A. A. SIMONIA Candidate of Economic Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Republic of the Union of Myanmar Keywords:, President parliamentary by-election, Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy (NLD) The parliamentary by-elections held in Myanmar on April 1, 2012, marked another step forward in the country's democratization and escape from international isolation. The opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, which has become a globally recognized symbol of the struggle for political reform in Myanmar and the country's liberation from military dictatorship, won the by-election. Half a century ago, on March 2, a military regime led by General Ne Win came to power in Burma (since 1989 - Myanmar). As a result of this coup, the country took a different path than its neighbors - Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries that managed to get rid of the dictatorship and switch to the path of democratic development. Burma / Myanmar remained for many years under the yoke of the military regime, which in various forms was in power in the country. In September 1988, a new military coup took place in Burma. A military regime called the State Council for the Restoration of Law and Order, and since 1997-the State Council for Peace and Development-was in power until March 2011. The military junta did not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections in May 1990, in which the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory. The military leadership in power for more than 20 years, which determined Myanmar's domestic and foreign policy, was never recognized as legitimate by Western countries. In November 2010, the next general election was held, in which the NLD refused to participate due to disagreement with the adopted laws on elections and political parties. The overwhelming majority of ... Читать далее