While Hun Sen has been coy about when the handover would occur, there are signs it could happen sooner than expected. Cambodia
With the main opposition Candlelight Party disqualified, there is little to stop the Cambodian People’s Party from sweeping aside 17 other challengers to win all 125 National Assembly seats as it did in the last general election.
Since then, the CPP youth wing leader and standing committee member has expanded his public profile, speaking at inauguration ceremonies and meeting international leaders. His father was conspicuously absent, even though the emcee urged the crowd to cheer for both father and son. Analysts expect them to replace the CPP leaders who emerged in the turbulent years after the fall of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in 1979.
Scions of the old guard currently in various government positions are expected to feature in this refreshed Cabinet. But the ruling party remains keen on a high voter turnout to give the election a sheen of legitimacy, said Ly Sreysrors.
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