Senior Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) adviser Aung Thaung speaks during an interview at the party's office in Naypyitaw May 14, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling party is led by former members of a military junta, evolved from an organisation that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi once compared to a Nazi militia, and took office through electoral fraud.
This dubious history doesn't seem to faze the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), as it prepares for an historic election likely to be held in November.
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