2020 Election
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Myanmar’s elderly leaders join older voters casting early ballots in bid to protect them from Covid-19
People in quarantine centers and those stranded due to travel restrictions will also be allowed to vote early
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Rakhine parties cry foul as voting allowed in villages with heavy military presence but banned elsewhere
Candidates believe military proxy party will walk to victory after ‘unfair’ decision by election officials
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USDP parody of NLD song provokes outrage, charges of defamation
The lyrics of the song were changed to portray NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi as a race traitor and enemy of Buddhism
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Stockholm-based group withdraws support for election app with controversial ethnicity data
International IDEA said in a private letter that the app may ‘infringe on human rights and adversely affect election security’
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Rakhine officials ask election commission to reconsider decision to cancel voting in four townships
State election body has done the right thing but national commission ‘must respond promptly’ to allow voting, says one Rakhine party
