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2 weeks agoMyanmar is holding its first elections in five years
SULLIVAN: Yeah, especially when even the military's leader admits the election can't even be held in many contested or rebel-held areas. And by some estimates, that's about half the country. And then there's the junta's heavy-handed tactics to make sure their proxy party comes out on top. It's banned Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy from taking part. The NLD crushed the military-backed party in the last election in 2020. And by holding the election only in areas it controls,
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