REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PHNOM PENH -- The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has announced that it will stage daily protest from Sunday to urge Prime Minister Hun Sen's government to hold a re-election following allegations of serious irregularities in the July election.

"The CNRP's Permanent Committee has just decided that we will organize demonstration everyday non-stop to demand a re-election to be held soon," CNRP's leader Sam Rainsy said in a video clip posted on his Facebook page on Friday night.

He said the decision would be announced at the capital's Freedom Park on Sunday, when the first of the demonstrations starts to push for a snap election.

"Please, compatriots, come to join the demonstrations with us," he said.

CNRP's lawmaker-elect Ho Vann said Saturday that the Sunday's rally would be attended by about 20,000 supporters.

"We will rally at the Freedom Park tomorrow, no marching on streets," he told Xinhua.

He said daily protests would be held on a small scale at the Freedom Park over the next week, but will be conducted on a large scale from Dec. 22 onwards.

"Now, we do not demand an independent probe into the disputed July election, but call for a re-election as soon as possible," he said.

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Tuesday rejected the opposition's call for a re-election.

"I don't know what to do if they continue to reject the July election results," he told reporters.

"It is impossible to hold a snap election in Cambodia because there is no reason and to hold a re-election will take at least one or two years," he said.

He said the ruling Cambodian People's Party's door remained open for further negotiations with the CNRP.

Political dispute between Hun Sen's ruling party and the longtime opposition leader Sam Rainsy's party has persisted since the July election results indicated that the ruling party won a majority of vote with 68 parliamentary seats and the opposition earned the remaining 55 seats.

The opposition has not accepted the outcome and boycotted parliament since then in order to call for an independent probe into the alleged irregularities during the poll, but the ruling party rejected the call, saying it was against the nation's constitution.

One of the protests in mid-September turned violent as protesters threw stones at police and the police retaliated with tear gas, smoke bombs and water cannon. As a result, a protester was shot dead and several got wounded.

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