Voting began on Sunday in Myanmar in the final round of a three-stage general election, capping a nearly month-long process that has already ensured the country’s military rulers and their allies will command a parliamentary majority to form a new government.
Critics say the polls are neither free nor fair, and are designed to legitimise the power of the military after it ousted the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.
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The army-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party, or USDP, has already won most of the seats contested in the first two rounds of voting. Twenty-five percent of the seats in the upper and lower houses of the national Parliament are reserved for
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