The sun may be setting on one-party rule in Cambodia
CAMBODIANS are heading to polls on Sunday to elect the chiefs of local communes that represent political leadership at the grassroots level. The elections are critical because 90 per cent of the population lives in villages. For the national assembly, the vote will forecast the trend in the general election to be held in July next year.
Cambodia's political culture of violence is persists stubbornly, and many Cambodians are worried that blood will be shed during the hustings.
These fears were magnified with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's warning last Thursday that war could break out in the country if his ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) lost the local elections and the general election that is coming next.
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