Cambodian General Election, 2003.
A year later and there was still no 'winner'.
Hun Sen magnanimously levered the opposition into place as his party, the CCP, continued to rule the country.
After many months, and despite cries of betrayal from the Sam Rainsy Party for failing to hold the opposition line, Prince Norodom Ranariddh's FUNCINPEC Party entered into a coalition government with the CCP.
Despite the accusations of intimidation...
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Cambodian General Election, 2003.
A year later and there was still no 'winner'.
Hun Sen magnanimously levered the opposition into place as his party, the CCP, continued to rule the country.
After many months, and despite cries of betrayal from the Sam Rainsy Party for failing to hold the opposition line, Prince Norodom Ranariddh's FUNCINPEC Party entered into a coalition government with the CCP.
Despite the accusations of intimidation tactics in the provinces, the election was widely viewed as free and as fair as one could expect.
©James Robert Fuller
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