The royalist Funcinpec gathering and Khmer National United Party have consented to converge after top pioneers of the two gatherings met a few times to deal with the issue in Phnom Penh.KNUP president Nhek Bun Chhay yesterday said that Funcinpec president Prince Norodom Ranariddh consented to consolidate Funcinpec with the KNUP with the sovereign in charge.

"Ruler Ranariddh and I consented to blend the two gatherings following our gathering by utilizing Funcinpec as the lead," Mr Bun Chhay said. "The two sides consented to keep Prince Ranariddh as gathering president." No careful timetable of the merger hosts been declared as the two gatherings work out outstanding issues.

Mr Bun Chhay said that the KNUP selected three senior authorities, VP Oum Somontha, secretary-general Sok Visal and bureau boss Ros Chheng, to keep on resolving specialized issues with Funcinpec before an official merger emerges.

"My authorities will talk about the consolidating procedure very soon with Funcinpec authorities," Mr Bun Chhay said.

Mr Bun Chhay split from Funcinpec in 2015 and shaped the KNUP.

Funcinpec has gotten more fragile and flimsier, as it won 43 seats in the 1998 political race, 26 seats in 2003 and only two out of 2008 preceding being closed out in the 2013 political race. It won no seat in the July 2018 national political race. KNUP additionally won no seat.

Mr Bun Chhay said that the two gatherings' authorities ought to be eager to cooperate.

"We need authorities who are proficient, effective, and well known. We need the individuals who have aim to join together," Mr Bun Chhay said. "I accept that this merger won't be equivalent to the past one. We won't enable cronyism and debasement to exist in the gathering."

Phan Sothy, Funcinpec's delegate secretary-general, said on Wednesday that the gathering will likewise select three senior gathering authorities to work with the KNUP.

"We have encountered breakaways multiple times, so we won't enable it to happen once more," Mr Sothy said. "We trust that we will be joined together and not split once more."