Abstract
EARLY in 2011 the penultimate step in Burmas seven-step roadmap to democracy will see representatives take their seats in the countrys sixteen new parliaments quite an increase for a country accustomed to being governed in secret by a small group of senior military officers. Three-quarters of these new political figures were elected in November, when the people of Burma went to the polls for the first time in two decades; the rest are military appointees.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 1-5pp |
No. | 31 December 2010 |
Specialist publication | Inside Story | Current affairs and culture |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |