Cambodian authorities falsely tout democratic bona fides after doing everything possible to secure [the] election result before a single ballot was cast.
Analyststhat Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for 38 years, would pass the torch to his son Hun Manet, who heads Cambodia’s army.
On July 26, Hun Sen officially announced he was stepping down, and that Hun Manet would take over in three weeks. Hun Sen saidThe government maintains the poll embodied Cambodia’s “vibrant democracy.” The election resulted in anything but a pluralistic outcome, with the CPP capturing 120 of 125 seats in parliament. The National Front for an Independent, Neutral and Cooperative Cambodia won the other five seats. This royalist party “has evolved into a tamed opposition force that rarely challenges the ruling party's actions,” The Associated PressIn the 2018 election, the CPP secured all 125 seats in the National Assembly and all 58 elected seats in the Senate.
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