As a court in Myanmar sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison, the army is struggling with a growing number of deserters
cheated on a vast scale, and that they therefore had to intervene for the sake of democracy, which they purport, preposterously, to cherish. The junta has formed a “caretaker” government that will rule the country until it can hold a rigged re-run of the election in 2023.
Ms Suu Kyi’s prison sentence ensures that she will not be able to participate in any stage-managed vote, should the junta ever manage to hold one. “Military generals are preparing for 104 years of sentences for her in prison.
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