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Myanmar Junta Seeks Legitimacy in Elections

The military junta whose 2021 coup plunged Myanmar into civil war controls less than half of the country. Resistance groups have bombed polling stations to stop people from voting. The party that won in a landslide in the last election has been banned from running.Parliamentary elections in Myanmar that kicked off on Sunday have been widely condemned by international organizations, other Southeast Asian countries and most Western governments. United Nations officials and human-rights groups have called the vote, which is due to continue over two more voting days in January, a weak attempt by the ruling generals to seek legitimacy even as they wage a brutal campaign to wipe out resistance. Is the west behind the chaos in Myanmar ?

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