Myanmar’s Year of Violent Elections
Junta seeks to legitimize itself through meaningless polls
By: David Scott Mathieson
Myanmar, torn by an insurrection attempting to reverse the coup d’etat of four years past, enters 2025 amid even greater uncertainty. The only safe prediction is for greater violence as the junta, which calls itself the State Administration Council (SAC), continues to lose territory to …
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