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...shade of the UNTAC umbrella, there is a heartening political spring in Cambodia. Alongside several brave Cambodian groups, UNTAC is promoting human-rights ideas. At least 14 political parties have sprung up to contest the election, including one with the Stars and Stripes as its symbol. Hun Sen's ruling communists have renamed themselves the Cambodian People's Party, but find it hard to escape their Marxist, pro-Vietnamese history or reputation for corruption and brutality. Their principal competitor is the nationalist, anticommunist party founded by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the country's former ruler...
...party claims that its supporters are harassed, intimidated, even killed; most observers in Phnom Penh believe Hun Sen's administration is behind the attacks. Hun Sen denies that. Although he is an authoritative figure who will no doubt hold a senior position in any postelection coalition, his power is limited by hard-line communists within his government and a security apparatus not entirely under his control...
...complex and ambitious a program, the U.N. was lamentably slow in deploying UNTAC. Troops came piecemeal, and some were at first immobilized by lack of logistic support. Despite the large staff now in place, UNTAC has had difficulty asserting control over the Hun Sen administration. In the provinces, the handful of U.N. civil servants found themselves powerless in the face of entrenched local officialdom backed by all the government's resources, including police and troops...
Khmer Rouge patrols have also been entering villages nominally controlled by Hun Sen's administration, tearing down election posters and confiscating radios. Recently, Khmer Rouge cadres in one district made villagers hand over their registration cards and cut them in two, keeping the half bearing the name. The message was terrifyingly clear. Still, U.N. observers believe the Khmer Rouge to be a much weaker force than generally assumed -- capable of terrorism but unable to mount large-scale assaults...
...animosity among the factions is evident in the Supreme National Council. Meetings have not been easy, and Sihanouk, in poor health, has become weary. For the past few weeks he has been in Beijing complaining about the behavior of some of the factions. He has warned that unless both Hun Sen and UNTAC act vigorously "against the poisoning of the political atmosphere, social injustice and political terrorism," he will stop cooperating with them...