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Parties Call on Myanmar Military to Accept Election Results
Voting during the Nov. 8 general election. / Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy
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By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint 3 February 2021
Yangon Political parties say they want Myanmar’s military not to hold a new election but to accept the result of the 2020 general election.
After seizing power in a coup on Monday on the pretext of electoral fraud in the November election that brought a landslide victory to the National League for Democracy (NLD), the Tatmadaw (military) declared a state of emergency for a year followed by a new election with the military handing power to the winner.
The Most Popular Stories of 2020
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By The Irrawaddy 30 December 2020
YANGON As 2020 draws to a close, The Irrawaddy takes a step back and presents a compilation of the year’s most noteworthy stories as chosen by you, our readers. The following articles were the most read among the many features, commentaries, analyses, interviews and lifestyle pieces we published throughout 2020. The topics are diverse, but our readers’ attention was dominated by two issues: COVID-19 and the election. You also showed a strong interest in our take on Chinese investment in its various forms, from the huge BRI scheme to a shady gambling hub in Karen State. The broader, and related, topics of Myanmar’s relations with the two rival giants on its borders, India and China, were of consistent interest. And while the pandemic forced us to scale back our usually lively art and restaurant coverage, readers’ curiosity was aroused by profiles of an artist who turned his attention to the f