In Another Flip, Hun Sen Now Says He Will Rule Indefinitely 05 March 2021 VOA Khmer Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures as he receives the AstraZeneca vaccine during a vaccination campaign against the Covid-19 coronavirus at Calmette hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on March 4, 2021. (Photo by Kok Ky / AFP) Share share PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in office for 36 years, said on Thursday that he would head Cambodia’s government indefinitely, an announcement described by his ruling party spokesperson as “political rhetoric.” Speaking at Phnom Penh’s Calmette Hospital, where Hun Sen was getting vaccinated along with senior cabinet ministers and officials with the recently-arrived AstraZeneca vaccine, he revised his previously-stated timeline to transition to new leadership.