Why Myanmar's election is unlikely to herald major political reform or support transition to democracy
- Written by DB Subedi, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of New England
Over 37 million Myanmar citizens, including 5 million first-time voters, will go to the polls on November 8.
The election represents a litmus test for the popularity of National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was placed under a house arrest by the military for about 15 years intermittently between 1989 and 2010.
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