Myanmar's key opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) yesterday denounced the Nov 8 general election, claiming it was full of irregularities.
But the election commission, in a rambling press conference the same afternoon, shrugged off all allegations as "baseless", seemingly oblivious that its opacity was sowing falsehood and agitation.
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