Cambodia’s Hun Sen said in a speech he would step down as prime minister, and that his son Hun Manet would take over in the coming weeks. | Reuters
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives at the National Assembly of Cambodia during a plenary session in Phnom Penh February 14, 2018. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday he will step down and hand over power to his son next month, ending a near four-decade reign that has in recent years overseen an erosion of democracy in the Southeast Asian country. “Hun Manet…will become the prime minister in the coming weeks,” Hun Sen said in a nationally televised address, adding his son would be appointed to the post by the king on Aug. 10 and parliament would confirm the new premier with a vote on Aug. 22.Hun Sen, who has ruled the Southeast Asian country for 38 years, was speaking just days after his ruling Cambodian People’s Party swept a general election after running virtually unopposed.
Western-educated military general Hun Manet, who has said little of his vision for the country, won a seat representing the capital Phnom Penh in Sunday’s election.
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