Rumours have long swirled of Prime Minister  Hun Sen grooming his eldest son as his possible successor but a truly ubiquitous phenomenon unfolded when the premier made a rare revelation that one of the  preferred successors could be Deputy Prime Minister Aun Pornmoniroth. He urged critics to stop fuelling speculation of his son, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and Royal Cambodian Army Commander Lieutenant General Hun Manet, 43, as his successor.

 

In his televised address to the nation, Mr Hun Sen dropped hints that one of his possible successors being his former personal secretary Pornmoniroth who is now the Minister for Economy and Finance. “We have been training Pornmoniroth ever since he was my secretary and groomed him to become the Deputy Prime Minister.”

Aun Pornmoniroth, Minister of Economy and Finance representing Prime Minister Hun Sen at the 11th ASEAN-UN Summit on November 15. Ministry of Economy and Finance

PM squashes rumours that his son will be next in power

 

“He represented the Prime Minister at the Asean Summit. What message is it? Please be clear about this arrangement,” he said.

 

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On 12/16/2020 at 8:32 AM, geovalin said:

What message is it?

The message is that Cambodia is a feudal Kleptocracy with a twisted bully as PM.