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Final phase of Myanmar's election underway, military-backed party set to win
The military-backed USDP and armed forces hold nearly 400 parliamentary seats; voter turnout was between 50% and 60%, with many conflict areas excluded from voting.
- On Sunday, Myanmar held the final round of a three-stage general election, capping a monthlong vote with the Union Solidarity and Development Party leading early results.
- Critics say the polls are neither free nor fair and aim to legitimize military power after the February 1, 2021 coup that sidelined Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy.
- Voting opened at 6 a.m. in 61 townships across six regions and three states, while security gaps left 67 townships without voting, reducing the 664-member national parliament to 586 seats.
- The combined parliament will pick the president, and Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing is widely expected to assume the role when Parliament convenes in March and the new government takes office in April.
- International observers were mainly from states viewed as authoritarian, and critics faced new legal penalties as authorities charged more than 400 people recently under the Election Protection Law.
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Myanmar general looms over poll seen as cementing junta's power
Myanmar's top general Min Aung Hlaing was months from retirement five years ago when he made an about-face, deposed the democratic government and promoted himself to leader.
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AlKhaleej TodayMyanmar votes today in final election phase critics say entrenches army rule
MANDALAY Jan 25 — Myanmar opened the final round of its month-long election on Sunday, with the dominant pro-military party on course for a landslide in a junta-run vote critics say will prolong the army’s grip on power.Tropical Myanmar has a long history of military rule, but the generals took a back seat for a decade of civilian-led reforms.That ended in a 2021 military coup when democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi was detained, civil war b…
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