Cambodia's highest court dissolved the main opposition party on Thursday, leaving authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen clear to extend more than three decades of power in next year's election as rights groups decried the death of democracy. In a televised address, Hun Sen told Cambodians the election would go ahead "as normal." Hun Sen and his defenders say only he can ensure peace. Cambodia's embattled opposition party was dissolved by the court on the request of authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen to remove threats to his power ahead of elections next year. Hun Sen appealed to CNRP members to join the CPP, saying: "You cannot even save your party.

Source: CBC News November 16, 2017 11:37 UTC