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Cambodia Prime Minister HE says 2018 election result does not need international recognition.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-cambod ... NO?rpc=401&

Democracy just goes from strength to strength here doesn't it...

i think Xi Jinping's remarks were noteworthy regarding Cambodia recently during his visit
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_66 ... 3484.shtml
single party states can certainly be successful.
I hear very little criticism of the ruling party among young working class Khmer- not that i poke my long nose in or ask many questions unless the opportunity arises to see what they think.

Hmmmm. This ^.
One could say that under HE, Cambodia has advanced well. Certainly seems to be the general opinion out here in the bush.

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frank lee bent wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2017 5:36 pm i think Xi Jinping's remarks were noteworthy regarding Cambodia recently during his visit
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_66 ... 3484.shtml
single party states can certainly be successful.
I hear very little criticism of the ruling party among young working class Khmer- not that i poke my long nose in or ask many questions unless the opportunity arises to see what they think.

I agree with you Frank. I was in a conversation with a group of working class, all with university background. They were talking about the Pol pot times, saying it was bad so many people died. But a good thing was it made people equal.

Revolutions don't make people equal.

They make different people top dogs.

To achieve universal equality, you need to remove that which makes people unequal.

Class defined by wealth.

frank lee bent wrote: i think Xi Jinping's remarks were noteworthy regarding Cambodia recently during his visit
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_66 ... 3484.shtml
single party states can certainly be successful.
I hear very little criticism of the ruling party among young working class Khmer- not that i poke my long nose in or ask many questions unless the opportunity arises to see what they think.

Really? My wife and every single one of her friends (I'm not sure you could put them in a 'class' category, but with very mixed backgrounds) are totally against the ruling party, and that goes for half of her family. The other half of her family are civil servants (and therefore not working 'class') and are all very much pro-the ruling party. I think the only people that still support are those paid directly by them. I have never found another Cambodian in favour of them and I know a lot of Cambodians socially.

Come on out to the countryside. Perhaps a different demographic. Almost all CPP, here.



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Khmer I know, here and in the sticks, simply say nothing, because there's not much you can say in the face of leaders as crass and shameless as the current bunch.

Russia to send observers to Cambodia’s 2018 election, agrees to discuss debt.

http://m.phnompenhpost.com/node/98582

Russia and China are onboard as election observers, now all we need is for a Spanish speaking representative of Latin America and perhaps an African representative, from somewhere like the DRC, onboard, and it's happy camping. Not sure why the PM needs them after saying he doesn't need international recognition though?