you are feeling very depressed. in thejuly election in cambodia for the national assembly, the ruling people s party won 120 of the 125 seats. was that really the final nail in the coffin of your opposition movement? no, we continue the fight. it is an uphill battle. but i think in the end, democracy will prevail. what makes you think that, given the track record of the last 30, a0 years, why on earth do you still believe what you call democracy will prevail? because nobody is eternal. hun sen is 72 year old. and many, many cambodians among the young generation, they are hoping for a democratic change. but the point about hun sen, he is clearly getting older but the whole point of this election is that as soon as the election was done he told the nation that he is handing the reins of power to his son, hun manet, who now sits in the parliament and will be cambodia s next prime minister. but for the cambodian people, this succession within the same political clan, the same fam
given the track record of the last 30, a0 years? why on earth do you still believe what you call democracy will prevail? because nobody is eternal. hun sen is 72 year old. and many, many cambodians among the young generation, they are hoping for a democratic change. well, yes, but the point about hun sen is that he s clearly getting older but the whole point of this election is that as soon as the election were done, he told the nation that he is handing the reins of power to his son, hun manet, who now sits in the parliament and will be cambodia s next prime minister. but for the cambodian people, this succession within the same political clan the same family, actually is just unacceptable. scoffs. it s easy in a way for you to say that with great confidence, sitting here with me in the hardtalk studio and from your home in exile in paris, but the reality for cambodians is the hun sen regime if i can put it that way, because he still is the leader of the ruling party,
If you stop respecting an international treaty, where are we going to? what is the use of signing any international treaty if you do not respect them? sam rainsy, ithank you forjoining me on hardtalk. hello. we re going to have all sorts of weather on friday from morning thunderstorms across the south of the country, to sunshine in the lake district and scotland. so a real mixed bag on the way. so let s have a look at the big picture. here s the satellite picture
The same family, actually is just unacceptable. scoffs. it s easy in a way for you to say that with great confidence, sitting here with me in the hardtalk studio and from your home in exile in paris, but the reality for cambodians is the hun sen regime if i can put it that way, because he still is the leader of the ruling party, even though he is handing over the premiership the reality is he looks stronger today than ever. he uses brutal force. but if you recall the last election in 2013, when the opposition was allowed to participate in, we won nearly half of the popular vote, in spite of serious irregularities. had the election been more honest, we would have won, definitely, so the support of the population is still there. no doubt, there was significant
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