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You are feeling very depressed. In thejuly election in cambodia for the national assembly, the Ruling Peoples 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 cambodias next Prime Minister. But for the cambodian people, this succession within the same political clan, the same family, actua
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 hes 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 cambodias next Prime Minister. But for the cambodian people, this succession within the same political clan the same family, actually is just unacceptable. Scoffs. Its 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
americas remain in mexico a silent policy and whether high school football coach can be fired for praying on the field. trace: progressives are urging the president and his party to dramatically reshape the court, even if it means using extreme measures like killing the filibuster or impeaching conservative justices. dana: on deck with a let s begin on capitol hill as this all settles in. good morning to you both. emotions as we sat are still running high on the hill even though congress is out this week. plenty of democrats have been on the airwaves talking about how they feel about this ruling. most of them are still trying to encourage voters to get out the vote this november. others are taking it much further. saying that the g.o.p. is going to rig the election. they are calling to abolish the filibuster. they re even raising this question about whether or not it s time to impeach the justices. watch. you think lying in a confirmation hearing is an impeachable off