NAYPYITAW – Myanmar’s ruling party is led by former members of a military junta, evolved from an organization that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi once compared to a Nazi militia, and took office through electoral fraud.
This dubious history does not seem to faze the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), as it prepares for a historic election likely to be held in November.
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