that he won, and so this is a mere formality in the sense that what really was import was the king s approval, which came through yesterday, and the now the parliament of which is dominated by the cambodian people s party, will sign off on this, and they already indicated last week that they would approve this measure anyway. it is really a formality, this is expected to pass very quickly. if formality, this is expected to pass very quickly. pass very quickly. if hun sen is exnected pass very quickly. if hun sen is expected to pass very quickly. if hun sen is expected to hold - pass very quickly. if hun sen is expected to hold still- pass very quickly. if hun sen is expected to hold still a - pass very quickly. if hun sen is expected to hold still a lot of power, why do you think he has appointed his son as his successor? why notjust stay in office? i5 successor? why not ust stay in office? , . , , . office? is nearly perfect time to do it. office? is nearly perfect time to do it
but i think there is something else going on. they are commemorating the end of the korean war. that began when north korea invaded south korea. they thought they would take the south korean capital very quickly and overrun the country. instead the war went on for several years, it ground down to slow fighting, 5 million people died, and nothing was achieved, the porter ended up exactly where it was before. one country invading a neighbour, hoping for a very quick victory, fighting grinding down and not achieving an awful lot. does it remind you of a conflict going on at the moment? i wondered sergei shoigu might notice the parallels and perhaps notice a potential warning. to cambodia now, where the prime minister, hun sen, has announced he ll step down, days after he led his cambodian people s party to victory in an election with no meaningful opposition. the 70 year old, who is one of the world s longest serving political leaders, said that he d appointed his eldest son to be
votes in the past and probably won t win any seats. there are 125 seats in the assembly, currently the cambodian people s party, the prime minister s party, has all 125. they banned the previous opposition in the election five years ago, the same pattern. while the election is completely predictable it isn t inconsequential. horns and is preparing for this once in a generation hand over to his elder son, generation hand over to his elderson, hun generation hand over to his elder son, hun manet. generation hand over to his elderson, hun manet. hun sen is preparing. the preparations have been in place for a long time. he has been successful at neutralising his opponents outside the party, but his own party, the cambodian people s party, is factionalised, with powerful groups in there, and what he wants is an impressive turnout in the election to show that he is still respected by the people. he has been running on this record that he has been running on for decades that he is the man