A man near construction equipment clearing the site where the Sky Villa Condo, destroyed in the March 28 earthquake, had stood in Mandalay, seen on September 16. (AFP)

Quake-hit Myanmar city becomes epicentre of junta election offensive

The junta has pledged elections beginning on December 28 and has touted them as a path to peace with its myriad adversaries – from ragtag pro-democracy partisans to semi-professional ethnic armed organisations.

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