"Polls have opened in Myanmar for the third and final round of a controversial general election, with a military-backed party on course for a landslide win amid a raging civil war. Voting began in 60 townships, including in the cities of Yangon and Mandalay, at 6am local time on Sunday (23:30 GMT, Saturday). list of 3 itemsend of list Critics say the polls are neither free nor fair, and are designed to legitimise military rule in Myanmar,"
"Aung San Suu Kyi remains in detention and, like several other opposition groups, her National League for Democracy (NLD) has been dissolved, tilting the political playing field in favour of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), which is leading in the polls. So far, the USDP has secured 193 out of 209 seats in the lower house, and 52 out of 78 seats in the upper house, according to the election commission."
Voting opened in 60 townships including Yangon and Mandalay for Myanmar's third and final round of a contested general election. A military-backed party, the USDP, is leading and set for a landslide; the election commission reports the USDP has won 193 of 209 lower house seats and 52 of 78 upper house seats. Combined with the military's 166 appointed seats, the military bloc will exceed the 294-seat threshold to control parliament. Aung San Suu Kyi remains detained and the NLD has been dissolved. Rights monitors report coercion and suppression of dissent during the campaign. ASEAN refuses to certify the vote and a UN official called the monthlong polls illegitimate.
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