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throughout Burma, preparations are quietly being made for the country's first elections in two decades. The last time Burmese citizens went to the polls, in May 1990, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won convincingly. The country's military rulers refused to allow the party to form the government. This time around, the generals are planning not to repeat their mistake, and so are tightly controlling all aspects of the polls in order to ensure they do not lose. One of the central tenets of this strategy appears to be deliberately keeping everyone in the dark.
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100825
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089770
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2009.
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Democracy in Burma today is at a fledgling stage, and still requires patient care and attention. General Than Shwe told Burma in late March, during his annual speech to mark Armed Forces Day. He also warned, "Some parties look to foreign countries for guidance and inspiration; they follow imported ideologies and directives irrationally." But the general's carefully laid plans for next year's elections including insuring that the country's iconic pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, remains in detention- may have been derailed by own arrogance aand disregard for the people.
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2011.
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How much difference a year can make! The walls of closed society seem to be falling in Burma. But will the army remain silent?
Change is in the air in Burma, according to many in Rangoon. Though how long until the winds shift remains an open question. 'There's definitely a Burmese Spring here,' said a senior member of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), on condition of anonymity. 'But whether it's only an illusion, a false dawn as we have had many times before, only time will tell.' Nonetheless, many in the pro-democracy movement within Burma are optimistic, believing that the new president, Thein Sein, is serious about economic and political change. Critically, this is a process that seems to include Suu Kyi herself, though for the moment it is very unclear what role she may play.
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