Daga nan sai ya sami kansa a cikin mawuyacin halin siyasa. Don kiyaye daidaituwa game da hauhawar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, ya sanya sunayen shugabannin wannan rukunin da yake zalunta a matsayin membobin "hukuncin adawa" wanda aka tsara don saka idanu da sukar gwamnatin Lon Nol. Ofaya daga cikin abubuwan da Lon Nol ya fara fifiko shi ne gyara tattalin arzikin da ke fama da rashin lafiya ta hanyar dakatar da sayar da shinkafa ba bisa ka'ida ba ga 'yan gurguzu. An tura sojoji zuwa yankunan da ke noman shinkafa don karɓar girbi da karfi a ƙarƙashin bindiga, kuma sun biya ƙananan farashin gwamnati ne kawai. Akwai rikice-rikice na yaduwa, musamman a lardin Battambang mai arzikin shinkafa, wani yanki da aka daɗe da saninsa saboda kasancewar manyan masu mallakar ƙasa, babban bambanci a cikin dukiya, kuma inda 'yan gurguzu har yanzu suna da tasiri. Tambaya: Gwamnatin wane ne yarima ke ƙoƙarin yin zargi? Tambaya: Gwamnatin wane ne yarima ke ƙoƙarin yin zargi?
Gudanar da Lon Nol