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Jan. 29, 1990: World Notes:Burma
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Jan. 29, 1990 Who Is The NRA?
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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WORLD, Page 57
World Notes
BURMA
Crossed Off The Ballot
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<p> Can an 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 May.
</p>
<p> The 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.
</p>
<p> Her disqualification erased any pretense, which was already
wearing thin, that the upcoming vote, the first multiparty
election in Burma since 1960, would be legitimate. At least
2,000 government critics have been arrested since July.
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