/ 25 July 2023

An inconclusive result in Spain…

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Image: Przemek P via Wikimedia Commons

Spain has a hung parliament after the country’s election on Sunday failed to produce an outright winner. The conservative opposition party – dubbed the People’s Party (PP) – was tipped for victory, but the incumbent Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) did better than many anticipated. To secure a majority, one of the parties needed at least 176 seats, but that will be tough to secure… Even with the far-right Vox party and far-left Sumar party’s votes going to PP and PSOE, neither has enough to claim government. Pencil in another vote towards the end of the year… And in Cambodia, 45yo Hun Manet – son of Cambodia’s current PM Hun Sen – is set to succeed his father in the coming weeks. The nation’s one-horse election on the weekend has been labelled a sham by democracy watchers.

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