Junta Names Date
It seems that the Junta are better than Brown.
Seriously though, I have some obvious doubts about whether this will come to pass in a free and fair fashion. I suspect that, at best, we can expect them to get a similar treatment to that of opposition parties in Iran.
In fact, total exclusion may well not take place and some good old intimidation, state assassination and vote rigging will just happen instead. There are a multitude of ways that they can fake it. The likelihood is that this was simply a measure to take off pressure, perhaps demanded by China to ensure that the Beijing Olympics proceed without any fuss. Or else to stop an armed revolution following the peaceful one that they killed most of the participants of.
But my optimistic idea imagines a world where the second decade of the 21st century sees both Zimbabwe and Burma as functioning democracies. Where Lalkar have two less thugocracies to promote the interests of.
It’s unlikely. Supremely unlikely. And yes, I hope…
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