Irrawaddy-Sept

With the general election on Nov. 8, Myanmar will take one more step in its democratic transition, the ongoing process of reducing and ultimately ending the military’s role in politics. That broader aim explains why so many of Myanmar’s 38 million eligible voters appear so keen to exercise their right to participate in the democratic process by casting a vote; they are eager to cement the country’s fledgling democracy and to see more positive changes, politically and economically.

That’s the whole point of the election in Myanmar.

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