Commune Elections a big test for Hun Sen

Cambodians go to the polls early next month to elect more than 12,000 district officials, but the ballot is also shaping-up as a showdown between the two major parties amid threats of civil war and a crackdown on political dissent in the lead-up to national elections slated for the middle of next year.

For Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) believe the communal poll on June 4 will provide an important litmus test of their popularity, which has been under stiff pressure from a burgeoning youth vote and changing attitudes. …

 Luke Hunt
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/commune-elections-a-big-test-for-hun-sen/3866975.html

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