"Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Hand Over Power to Son: Political Transition in August"

 

By:ReportRealm Desk

Courtesy:BBC 

Date:7/28/23

Pic of combination prime minister Hun Sen

(ReportRealm Desk)- 

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is one of the longest serving rulers in the world today. At the beginning of next month, he has announced that he will resign and hand over the responsibility of the Prime Minister to his son. Former Khmer Rouge guerrilla Hun Sen is now 70. He has been ruling Cambodia for the past 38 years. For a long time, he suppressed the opposition and the opposition in the country with such a strict hand that there is no such thing as an opposition. That is why his party got a "one-sided" victory in the national election last Sunday. According to the BBC, Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won all of the country's 125 parliamentary seats. News from bdnews. 

After ruling the country for a long time, Hun Sen had been preparing the stage for the transfer of power to his eldest son Hun Manet for the past few years. Ahead of this year's national elections, he also announced that if his party won the polls, he would step down as prime minister and be replaced by his son. That is why the country's opposition leaders called this election rather the coronation of Hun Manet. Announcing his resignation in a special speech on state television yesterday, Hun Sen said that his son will take over as prime minister on August 10. He also said that he has decided to resign citing the possibility of instability if he still retains the post of Prime Minister. However, he will perform the duties of the party chief. Which will keep him still in power, say political analysts. 45-year-old Hun Manet has played an important role in campaigning for this year's national elections since the beginning.