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The elections, to be held sometime this year, have been criticized as a means for the military to maintain its grip on power under a civilian guise.
State-run newspapers reported Wednesday that the head of the Election Commission told a visiting U.S. envoy that “the nation has a lot of experience of elections. We do not need election watchdogs to come here.”
However, according to the reports, Information Minister Kyaw Hsan this week told Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia, “We would like to receive your kind cooperation so that the election can be held peacefully and successfully.”
– AP