PHNOM PENH: Incense drifted across a classroom as Cambodian election workers sought spiritual blessings for their makeshift polling station, ahead of a vote that Prime Minister Hun Sen needs no divine intervention to win.
Sunday's election has been widely condemned as a sham by international observers, with any real opposition eliminated, allowing the Cambodian leader to prepare to hand the reins to his son Hun Manet after four decades of iron-fisted rule.Officials prepare voters' lists at a polling station before Sunday's election in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh on Saturday, July 22, 2023.
The 70-year-old leader has made it clear he will step down and pass the baton to his son, 45-year-old Hun Manet — perhaps as early as next month — though he has said he will still wield power from behind the scenes.Web developer Seila Lyhour told AFP he was unsure about Hun Manet succeeding.'For me, I would say that he will change direction a little bit from his father. Even though they are related, some people have different opinions,' he said.
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