Myanmar's Sham Election by Nick Clegg

International Herald Tribune - Op-Ed Contributo
Myanmar's Sham Election
By NICK CLEGG (deputy prime minister of Britain)
Published: October 3, 2010

We are now a month away from the first elections in Burma in 23 years. That should give us cause to celebrate. Sadly, that is wishful thinking. Burma’s 55 million people continue to suffer brutal oppression. Abject, needless poverty is, for most, a daily reality. These elections will be little more than a sham to perpetuate military rule.