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Text 321 Myanmar General Election

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    On the outskirts of Mandalay and on the bank of the Irrawaddy River, a huge 49-meter-high bronze Buddha statue stands.  No one knows how the Burmese Communist Party managed to acquire this huge Buddha statue weighing hundreds of tons in such a short period of time.  In Myanmar, an underdeveloped country, spending so much money to build such a giant Buddha is obviously extravagant and wasteful. However, as a Buddhist country, such a move will not have any negative impact, even if it is those who want to build such a giant Buddha in various ways.  Rights activists must worship this Buddha with piety.

    The Communist Party of Myanmar invited the most respected monks in Myanmar to consecrate the giant Buddha. During the consecration ceremony of the giant Buddha, millions of believers came from all over to admire the face of the giant Buddha.  When thousands of monks chanted sutras in unison, the giant Buddha suddenly shook, and the sound of the bells and bells spread everywhere. In an instant, it was like the bronze Buddha's body was plated with a layer of gold.

    The believers thought that the Buddha had appeared, and they all bowed their heads and worshiped the giant Buddha.  A famous bhikkhu (a great master of Zen Buddhism and a living Buddha figure of Tantric Buddhism) said that the Buddha would bless Myanmar, and the new country would be blessed by Buddhism, and everything would go well.

    In fact, this matter seems very ridiculous to outsiders. After seizing power, the Communist Party of Myanmar, which is obviously an atheist, hurriedly declared freedom of belief within the party, and then cast such a large Buddha statue. Some foreign analysts and commentators pointed out that this  It is the Communist Party of Myanmar that is selling favors to the religious people in the country. The so-called teachings of the Buddhist monks are just reciprocating the favor and using their own influence to pave the way for the Communist Party of Myanmar in the subsequent elections.

    The majority of people in Myanmar believe in Theravada Buddhism, which is commonly known as Theravada Buddhism or Theravada Buddhism. Buddhism and monks enjoy huge influence in the country.  Today the bhikkhu says that the new country is blessed by the Buddha and praises the Communist Party of Burma for respecting the Buddha. Naturally, devout Buddhists will lean toward the political group named by the bhikkhus in the subsequent elections.

    Yu Shenji looked at the giant Buddha whose shape was very different from that of the Central Plains Buddha from a distance, and his expression was a little strange.  He didn't know why the Strategic Bureau asked him to do such a thing. In his opinion, there were many ways to win people's hearts, and it was too unbelievable to build a giant Buddha here.  However, the Chairman of the Communist Party of Myanmar, Dechen Ba, who stood next to him, was all smiles when he reached the summit. He was a Red Police spy, so he naturally knew what role this huge Buddha statue had.

    This object was produced by the Red Police sub-base and then transported to Mandalay for assembly.  Originally, each part of the Buddha statue had no meaning or value on its own, but when assembled together, the Buddha statue was a transformed spiritual beacon tower, constantly spreading spiritual power to the surroundings.  Due to the first borrowing of a religious object as a sustenance, some special changes occurred in the Psychic Beacon Tower. The influence of the Giant Buddha on the minds of Buddhists was increased to a quasi-second level of mind control, greatly enhancing the recognition of the concept of implantation.  degree.  In contrast, non-Buddhists will not be affected by mind control because they will not pay attention to this Buddha statue at all.

    Fortunately, 90% of the residents of Myanmar are Buddhists, and most of the other Christians and Muslims are ethnic minority autonomous states where the Communist Party of Myanmar has strong control, so it is actually not too bad.

    Yu Shenji glanced at Dechenba who was standing next to him on the summit, and asked: "Comrade Chairman, are you confident about the upcoming general election?" In fact, Yu Shenji could more or less guess the answer to this question. The rapid development of the Communist Party of Myanmar in Myanmar  The development was unexpected.  The announcement of a national election has given the Communist Party of Myanmar a public opinion base. The military has powerfully controlled the interim government and allowed some speculators to join in. Recently, the Communist Party of Myanmar vigorously tried the culprits who ordered the suppression of the AA movement by the military government, and even won the victory.  People's hearts.  Therefore, in the absence of strong competitors, the Myanmar Communist Party has the greatest chance of winning the election.

    The upcoming national election of the Communist Party of Myanmar is to elect the head of state, that is, the federal president.  According to the new constitution recently announced by the Constituent Assembly, Myanmar¡¯s presidential election will be more similar to the Electoral College system of the United States.  Both countries have various entangled interests, but Myanmar is an ethnic issue, and the United States is an immigration issue.

    According to the administrative divisions stipulated in the new constitution, Myanmar has canceled the division of provinces and states, and all sub-level administrative units are divided into states.  Mandalay Province was upgraded to the Mandalay Capital Territory, and two new states, Kokang State (including Mongla) and Wa State, were added, forming 15 states and a capital territory.  Each state has 6 electors in the Senate, and then the electors in the House of Representatives are selected based on population. The two add up to a total of 37 electoral votes.

    The so-called Electoral College is a winner-take-all indirect election model. Of course, some democracy fighters think it is a direct election.  During the presidential election, although the electors are determined by the House of Representatives and the Senate, in fact the electors are not real people, but "virtual people" who are only counted in number. For example, there are 6 senators in Mandalay District.  Congressman, due to its large population, there are 18 representatives, so the Capital District has a total of 2 electoral votes. These electoral votes are not directly related to the actual senators and representatives of the SAR, and the votes cast by the senators and representatives have nothing to do with this electoral vote.

