Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Dec 29, 2025 (AFP) - Myanmar pro-military party official says 'winning' junta-run poll

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2025-12-29

Myanmar's dominant pro-military party is "winning a majority" in the first phase of junta-run elections, a party source told AFP on Monday, after democracy watchdogs warned the poll would entrench military rule. The armed forces snatched power in a 2021 coup, but on Sunday opened voting in a phased month-long election they pledge will return power to the people. The massively popular but dissolved National League for Democracy (NLD) of democratic......

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