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...eligible voters mistake the military junta's decision to hold parliamentary elections as an invitation for a democratic free-for-all, the government had gone out of its way to hand every advantage to the army-backed National Unity Party. The country's leading dissident, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, 44, was barred from running for office and kept under house arrest. Other opposition politicians were similarly disqualified and detained, . and politicking was confined mostly to private homes. The day before last week's election, officials unexpectedly lifted martial law, which had been in effect since September 1988, in parts...
...military leaders in Rangoon seemed to have considered every angle save one: if the country's first multiparty balloting in 30 years was actually clean, the ruling powers would be dealt a humiliating defeat. Early returns last week indicated that Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, took 392 of the new National Assembly's 485 contested seats. Although final results will not be available for perhaps two weeks, the army- backed party has so far claimed only nine seats. How the remaining parliamentary seats would be apportioned among the other 91 parties was not clear...
...opposition figure confined to her home and permitted to see only immediate relatives be elected to Parliament? The military government of Burma is taking no chances with the charismatic Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest since July. Last week a regional election commission barred Suu Kyi, who rose to prominence during pro-democracy demonstrations in 1988, from running in elections scheduled for late...
...complaint against Suu Kyi, filed by an opponent representing the government-backed National Unity Party, is that she is not a Burmese resident and that she has ties to subversive groups. Suu Kyi, whose husband is British, lived in England for many years...
...than five people. At one rally in Rangoon, soldiers aimed automatic weapons at the crowd that gathered to listen to her. "We are grateful to those who are giving the people practice in being brave," she snapped. While an officer recited over a loudspeaker the law prohibiting gatherings, Suu Kyi used her own microphone to confront the intruders: "May I request that the loudspeakers be quiet. I can control this crowd. You don't have...