy with Ranariddh's leadership, as rumours began to circulate that he had accepted bribes from the CPP.<ref>{{cite web |author=Post Staff |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-loyalists-take-key-posts-rumors-fly |title=Hun Sen loyalists take key posts as rumors fly |date=12 November 1999 |accessdate=7 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120527/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-loyalists-take-key-posts-rumors-fly |archivedate=24 September 2015 |work=Phnom Penh Post |url-status=dead }}</ref> In February 2002, FUNCINPEC performed poorly in the [[Commune council|commune elections]], winning 10 out of 1,600 commune seats.<ref name="Summers239">Summers (2003), p. 239</ref> As a result of FUNCINPEC's poor performance in the commune elections, rifts within the party boiled into the open.<ref name="Strangio99">Strangio (2014), p. 99</ref> In March 2002, the Deputy Commander-in-chief of the RCAF – Khan Savoeun, accused You Hockry, the co-Minister of the Interior, of corruption and nepotism, acts which Savoeun claimed had alienated voters.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Thet Sambath |author2=Lor Chandara |lastauthoramp=yes |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/ranariddh-will-approve-you-hockry-firing-32088/ |title=Ranariddh Will Approve You Hockry Firing |date=14 May 2002 |accessdate=9 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211062100/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/ranariddh-will-approve-you-hockry-firing-32088/ |archivedate=11 December 2015 |work=The Cambodia Daily |url-status=dead }}</ref> When Ranariddh expressed support for Savoeun in May 2002, Hockry resigned. Around the same time, two new political parties, splintered from FUNCINPEC, were formed: the Khmer Soul Party, led by Norodom Chakrapong, and the Hang Dara Democratic Party, led by Hang Dara.<ref name="Summers239"/> Both new parties attracted sizeable numbers of FUNCINPEC defectors, who were apparently unhappy with Ranariddh's leadership. The defections caused Ranariddh to fear that FUNCINPEC would fare poorly in the 2003 general elections.<ref>{{cite web |author=Thet Sambath |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/unhappy-royalists-start-second-new-party-32441/ |title=Unhappy Royalists Start Second New Party |date=3 June 2002 |accessdate=13 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212200640/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/unhappy-royalists-start-second-new-party-32441/ |archivedate=12 February 2015 |work=The Cambodia Daily |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
When [[2003 Cambodian general election|general elections]] were held in July 2003, the CPP won, while FUNCINPEC polled 20.8 percent of the popular vote and secured 26 out of a total of 120 parliamentary seats. This marked an 11 percentage point drop in FUNCINPEC's share of the popular vote compared with 1998.<ref>Chin (2005), p. 115</ref> Both Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy, whose SRP had also participated in the elections, expressed unhappiness with the outcome of the election, and once again accused the CPP of winning through fraud and voter intimidation. They also refused to support a CPP-led government, which needed the joint support of more MPs from FUNCINPEC or SRP to attain the [[Supermajority#Two-thirds vote|two-thirds majority]] in forming a new government.<ref name="Strangio99"/> Subsequently, in August 2003, Ranariddh and Rainsy formed a new political alliance, the "Alliance of Democrats" (AD), and together they lobbied upon the CPP to form a three-party government consisting of the CPP, FUNCINPEC and the SRP.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Yun Samean |author2=Porter Barron |lastauthoramp=yes |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/prince-repeats-call-for-a-3-party-coalition-40084/ |title=Prince Repeats Call for a 3-Party Coalition |work=[[The Cambodia Daily]] |date=18 August 2003 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703020305/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/prince-repeats-call-for-a-3-party-coalition-40084/ |archivedate=3 July 2015 |accessdate=13 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the same time, they also called for Hun Sen to step down and a reform of the NEC, which they claimed was stacked with pro-CPP appointees.<ref name="Strangio99"/> Hun Sen rejected their demands, bringing several months of political stalemate.<ref>Strangio (2014), p. 100</ref>
 
