Suu Kyi's party expected to win second term in Myanmar polls

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Myanmar's citizens go to the polls Sunday in an effort to sustain the fledgling democracy they helped install just five years ago.

There are about 37 million registered voters, though turnout is expected to suffer because of a recent surge in coronavirus cases.

Chances for real reform were always dicey, as the 2008 constitution drafted under the military assures it of enough seats in parliament to block charter changes. Key ministries are also under the control of the military. Enfeebling other parties has meant there has been little real debate about policies during the campaign. Myanmar needs a better political mix, he said.

The decision was one of several points criticized this past week by Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar. Western friends of Myanmar were shocked at the brutal 2017 counter-insurgency campaign by Myanmar's army that drove about 740,000 Rohingya to flee into neighbouring Bangladesh, drawing accusations of genocide.

Measures to control the coronavirus severely restricted traditional large-scale campaigning by all parties, but Suu Kyi benefits from frequent reports in state media about her carrying out her official duties, and from her regular updates about fighting the coronavirus streamed on her Facebook page.

 

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She should be locked up, because of what happened to refugees in that country. Another 'pretty face' doing what she is told and ignoring the health and well being of these people!!!

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