Burma's Democratic Charade

Election. Protesters display their placards as they call for the boycott of the planned Nov. 7 election in Myanmar during a rally in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 in suburban Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines.
Election. Protesters display their placards as they call for the boycott of the planned Nov. 7 election in Myanmar during a rally in front of the Department of Foreign Affairs Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 in suburban Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines.
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PRAGUE – On November 7, when Burma’s first general election for almost two decades is to be held, a well-rehearsed script will play out.

The country’s ruling generals will twist what is meant to be a democratic process, whereby the people get to express their will, into a mockery of free expression in which people vote in fear and without hope.

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