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