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Posted on 12/26/2025 8:48:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
More than four years ago, the military ousted Myanmar’s freely elected government at gunpoint. The upcoming polls will be a total sham.
On December 28, Myanmar’s military will hold the first phase of a long-promised election. But don’t be fooled: The voting is set to be a total sham.
Military chief Min Aung Hlaing, who led the 2021 coup, has urged his enemies to put down their weapons and take part in the election. He has also promised that the military administration will transfer power to whatever government is formed after the vote.
But few observers are putting much stock in that promise. After all, the military ousted the last freely elected government at gunpoint.
What should you make of Myanmar’s so-called “elections”?
In this episode of Diplomat Asia, you’ll learn how the military is staging the polls – emphasis on “staging” – and why the election in Myanmar is likely to lead to more, not less, violence.
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This is one place I would advocate the US taking out the leadership. Myanmar had just elected a demoractic government when these thugs took power, because it was not them who won.
Despite the ongoing warfare, part of Myanmar go on as if nothing has happened. I have seen some TV dramas and other shows from Myanmar where there is no inkling that there is a war going on in the background.
“Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election?”
For the same reason Democrats hold elections.
They are democratically-elected dictators. Despite what government schools train us to think, "democratically-elected dictator" is not a contradiction nor self-cancelling phrase.
Has the country under military rule prospered, regressed, or remained the same? Are the people more free, less free or the same as before?
None of our business.
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Has the country under military rule prospered, regressed, or remained the same? Are the people more free, less free or the same as before?
That depends on where folks live and you social economic status. Yangoon and other citys on the coast appear not to be affected. In areas where the military is fighting the insurgents, not so much.
They also had a devastaing earthquake this summer in Mandalay which is closer to the fighting.
Less free, I don’t think anything is better. Also, China is supposed to be their closest ally, and they are angry with Myanmar. I guess Russia is their closest ally, but Russia can’t really be bothered.
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