Cambodians vote in general election that longtime leader Hun Sen is all but guaranteed to win as he looks to secure his legacy by handing reins to Hun Manet, his US and UK-educated son
Hun Sen displays his marked finger to show he has cast his vote at a polling station in Kandal province on July 23, 2023. / Photo: AFP
His Cambodian People's Party [CPP] is likely to retain all 125 seats in the lower house, prolonging his grip on power and paving the way for a dynastic succession. More than 9.7 million people are registered to vote in the seventh election since the United Nations first sponsored polls in 1993 after years of conflict — including the genocidal Khmer Rouge — left the country devastated.
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