In March 2004, Ranariddh privately proposed to Hun Sen that FUNCINPEC should join CPP in the new government as a junior coalition partner.<ref name="Chin118">Chin (2005), p. 118</ref> Discussions between CPP and FUNCINPEC began on the composition of the coalition government and legislative procedures. An agreement was reached in June 2004, when Ranariddh walked out of his alliance with Rainsy, dropped his demands to reform the NEC<ref>Chin (2005), p. 119</ref> and once again pledged to support Hun Sen as Prime Minister. Hun Sen also pressured Ranariddh into supporting a constitutional amendment known as a "package vote", which required MPs to support legislation and ministerial appointments by an open show of hands. While Ranariddh acquiesced to Hun Sen's demand, the "package vote" amendment was opposed by Sihanouk,<ref>Strangio (2014), p. 101</ref> Chea Sim, the SRP as well as several senior leaders within FUNCINPEC. After the "package vote" amendment was passed in July 2004, several FUNCINPEC leaders resigned in protest.<ref>Strangio (2014), p. 102</ref> Ranariddh, who remained as President of the National Assembly as part of the agreement,<ref>{{cite web |author1=Yun Samean |author2=Lor Chandara |lastauthoramp=yes |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/all-of-cpps-ministers-to-keep-jobs-41684/ |title=All of CPP's Ministers To Keep Jobs |date=2 July 2004 |accessdate=25 December 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225215938/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/all-of-cpps-ministers-to-keep-jobs-41684/ |archivedate=25 December 2015 |work=25 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> attempted to lure SRP leaders into defecting to FUNCINPEC with the promise of jobs within the government. At least one senior SRP leader, Ou Bun Long, caved into Ranariddh's enticements.<ref>Chin (2005), p. 121</ref>
 
===ការចាកចេញពីហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិច===
 
On 2 March 2006, the National Assembly passed a constitutional amendment which required only a [[Majority|simple majority]] of parliamentarians to support a government, instead of the two-thirds majority that was previously stipulated.<ref name="Widyono277">Widoyono (2008), p. 277</ref> Rainsy had first proposed the amendment in February 2006, who had hoped that a simple majority would make it easier for his party to form a government should they win in future elections.<ref>Strangio (2014), p. 113</ref> The following day after the constitutional amendment was passed, Hun Sen relieved Norodom Sirivudh and Nhek Bun Chhay of their posts as FUNCINPEC's co-minister of interior and co-minister of defense respectively.<ref name="Widyono277"/> Ranariddh protested against the dismissals, and resigned as the President of the National Assembly on 14 March. He then left Cambodia, to reside in France. Shortly after his departure, local tabloids published stories that Ranariddh had had an affair with Ouk Phalla, an [[Apsara]] dancer.<ref name="Widoyono278">Widoyono (2008), p. 278</ref>
 
In early September 2006, a new law was passed to outlaw adultery,<ref>{{cite web |author=Yun Samean |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/ranariddh-to-attend-fpec-meeting-saturday-54507/ |title=Ranariddh To Attend F'pec Meeting Saturday |work=[[The Cambodia Daily]] |date=7 September 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222123929/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/ranariddh-to-attend-fpec-meeting-saturday-54507/ |archivedate=22 December 2015 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Ranariddh responded by accusing the government of attempting to undermine FUNCINPEC.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Van Roeun |author2=James Welsh |lastauthoramp=yes |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/adultery-law-to-undermine-fpec-ranariddh-54578/ |title=Adultery Law To Undermine F'pec: Ranariddh |work=[[The Cambodia Daily]] |date=11 September 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222102315/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/adultery-law-to-undermine-fpec-ranariddh-54578/ |archivedate=22 December 2015 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 18 September 2006, Hun Sen and Nhek Bun Chhay called for Ranariddh to be replaced as FUNCINPEC's president, after party reports suggested that Phalla had lobbied Ranariddh to appoint her relatives to government posts. On 18 October 2006, Nhek Bun Chhay convened a party congress which dismissed Ranariddh from his position as FUNCINPEC's president.<ref>{{cite web |author=Vong Sokheng |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funcinpec-dismisses-ranariddh |title=Funcinpec dismisses Ranariddh |date=20 October 2006 |accessdate=14 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115755/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funcinpec-dismisses-ranariddh |archivedate=24 September 2015 |work=Phnom Penh Post |url-status=dead }}</ref> In turn, he was given the titular position of "Historic President". At the congress, Nhek Bun Chhay justified Ranariddh's ouster on the grounds of his deteriorating relations with Hun Sen as well as his practice of spending prolonged periods of time overseas.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Yun Samean |author2=James Welsh |lastauthoramp=yes |url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/prince-ousted-as-president-of-funcinpec-55338/ |title=Prince Ousted As President of Funcinpec |work=[[The Cambodia Daily]] |date=19 October 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222132515/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/prince-ousted-as-president-of-funcinpec-55338/ |archivedate=22 December 2015 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
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