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Opinion Papers
China confirms its role in Myanmar’s disputed elections
Source: Asia News | By Gregory
Special Envoy for Asian Affairs Deng Xijun said that the vote (to guarantee Chinese interests) was a condition Xi Jinping imposed on Min Aung Hlaing.
Myanmar general linked to Rohingya atrocities loses bid for election
Source: Myanmar Now | By Kyaw Zin Win
Former Light Infantry Division 33 commander Lt-Gen Aung Aung fails to secure a parliamentary seat in Taunggyi
‘Our souls are in Myanmar’: Voices from a refugee camp
Source: Myanmar Now | By Aung Naing, Ko Hlaing
With aid to refugee camps on Myanmar’s borders cut off, there are few options left for the inhabitants of Nu Po camp in Thailand’s Tak Province, who are still unable to return home and can no longer resettle in third countries
ASEAN must not legitimise a sham election in Myanmar
Source: Asia News Network | By Yuyun Wahyuningrum, The Jakarta Post
To recognize this performance as legitimate would reward violence as a path to power and signal that democracy in Southeast Asia is optional, a matter of convenience rather than conviction.
‘We are always living in fear’: inside Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election
Source: The Guardian | By Rebecca Ratcliffe, Aung Khant Si Thu
Myanmar’s military rulers are holding the first elections since the 2021 coup, and life in the country’s biggest city is fraught with anxiety