20 July 2020
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- A Look Ahead to Myanmar GE 2020: Ethnic Parties and Storms of Discontent
A Look Ahead to Myanmar GE 2020: Ethnic Parties and Storms of Discontent
With the Myanmar General Election slated for November, five years of stalled peace negotiations, broken promises and stunted economic prosperity for ethnic minority groups may prove the undoing of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party. In August, the NLD will launch their campaign slogans hoping voters will buy it. If all else fails, the NLD will look to rely on the strength of their name and history, confident in the knowledge there is no other party with broad enough appeal to lead the government, said Senior Fellow Dr Alistair D.B. Cook of RSIS. “I think the reality that the NLD will take to the election is, ‘there’s no other game in town’”.
NTS Centre / Online
Last updated on 21/07/2020
