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Senate election held in Cambodia, ex-PM Hun Sen set for top post
Published on 25/02/2024
» Members of Cambodia's lower house and local councillors voted on Sunday to elect senators, with former Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is running from the ruling party of his eldest son's government, seen to win a seat and get the top post at the upper house.
Hun Sen marks birthday with election victory confirmation
AFP, Published on 05/08/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's outgoing leader Hun Sen marked his 71st birthday Saturday with official confirmation of his ruling party's landslide win in recent one-sided polls, paving the way for a smooth transfer of power to his eldest son.
Heir apparent hails election victory
News, AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's heir apparent insisted on Monday on the legitimacy of elections his party won against no meaningful opposition, defying international criticism that the polls were neither free nor fair.
Cambodian heir apparent hails poll victory, defying international criticism
Published on 24/07/2023
» Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's heir apparent insisted Monday on the legitimacy of elections his party won against no meaningful opposition, defying international criticism that the polls were neither free nor fair.
Former Cambodian PM Prince Norodom Ranariddh dies at 77
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Former Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh has died in France, the Cambodian minister of information said. He was 77.
Taking Cambodia's bogus election to task
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 03/08/2018
» It was always a foregone conclusion that Cambodia's incumbent government of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) were going to win the July 29 election. Yet some observers anticipated a modicum of feigned legitimacy whereby a handful of smaller parties would gain a few seats in the National Assembly. Not bothering with any semblance of legitimacy, the CPP has apparently claimed all 125 parliamentary seats. Cambodia now has an elected dictatorship, naked and bare, in mockery of what passes as a free and fair election anywhere and in defiance of global democratic aspirations.
New Cambodian government to be formed next month
Published on 02/08/2018
» Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said that a new government is scheduled to be formed next month after the Cambodian People's Party (PPP) won a sweeping victory in Sunday’s election.
Spoiled by victory?
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/07/2018
» Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) are poised to coast to victory in general elections this coming Sunday, but it may not be smooth sailing ahead for Asia's longest-serving leader.
Injured former Cambodian PM in Bangkok for treatment
Published on 18/06/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian prince who was a candidate in upcoming general elections was transferred early Monday to a hospital in Bangkok after being injured in a road crash that killed his wife, said a fellow politician and a Cambodian news agency. He was expected to recover.
Ex-Cambodian PM's wife killed in crash
News, Published on 18/06/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Former Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh was seriously injured Sunday in a road crash that killed his wife and injured at least seven other people, officials said.