Hun Sen’s post-election resignation a near done deal

Asia’s longest-serving leader has put his dynastic succession plan in overdrive after taming all last vestiges of opposition.

Prime Minister Hun Sen is ready to step back from frontline politics after a general election in July, raising the chances that Cambodia will soon have a new leader for the first time in 38 years.

The plan is now for Hun Sen, 70, to retire as premier immediately after the general election on July 23 – in which his ruling party is assured an outright victory – or shortly afterward when a new, youthful cabinet has been formed, several sources told Asia Times.

The cogs now appear to be turning much more quickly in order to set up a swift transition to a government led by his eldest son Hun Manet, 45, who in late 2021 was nominated by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to be its future prime ministerial candidate.

In full: https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/hun-sens-post-election-resignation-a-near-done-deal/

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