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Thousands gather for an NLD rally in Yangon on November 1, 2015, a week before the general election that the party won in a landslide. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)

What lies behind the NLD’s candidate controversy?

The National League for Democracy’s ostensibly bottom-up candidate selection process should not be mistaken for the real party decision-making ahead of this year’s election.

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Myanmar votes in second phase of junta-run election

Myanmar's junta held the second phase of elections on Sunday that democracy watchdogs warn will let the military prolong its rule, opening polling in the constituency of deposed democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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