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Myanmar Still in Dark Over General Election Main Players


Jonathan Fairfield

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Myanmar Still in Dark Over General Election Main Players

By SHIBANI MAHTANI and MYO MYO


NAYPYITAW, Myanmar—With Myanmar poised to hold its fairest general election in decades, the country remains in the dark over whom and what it will be voting for on Nov. 8.


While Aung San Suu Kyi said her party will participate in the election, the Nobel Peace Prize winner is constitutionally barred from becoming president, leaving a blurred picture of what a vote for her would mean.


nd now the ruling party faces a potential leadership tussle between President Thein Sein and House Speaker Shwe Mann.


Mr. Thein Sein, in power since the former military regime ceded control in 2011, has repeatedly hinted that he would seek a second term. On Tuesday, Zaw Htay, director of the president’s office, said Mr. Thein Sein’s “desires had not changed.” He said the president would seek a second term “if it is what the people wish.”




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