NLD Missteps and What They Would Hearld for 2020 Election
The Irrawaddy talks to National League for Democracy information secretary Monywa Aung Shin about the NLD’s missteps since 2015 and how it can clean up its act before November.
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The Union Election Commission says it will soon register voters living in military barracks, prompting calls for it to release lists of military personnel and their families.
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