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Episode Synopsis
With Amaël Vier, election consultant and analyst, and Tharindu Abeyrathna, senior program officer for campaign and advocacy at the Asian Network for Free Elections. This week on episode 48 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military massacres civilians at a Buddhist holiday commemoration, the Union Election Commission posts problematic voter lists, and we discuss the new ANFREL assessment report on the military’s planned elections. Email the show at [email protected] Timecodes— 01m00s :: Announcement of new CEO01m48s :: Thadingyut massacre03m31s :: Sagaing & KIA conflict updates04m27s :: Election news06m15s :: With Tharindu & Amaël, new ANFREL election report27m13s :: India as an election observer31m08s :: ASEAN’s response to elections38m16s :: Close Our guests— Amaël Vier, election consultant and analyst Tharindu Abeyrathna, senior program officer for campaign and advocacy at the Asian Network for Free Elections New original content on the Frontier website: Working for peanuts: The precarious lives of women in central Myanmar‘Nothing you can do’: Spectre of starvation haunts Rakhine Frontier appoints new CEO, as founder bows out Further referenced this episode: ANFREL: Myanmar Junta’s Planned Elections: Falling Short of Democratic Legitimacy
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