The Burma military regime's election commission has announced the long-awaited poll date for the 2010 elections: November 7. State-run TV and radio ran the election commission's brief statement which called on political parties to submit candidate lists from August 16-30.

Numerologists had speculated about the election date. The regime's choice does appear significant (seven plus 11 equals 18, which is divisible by nine, an auspicious number).

Also November 7 falls a week before pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's possible release from house arrest. The choice again demonstrates that the regime has no intention to suffer a humiliating defeat as in 1990.

Burma Partnership Secretariat
Thailand

(August 23, 2010)


Little luck for Burma's people.

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