Hun Sen brushes off end of EU election support
The EU’s decision came in response to the government’s crackdown on the Kingdom’s largest opposition party – the Cambodia National Rescue Party – which was summarily dissolved last month, a development that the EU said rendered credible elections impossible. But in a speech to garment workers in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district yesterday, Hun Sen said the government had enough money to hold next year’s national elections without outside help and didn’t need the approval of foreign powers. …
Ben Sokhean and Daphne Chen
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