State media has announced Nov 8 as the date for a parliamentary election set to serve as a test of the country’s first democratic government in half a century.
A statement attributed to union election commission chairman Hla Thein and read out during an evening broadcast by Myanmar Radio and Television on Wednesday said a “multi-party general election for the parliament” would be held on that day.
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