The Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

Home QUOTABLE Mitch Mcconnell, US Senate Republican Leader

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Renewing sanctions against the military regime in Burma is as timely and important as ever. Over the past year, the regime has not only made clear that it has no intention of reforming; it is also trying to legitimize itself in the eyes of the world through a sham election. The US must deny the regime that legitimacy.
—Mitch Mcconnell, US Senate Republican Leader

 

Quotable

Nyan_win80"Once her [Aung San Suu Kyi's] sentence expires in November, and that notion is not disputed, it is our understanding that she will have served her sentence."
—Nyan Win, the foreign minister of Burma

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Will you vote or boycott the Nov. 7 election?
 

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