THE OPPOSITION PARTY, NLD, WON A LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN PARLIAMENTARY POLLS HELD ON NOV. 8. THE CHARISMATIC PARTY LEADER, AUNG SAN SUU KYI, SAYS THE WINNER IS NOT THE NLD; THE REAL WINNER IS THE PEOPLE. WHAT THIS ELECTION WIN MEANS FOR THE NLD AND THE PEOPLE? I WAS NERVOUS and sleepless throughout the night waiting for the day's break of Nov 8. It was probably the longest, self-imposed vigilante in my life and I didn't feel bad a bit. I knew I wasn't alone. Burma's first most important general elections since 1990 were held on that day. It's important in many ways: free and semi-fair and inclusive. But the fact that the electoral processes were organized under a controversial constitution -- and the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) ignored all improbabilities and took part in it without much scrutiny -- was the salient point, making it one of the most important elections in quarter of a century of this country's turbulent re...
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