Cambodia parliament meets ahead of vote on Hun Sen's son

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 21, 2023 3:48 pm

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodia's new parliament convened on Monday, setting the stage for long-time ruler Hun Sen to officially hand power to his eldest son after last month's one-sided election.

Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won all but five of 125 seats in the lower house in July polls that were widely decried as a sham after the main opposition party was barred from running.

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