US for Monitoring of Burma By-elections
5 Feb The United States has urged Burma to allow local and international monitors at April 1 by-elections, seen as an important step in the country’s democratic transition. Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner, the top US diplomat specializing on human rights issues, said on Thursday the results of the by-elections would not alter the balance of Burma’s military-dominated Parliament, but were a “way-station” in the democratic transition, leading up to fresh national elections in 2015. The party of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be contesting all 48 seats up for grabs.
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