NAYPYIDAW: An official from Myanmar's junta-stacked election commission said that the results of its upcoming and widely disputed national poll were expected by the end of January next year.
Myanmar has been consumed by a civil war since the military deposed the government of democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, making unsubstantiated allegations of electoral fraud.
But the military is now organising an election they have touted as an off-ramp to the bloody conflict, with phased polls due to start on December 28 and lasting around a month.
The commission held a news conference on Thursday in the capital Naypyidaw, which lasted more than three hours, and neither Suu Kyi nor her National League for Democracy, which won the last polls by a landslide, were mentioned once. It said six parties would run for seats nationwide, with another 51 taking part in individual states or regions. - AFP
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