A scathing report by a group of ASEAN parliamentarians yesterday called recent changes to the Law on Political Parties and judicial harassment of opposition lawmakers part of a “systematic dismantling of democracy”, creating a “dark shadow” over Cambodian society ahead of June commune elections.

 

Titled Death Knell for Democracy, the report describes the sustained use of a partisan judiciary and National Assembly by the government in a bid to hobble the opposition in the wake of the “game changer” 2013 election, which saw a unified opposition make unprecedented gains.

 

Charles Santiago, chair of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, said the continued targeting of the opposition and Hun Sen’s apparent desire to retain power at any cost had created an environment that could call into question the legitimacy of the June ballot.

 

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Phenom Pen Post 21/03

 

did that "searing report" burn Hun Sen's delicate fingertips? Nah, don't think so 

Any criticism Hen Sen and his henchmen get is well deserved. He is running anything but a democracy. Wonder that they had to say about the happiest land in the world? With the current degree of censorship, we may never know. Democracy seems to be on the very, very distant horizon.