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Split decision: war divides Myanmar constituency
The military claims the election will foster reconciliation despite critics calling it rigged and ongoing offensives to regain rebel-held territory, with voting limited to junta-controlled areas.
- On Sunday, polling opened in junta-controlled parts of Pekon township, Shan state, during the month-long election's third and final phase as Kayan National Army fighters stood guard nearby.
- Amid a civil war that began after the coup five years ago, Pekon township, Shan state, about 90 kilometres from the Thai border, has been split by battle lines and rebel-held enclaves.
- Camp residents live in bamboo structures with plastic sheeting for roofs and walls, and Simonet said `While the election is happening, they are still bombing the public by plane` amid junta offensives in the run-up to the vote.
- Poll forecasts show the pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party poised for a landslide, drawing accusations of rigging as the junta pledged the election will return power and urged unity through Min Aung Hlaing's polling station tours.
- Voting was suspended in about one in five townships, underlining limits to the junta's reach; Pekon township highlights stark divisions and millions of victims displaced in makeshift camps.
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Split decision: war divides Myanmar constituency
Fighters from Myanmar's rebel Kayan National Army stood guard Sunday on a hilltop overlooking a displaced people's camp in Pekon -- as voters went to the polls in junta-controlled parts of the constituency.
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