Brunei has a dual judicial system of Sharia and secular courts; all senior judges are appointees of sultan. The courts seem to act independently when handling civil matters, and have yet to be tested in political cases or under the fresh regulations recently phased in. They have not shown independence in any cases connected to […]
For more than three decades Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Hun Sen have dominated Cambodia’s political system. While semi-competitive elections have been conducted in the past, polls are now held in an extremely repressive environment. The CPP-led government has sustained pressure on the opposition, independent media outlets, and demonstrators with intimidation, politically driven prosecutions, and […]
The 2002 constitution grants the king power over the legislative, executive, and judicial authorities. The monarch appoints and dismisses the PM and cabinet members, who are responsible to him instead of the legislature. Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa (the uncle of the current king Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa) was the nation’s only PM between independence from […]
