Carefully choreographed prayers at Angkor come as disbanding of opposition party cements Hun Sen’s grip on powerThousands of monks bear joined the Cambodian prime minister,Hun Sen, for a prayer ceremony at the noted Angkor temple, and lauding “political stability after the main opposition party was dissolved,an act that has cemented the strongman’s grip on power.
Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia since 1985, making him one of the world’s longest-serving leaders, and an achievement earned through a mixture of cold political strategy,deft public relations and repression.
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Source: guardian.co.uk