The Burmese military government has dissolved 40 political parties including Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD). The dissolution comes over their failure to register for an election that opponents deem a sham designed to hand power to the Burmese military junta that overthrew the government.
According to state-run Myawaddy TV, 63 parties had registered at the local or national level. Those that failed to register were automatically listed as dissolved. But many parties couldn’t truly run in the election as their leaders are jailed by the junta who labelled many as terrorists for their opposition to the takeover.
Aung San Suu Kyi is massively popular with the people of Myanmar but was sentenced to 33 years in prison by…
