PARIS: Any hopes that Cambodia could become more democratic or friendlier to the West after Prime Minister Hun Sen's departure are misguided, leading opposition figure Sam Rainsy said. Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, this week said
PARIS: Any hopes that Cambodia could become more democratic or friendlier to the West after Prime Minister Hun Sen's departure are misguided, leading opposition figure Sam Rainsy said.he would resign and hand power to his eldest son, Hun ManetThe former Khmer Rouge cadre has run the kingdom since 1985, eliminating all opposition to his power, with rival parties banned, challengers forced to flee and freedom of expression stifled.
Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party last week won a landslide victory in an election with no meaningful opposition, paving the way for a dynastic succession to his eldest son that some critics have compared to that of North Korea. "I think nothing can resist the aspiration of the Cambodian people to have more freedoms, to have a new system that is more free and more just, in short to have democracy," Rainsy said.
The government is blocking his return home, a sign that Hun Sen had a"fear of my presence in Cambodia", Rainsy said. Rainsy said he thought the Cambodian army,"which is poorly paid, which suffers from injustice", would join such a movement.
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