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Myanmar Pro-Military Party Declares Victory in Junta-Run Polls
Channel News Asia ^ | 26 Jan 2026

Posted on 01/25/2026 11:45:50 PM PST by nickcarraway

"We are in the position to form a new government," said a senior official from the Union Solidarity and Development Party, after the vote's third and final phase took place on Sunday.

Myanmar's dominant pro-military party has won junta-run elections, a party source told AFP on Monday (Jan 26), after a month-long vote that democracy watchdogs dismissed as a rebranding of army rule.

While the military has said the election will return power to the people, popular democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi remains detained since the coup and her party has been dissolved, while critics say the ballot was stacked with army allies.

"We won a majority already," a senior official from the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to share preliminary results.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: China; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: asia; burma; election; junta; myanmar

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1 posted on 01/25/2026 11:45:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

You posted without comment but perhaps you can bottom line the situation for us dullards. TIA


2 posted on 01/25/2026 11:49:07 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: nickcarraway

Burma


3 posted on 01/25/2026 11:55:27 PM PST by Repeal The 17th ( I am obsessed with not being obsessed with anything.)
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To: nickcarraway
We're widely read
And often quoted
But it's shaves
Not signs
For which we're noted
Burma-Shave

4 posted on 01/25/2026 11:56:50 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Repeal The 17th

It’s will always be Burma-Shave to me.

Oops. I meant Burma.


5 posted on 01/26/2026 12:17:49 AM PST by moviefan8
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To: moviefan8; Governor Dinwiddie

The original product was a liniment
with ingredients described as having come from
“the Malay Peninsula and Burma”, hence the name.


6 posted on 01/26/2026 12:24:01 AM PST by Repeal The 17th ( I am obsessed with not being obsessed with anything.)
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To: nickcarraway

“While the military has said the election will return power to the people, popular democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi remains detained since the coup and her party has been dissolved, while critics say the ballot was stacked with army allies.”

Pretty much what Europe does to parties they don’t like, and what the Democrats almost did to Trump.


7 posted on 01/26/2026 12:39:25 AM PST by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: Repeal The 17th
VERY INTERESTING. Thanks for sharing that tidbit. Fascinating.
8 posted on 01/26/2026 12:45:43 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Didn’t know that. Learned something new.


9 posted on 01/26/2026 12:47:35 AM PST by moviefan8
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

10 posted on 01/26/2026 1:12:04 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Tom Tetroxide
Cute, words of wisdom! 😀

11 posted on 01/26/2026 2:25:23 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: nickcarraway

Burma is, unfortunately, just another example of failed socialist policies.
Since WWII, it has been ruled by violent lefties, to a predictable end.
As everywhere, socialists introduced misery, killing and suffering.
An, once established, socialism is very hard to undo.
In Burma, the end is not in sight!


12 posted on 01/26/2026 2:36:29 AM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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