Military-backed party rejects Myanmar election as unfair

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Myanmar’s military-backed main opposition party says it is rejecting the results of last weekend’s general election, citing unfairness.

Myanmar's military-backed main opposition party said Wednesday that it is rejecting the results of last weekend's general election, citing unfairness. Unofficial results showed Tuesday that the ruling National League for Democracy party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi won a majority of seats in Parliament, giving it a second five-year term in power.

At a news conference Wednesday in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, an official from the Union Solidarity and Development Party read a statement demanding that the Union Election Commission hold another vote, and work with the military so that the election can be free, fair and unbiased.

Party chairman Than Htay said that the election process is not yet over. “There have been many contentious events during the whole voting process, whether in line with the law or not, and more facts are coming out,” Than Htay said in a video message posted on Facebook on Tuesday. “We will continue working according to the law to receive the final result."

Yway Mal, an independent vote counting service, said that as of Wednesday, Suu Kyi's party had won 361 seats in the combined upper and lower houses, exceeding the 322 needed for control.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/military-backed-party-rejects-myanmar-election-unfair-74144378

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1. "But all the other kids are doing it!"

"Awww, c'mon Ma, even Donny's doing it."

Why a shitty example he's made for our kids and the world.