Cambodian leader Hun Sen’s eldest son and chosen successor hailed “victory day” in a final rambunctious rally on Friday, ahead of one-sided elections that his father’s ruling party is guaranteed to win.
Hun Manet might take over the prime minister’s post as soon as next month, following a surprise revelation made by his father this week.
One of the world’s longest-serving rulers, Hun Sen has played off tensions between the United States and China to buttress his grip on power, and critics say that more than 30 years after UN-brokered peace accords ended decades of bloody conflict, his rule has left Cambodian democracy in a sorry state.
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