Hun Sen’s son is expected to take over Cambodia’s premiership. That makes the country’s upcoming election a farce
Yet as the 70-year-old leader’s thoughts turn to retirement, Mr Hun Sen knows his Ozymandian monument, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, will not secure his legacy. Though he is campaigning for re-election, ahead of a vote due on July 23rd, Asia’s longest-serving leader has already anointed a successor—his eldest son, Hun Manet.
Mr Hun Sen is making sure the election does not overthrow his succession plan. He has banned the country’s main opposition, the Candlelight Party, from registering for it. He has shut down Voice of Democracy, one of Cambodia’s last independent news outlets. During his long tenure, around 6,000 opposition members have been forced or induced to join the ruling party, through a combination of threats and financial sweeteners, estimates Sophal Ear of Arizona State University.
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