Is democracy dead in Cambodia?

Cambodians will go to the polls on 29 July but these are clearly not free and fair elections.

In the run-up to the July 29 vote, the now officially dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) is calling for a boycott of the election. They argue, as do many analysts, that while there are 20 other parties on the ballot, many are linked to the ruling party and there is no viable opposition to Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP). As such, it is a foregone conclusion that CPP will “win”. Certainly, the absence of any credible opposition makes a mockery of the election process. But how did we get here? And what happens next for the country?

Read the full story: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/democracy-dead-cambodia-180727112147677.html

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