THE victory of Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma) still has to be formally proclaimed at this writing. But the chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, the ruling party of Burma, conceded defeat on Monday afternoon. The historic elections were held on November 8.

NLD’s and Suu Kyi’s triumph was a landslide--they took 70% of the vote. There was an 80% voter turnout. This signaled the Myanmar people’s trust in the elections and hopes that the former military dictatorship’s reforms to make the country a normal electoral democracy are for real.

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