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he results of Myanmar's general election held on
Nov. 8th, 2015 have been officially announced. The
opposition National League for Democracy (NLD),
led by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu
Kyi, won 348 out of the 664 seats in the parliament,
giving the party an outright majority.

This outcome was predicted by almost everyone. What remains
unknown is what will now happen in the country.

It is unclear whether or not the military, which has ruled the
country with an iron fist following a coup in 1962, will recognize the
results. Even if it does, it is unclear what kind of relationship the mili-
tary will establish with Aung San Suu Kyi, who was held under house

arrest for 15 years.
The sad truth is that no matter who is in power, there is very litt-
le possibility of any immediate change to the policies governing

Myanmar. The Myanmar constitution, which automatically assigns 25
percent of parliamentary seats to the military, does not allow for any
change that is not first approved of by the generals.

The new prime minister and government will therefore have to
stick to the course sketched out by the military.

The ongoing tragedy afflicting Myanmar's Muslims will head the
list of things that the regime will not wish to change. Muslims in
Myanmar, who mainly live in the state of Rakhine and who go by the