Cambodia Election: Father is elected as the eldest son to successor?

Source: Voice of Germany

Cambodia held a Congress election on Sunday, and Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in office for nearly 40 years, continued to be elected as iron plate nails.What people are more focused is whether his eldest son is designated.

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On Sunday (July 23), Cambodia held a national parliamentary election vote. The current Prime Minister Hun Sen won the election and continued to ride without any suspense.As early as the preparation of the election, in case, the Phnom Penh government has ruled out the possibility of oppositions and objections participating in the election.

In this context, the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) led by Hun Sen is likely to keep all 125 seats in the hospital.Hunson is 70 years old. He has been the Prime Minister of Cambodia since 1985. He is the longest -named government leader in Asia.

This time is the seventh election held since Cambodia's independence, and more than 9.7 million people have voting rights.

The eldest son takes over?

Hun Sen had hinted that during the next five years, he would transfer his power to his eldest son Hamane.Before the last election five years ago, Hun Sen also stated that he would be the Prime Minister until the next election in 2018, and then "handed it to the people to decide".

Hunson has five children.The two sons who are regarded as a strong successor candidate are the eldest son Hamane (45) and the second son Hamani (41).Hongma Na graduated from the West Point Military Academy in the United States, and is currently the deputy commander of the Cambodian Wang Jiajun and commander of the Army, and the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Cambodian People's Party.He also has a master's degree in New York University and a doctorate degree in the University of Bristol University.By serving as Hongsen's private secretary, his brother Honani directly learned the knowledge of how to become a leader, and was rich in connections in the party and youth groups.

Cambodians believe that even if Hongmanet comes to power, Cambodia's policies will not change immediately.It is generally believed that he will become part of the more extensive generation of generations in the Cambodian ruling party.

A 59 -year -old voter told the Associated Press that he believes that the main item is stable."Without stability, we can't talk about education, and we can't talk about development." He didn't disclose who voted for.

Astrid Noren-Nilsson, an expert at Cambodia, Sweden, also believes that no one will expect Honor to disappear immediately after Hamane's appointed prime minister.She said, "I think they are likely to work closely. I don't think their political views, including foreign policy, will be very different."

For the opposition party

The Cambodian Candle Light Party (CP) is the only opposition party with a weight. It was disqualified from the reasons for the election in May this year.The party performed better than expected in the local election last year and won 22%of the public votes.

There are 17 other small parties participating in the election this time, but they are weak and the hope of winning the seat is very slim.

In June this year, Prime Minister Hun Sen amended the country's election law with an administrative order.According to the new law, those who are absent from voting will be banned from holding a state public office, which will be considered to affect competitors who exile.

Before the election, Cambodia's freedom of speech was seriously targeted, and the only independent news agencies such as "the voice of democracy" were ordered to be closed earlier this year.Human rights organizations have strictly criticized this, saying that human rights observations say that the election "has almost no similarities with the real democratic process."

ANFREL (ANFREL) consists of non -governmental organizations in nearly 20 regions. The network states that the Cambodia National Election Commission has shown a "obvious bias" to the People's Party.

A joint statement of the organization also criticized that Cambodia's civic society is "narrowing space" and will harm "human rights maintenanceers" at will.

The EU, the United States, and other Western countries refused to send observers to observe the election. They said that the election did not have conditions that were regarded as freedom and fairness.Observer from Russia, China, and African countries watched his vote at the voting station where Honor was located.