Associated Press (on the Guardian) : Cambodia’s Hun Sen Leads Party to Victory

Hun Sen’s party won Sunday’s general elections, but apparently fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to govern outright. With the final votes counted Tuesday, the Cambodian People’s Party said it expects to control about 73 of the 123 seats in the National Assembly. Official results won’t be announced until Aug. 8, but independent observers agreed with the CPP’s assessment.

Contrairement à 1998, les partis d’opposition semblent jusqu’à présent accepter la victoire du demi-despote validée par les observateurs (ce qui permettrait d’éviter quelques semaines d’émeutes meurtrières).