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Democracy is declining in Southeast Asia. The Cambodian prime minister will hand over his office to his son later this month, after rigged elections. Meanwhile, Thailand's largest political party is k
his son, hun manet, will soon succeed him in a once in a generation dynastic power transfer that s fraught with risk. the disqualification of the main opposition party left people with no real choices. the 17 others permitted to contest the election were either too small or too new to attract more than a handful of votes. it was a boring campaign for the people , said the spokesman for the banned candle light party, which was forced to sit out this election with no opposition. it was like a soup with no flavour. the ruling party still campaigned hard, though its colourful rallies were the only ones that most cambodians got to see. the cpp was pushing for a strong turnout, and it looks like it got that. we ve just finished counting the votes here in this polling station in phnom penh. quite a surprisingly number of spoiled ballots here.
hun sen has declared victory in a general election. but the main opposition party was banned, so it s been dismissed by some as a one sided sham. jonathan head reports. the man who s held onto power here for nearly four decades was among the first to vote. hun sen had made sure his party faced no rival in this election. it was dismissed by many as a sham, but he still needed it to go well. and here s why. his son, hun manet, will soon succeed him in a once in a generation dynastic power transfer that s fraught with risk. the disqualification of the main opposition party left people with no real choices. the 17 others permitted to contest the election were either too small or too new to attract more than a handful of votes. it was a boring campaign for the people , said the spokesman for the banned candle light party, which was forced to sit out this election with no opposition. it was like a soup with no flavour. the ruling party still campaigned hard, though its colourful rallies