The EU has to be aware the threat to Cambodia’s democracy has reached its pinnacle

On Sunday, the world witnessed yet another wholly fraudulent election in Cambodia.

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This Soviet-style pseudo-act of democracy, in a country that has been ruled by one man since 1985, was about paving the way for a dynastic transition between Hun Sen and his son, Hun Manet.

The current leader of the country’s army, and a graduate of West Point, NYU, and Bristol University, many hope that Cambodian democracy may be reborn with Manet coming to power – but, make no mistake, just like with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, this will not be the case.

In full: https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/26/the-eu-has-to-be-aware-the-threat-to-cambodias-democracy-has-reached-its-pinnacle