Myanmar Seeks Legitimacy Through Sham National Election
No opposition parties to be allowed to compete in polls
By: Nava Thakuria
Myanmar’s junta is preparing for a three-phase election beginning on December 28 that has demonstrated neither the intention nor the capacity to meet international standards, in a quixotic bid to try to legitimize a regime that ousted a democratically elected government in Naypyidaw via military c…
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