Cambodia's Hun Sen says will step down as PM - speech
"Hun Manet...will become the prime minister in the coming weeks," Hun Sen said in a nationally televised address, adding his son would be appointed to the post by the king on Aug. 10 and parliament would confirm the new premier with a vote on Aug. 22.
Hun Sen, who has ruled the Southeast Asian country for 38 years, was speaking just days after his ruling Cambodian People's Party swept a general election after running virtually unopposed., who has said little of his vision for the country, won a seat representing the capital Phnom Penh in Sunday's election.after the government disqualified the main opposition party on a technicality and threatened to penalise anyone calling for a boycott.
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