    For the election in the Mandaler Capital Special Economic Zone, the relatively large number of votes were obtained, and the winners were eaten, and all 2 electoral votes were obtained in the special zone.  After the election results of all states are compiled, the candidate who obtains more than half of all electoral votes is elected president. IfIf one candidate receives more than half of the votes, there will be a round of voting by all members of the House of Representatives to choose one of the top four candidates as president.

    ¡°In fact, given the situation in Myanmar, it is very easy for things to go wrong if such a direct universal suffrage is conducted.  For example, it is difficult to block the behavior of "buying votes", or maliciously using violence, economic interests and other means to coerce voters to vote.  Because the illiteracy rate in Myanmar is relatively high, how to get illiterate voters to vote is also a troublesome matter.  Furthermore, if there is a single ethnic party in a state inhabited by ethnic minorities, it is likely to win all the electoral votes in the state. If this happens frequently, it will easily lead to a highly close vote count.  Naturally, the solution is for a large party to promise this small party, invite a coalition to govern, join the cabinet, etc., and then exchange the candidate of the small party to withdraw from the election and join the other party's electoral lineup.

    Another trouble is that it is difficult for ethnic minorities with a relatively small population to win the presidential throne, but they can basically lock in the position of the highest executive within their own state. Then each state has a high degree of autonomy according to the federal system, and even manages the local army of the National Guard.  The military power is likely to cause a very serious conflict between the federal government and the state government.

    From many perspectives, it is definitely not a smart choice for Myanmar to copy the electoral system and democratic system of the United States. It will definitely cause a lot of troubles in the future. However, many people with lofty ideals believe that the key to solving ethnic issues lies not only in establishing a fair set of  Because of entangled interests, it is difficult to achieve a true balance in the system, so national reconciliation and economic integration can help eliminate major problems when there are some loopholes in the system.

    ¡°At least, now the Burmese people are relatively satisfied with the new system established by their country. If there are any problems in the future, we can discuss them later.

    The state chief executive election and the parliamentary election will not start recently. Each state sets a timetable for the chief executive election according to its own situation. The parliamentary election will be held two years later, with half of the members of the first session of Congress re-elected.  The other half of the members of Congress will be re-elected later this year.  After the presidential election, the Constituent Assembly will be transformed into a parliament, divided into two houses of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The state governors are also appointed by the current interim federal government, so the Communist Party of Myanmar basically has the final say.  This in itself is a big advantage.

    After the Communist Party of Myanmar changed the day, it announced that it would hold national elections and actively invited the United Nations and Western countries to send election observation missions, so it has been recognized by many countries.

    A spokesman for the U.S. White House said: "We are pleased to see Myanmar's ongoing democratic process and are willing to provide as much help as we can for this major change."

    When asked about the presidential election in Myanmar, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied: "We have always adhered to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and actively promoted good-neighborly and friendly diplomatic relations. We respect the right of the Myanmar people to independently choose the national system and national path.  , and highly appreciates the revolutionary cause of the Myanmar people to overthrow tyranny and seek to make the people the masters of the country. China is willing to work with Myanmar to develop more constructive bilateral diplomatic relations and make active efforts for friendly exchanges and common development between the two peoples.  "

    Naturally, some tricky reporters asked whether the Burmese Communist Party¡¯s sudden surge in power was related to China. The spokesperson responded blatantly: ¡°Our official country has not provided any direct or indirect support or assistance to the Burmese Communist Party, let alone any.  Regarding Myanmar¡¯s internal affairs, I would like to specifically clarify this.¡±

    ??Actually, this is not a lie, because the Strategy Bureau is a hierarchical but non-established organization. It is okay to say it is a state agency, and there is not much problem to say it is not.

    In the general election in February at the end of the year, the candidate of the Communist Party of Myanmar, Ba Thengding, overwhelmingly defeated the only decent candidate of the Democratic Party of Myanmar, Aung Kyi, and was successfully elected as the first democratically elected president of Myanmar. Countries immediately  Congratulations were expressed to Myanmar. The political alliance group headed by the United States and China also actively courted Myanmar and was willing to provide Myanmar with large amounts of economic and military assistance.

    The United States immediately announced a military aid plan of US$260,000 to Myanmar. Qi Yiming naturally told Ba Dengding and Yu Shenji to take whatever they needed.  However, U.S. military aid is very targeted, and the money can only be used to buy American equipment.  Qi Yiming could not allow Myanmar's weapons to be standardized by the United States. In the future, Myanmar would definitely make it clear that it would join the Chinese side, so he instructed the Myanmar military to use the money to purchase American weapons such as Humvees and 70 helicopters, which had no standard requirements.  Such strict equipment.

    Soon, China announced a larger-scale military aid plan to Myanmar, with a total value of up to 600 million US dollars.  Including 100 NHT106 second-generation main battle tanks, 100 VN-type X4 armored vehicles, towed artillery of various calibers, anti-armor missiles and individual anti-aircraft missiles; J-M interceptor aircraft, and 4 medium-sized transport aircraft  , a KB trainer aircraft; 10 L-type 20-ton missile speedboats, search and rescue ships and speedboats.

    The world was once again amazed by China's generosity, and even the United States felt a little sour, possibly due to a comparison mentality. Later, it announced the second phase of US$200 million in military aid to Myanmar.

    In the end, it was the Myanmar military that took advantageFang and Qi Yiming.
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