Sims, Kearrin (2020) Looking ahead: Laos in 2020 and beyond. New Mandala, 22 May 2020.

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Abstract

[Extract] The next Party National Congress of the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is scheduled for early next year and, through this process, new leaders and a new politburo will be elected. While a cloak of secrecy makes it is extremely difficult to predict what specific changes the Congress will bring, well-informed reports from inside Laos suggest that some new, relatively young and well-educated figures, are destined for Senior party positions. In my summary of Laos and its political trajectory over the past 12 months, I seek to capture how constraints on freedom of expression have expanded alongside dynamic economic growth.

Item ID:	63314
Item Type:	Article (Editorial)
Keywords:	Laos, Politics, Human Rights, Political Freedom
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Copyright Information:	© Copyright 2020 New Mandala.
Date Deposited:	31 Aug 2020 23:46
FoR Codes:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1606 Political Science > 160606 Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific @ 100%
SEO Codes:	94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9403 International Relations > 940302 International Aid and Development @ 100%
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