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YANGON, Myanmar, March 9 (UPI) -- Myanmar's military dictatorship says it has approved laws for elections this year that critics say likely will only see junta loyalists as candidates.
Although no dates for elections were announced, details of the first of five laws dealing with selection of the election commission were announced by state-controlled media Monday, the BBC reported.
The military, which has ruled what used to be known as Burma since 1962, has said the elections, the first in more than two decades, will be held this year.
As pro-democracy critics had anticipated, the election commission members, whose decision will be final, will be picked by the junta, the BBC report said.
A commission member cannot belong to any political party and must be seen by the generals as a person of integrity, which critics say is a way to ensure the commission will be made up of loyalists, the report said.
Details about the others laws will be announced in the coming days, the report said.
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