{"id":1984180,"date":"2023-07-27T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cambodian-leader-hun-sen-set-to-give-power-to-west-point-trained-son\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:58:28","slug":"cambodian-leader-hun-sen-set-to-give-power-to-west-point-trained-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cambodian-leader-hun-sen-set-to-give-power-to-west-point-trained-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian leader Hun Sen to pass power to son trained at West Point."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcambodian-leader-hun-sen-set-to-give-power-to-west-point-trained-son%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984180&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Mohd RASFAN \/ AFP) (Photo by MOHD RASFAN\/AFP\u2063 via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/shawntel-smith-hill\">Shawntel Smith-Hill<\/a><br \/>10:55 AM \u2013\u2063 Thursday, July 27, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>70-year-old former Communist Khmer \u2064Rouge fighter, Hun Sen, announced that he \u200cwould \u2064be handing the premiership to his oldest son, who won his first seat in Parliament in Sunday\u2019s election, on \u200cWednesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>As Asia\u2019s longest-ruling leader, Sen, has been Cambodia\u2019s uncontested prime minister for nearly four decades, making strides to grow closer to China.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders of the Cambodian People\u2019s Party (CCP) won the weekend elections in a landslide victory. Western nations have raised concerns \u2064and \u200ccriticized the elections as neither free nor fair, alluding to a suppression of the country\u2019s main political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Following the elections, Hun Sen confirmed that he would hand over the job to his son, Hun Manet, during the next five year term of the position.<\/p>\n<p>45-year-old Hun Manet is\u2063 a graduate of the United States Military Academy\u200d at West Point and\u200c currently holds the position-of-chief of the\u200b country\u2019s army.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063Cambodian leader informed the King of the country, Norodom Sihamoni, of his\u200b decision, which the king had agreed\u2063 to as a formality.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from the National Election Commission noted that the results from Sunday\u2019s election showed that the CCP\u2064 won 120 of 125 seats. <\/p>\n<p>Despite stepping down as prime minister, it is likely that\u2064 Sen will remain closely involved in running the country and is highly expected to become president of the country\u2019s Senate.<\/p>\n<p>On the CPP\u2019s final day of campaigning, tens of thousands of supporters packed a central square in the capital, where Manet\u200d said in a \u200cspeech that \u200bthe \u200dCPP had brought \u201cpeace, stability,\u2064 and progress to the \u200cCambodian people. \u201c<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cVoting \u2064for the Cambodian People\u2019s Party is voting for yourselves,\u201d he told the\u200b cheering\u2062 crowd, promising to return Cambodia\u2019s\u2062 national \u2063pride to a \u201cgreater level than the glorious Angkor era\u201d of the Khmer Empire centuries ago.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CPP barred \u200dits political opponents\u2062 from participating in the elections based on\u2063 a technicality. This ensured that Cambodians had \u2062limited \u2064choice \u2062and ultimately voted to reelect the current ruling party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAuthorities in Cambodia have spent the past five years picking apart what\u2019s left\u2063 of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association,\u201d\u200d Amnesty International\u2019s Montse Ferrer said Friday. \u201cMany people feel\u2064 that they are being forced to \u2062participate in this election despite their party of choice not being on the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following Sunday\u2019s election results the European Union criticized the \u2063vote as having been \u201cconducted in a restricted political\u200d and civic space where the opposition, civil society and the media were unable to function effectively without hindrance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">The U.S. made a statement saying that it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cambodian-leader-hun-sen-set-to-give-power-to-west-point-trained-son\/\" title=\"Cambodian leader Hun Sen to pass power to son trained at West Point.\">impose strict visa restrictions \u201c<\/a>on individuals who undermined\u200d democracy and implemented a pause of foreign assistance programs\u201d after determining the elections were \u201cneither free nor fair.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On 10th August 2023, Gen. Hun Manet will succeed his father, Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia \u2062since \u20621985. \u200bManet,\u2063 who attended several prestigious military colleges \u200c&#038; holds a PhD (University of Bristol), has been \u2064commander of the Royal Cambodian Army. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j8xceYAVx4\">pic.twitter.com\/j8xceYAVx4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dDuncan Abigaba (@DuncanAbigaba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuncanAbigaba\/status\/1684189538116337664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox\u200b for free.\u200c Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Expanding school choice is an idea not being backed by the\u2063 Nevada State legislature, despite serious concerns over\u00a0class \u2064size,\u00a0literacy, and subject matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>with Dr. Jeff Barke<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>with\u2062 Ivory Hecker<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>with Pastor John MacArthur<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By \u200cAlexander Marrow \u2062and Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters) &#8211;<\/strong>Russian tech giant Yandex reported a 27% fall in second-quarter net profit on Thursday as\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>DUBLIN (Reuters) \u2013<\/strong> Digital rights group\u200d NOYB on Thursday filed a complaint\u2063 against Ryanair, alleging that the airline is violating customers\u2019 data\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211;<\/strong>Britain\u2019s GMB trade union said on Thursday more than a thousand workers at two Amazon fulfilment \u200dcentres in England would\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Aditya Soni (Reuters) \u2013<\/strong> Meta shares \u2063surged\u200c nearly 8% on Thursday as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-release-conditions\/\" title=\"Conditions for the release of Hunter Biden.\">rosy revenue forecast showed<\/a> that artificial intelligence was\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>70-year-old former Khmer Rouge fighter, Hun Sen, will pass the premiership to his oldest son, who won a seat in Parliament on Sunday. 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