The Effects of Multi-Party Conditions on Cambodian Politic Challenges
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https://doi.org/10.54692/jari.v1i1.25Keywords:
Multi-party system, dominant-party, democracy, human rights, politic challengeAbstract
This paper explored the multi-party conditions in Cambodian politics, focusing on the effects of multi-party situations that influenced the Cambodian politic challenges, Cambodia’s liberal, and multi-party democracy from 2013 to 2023. Since the adoption of democracy in 1993, Cambodia maintained the framework of a multi-party system, and the political dominance of Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) raised questions about the strength of democratic competition. The analysis highlighted key effects of multi-party on Cambodian politic challenges, including the solution for the Cambodia’s multi-party systems, political rights, electoral regularities, and human rights. Political parties emerged, reflecting continued demand for pluralism. Cambodian Economics needed to develop under CPP leadership, with the balance between stability and democratic freedoms. International perspectives remain divided; China and Russia recognize its elections as legitimate. The findings revealed that Cambodia’s democracy caught between maintaining constitutional principles of multi-party participation and the reality of a dominant-party system.
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