However, the CPP leadership refused to accept defeat, and they announced that the eastern provinces of Cambodia, where most of the CPP's votes were drawn from, would secede from Cambodia.
しかしCPP指導部は敗北を認めることを拒否し、CPPの票のほとんどが投じられたカンボジア東部の県が、カンボジアから分離すると発表した。