The Biden administration has announced it is suspending some its its foreign assistance programs in Cambodia after the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, claimed a landslide victory in another lopsided election on July 23.
The preliminary results from the National Election Commission showed the CPP won 125 seats, while the royalist FUNCINPEC party won five. According to RFA, FUNCINPEC was one of 16 parties that the CPP allowed to run against it. However, due to the CPP’s actions to suffocate any voices of political opposition with threats and other maneuvers, none of those parties were expected to seriously challenge the CPP….