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1 | Overhyped Elections in Myanmar? | Fifidianana Tany Myanmar Tantaraina Tafahoatra? |
2 | The world rejoiced after Myanmar election officials announced the victory of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and her party National League for Democracy in the recent by-elections in the country. | Nifaly izao tontolo izao nahare ny valim-pifidianana (ampahany) ofisialy farany teo tany Myanmar nahitana ny fandresen'ilay olo-malazan'ny demokrasia Aung San Suu Kyi sy ny antokony National League for Democracy. |
3 | NLD remains a minority in the Parliament but its landslide victory inspired many citizens who are hoping for the country's full transition to democracy. | Mbola mitoetra ho vitsy an'isa ny NLD ao amin'ny Antenimiera fa niteraka fanantenana teo amin'ny maro izany ho amin'ny tetezamita mankany amin'ny demokrasia. |
4 | But according to some netizens and political observers, the euphoria over NLD's victory must be tempered by the fact that the junta-backed party is still the dominant force in the local politics. | Saingy raha henoina ny filazan'ny mpiserasera sy ny mpanara-maso politika sasany, tokony tonena ihany ny tsinjatsinjaka tamin'ny fandresen'ny NLD satria mbola ny antoko manohana ny fitondrana miaramila ihany no antoko matanjaka ao an-toerana. |
5 | This was echoed by Fifty Viss: | Nampiako izany hevitra izany i Fifty Viss |
6 | The elections didn't change the scheme or the pace of reforms. | Tsy nanova ny endrika na ny diam-panitsiana ny fifidianana. |
7 | Perhaps the most important outcome was that the NLD and Suu Kyi were specifically accommodated so they would contest the elections (laws were amended so they would participate). | Ny fampidirana manokana ny NLD sy Suu Kyi angamba no vokatra lehibe indrindra [tsy] ahafahany manohitra ny fifidianana (nahitsy ny lalàna ahafahany mandray anjara). |
8 | I also thought the speed with which the Union Election Commission announced results was surprisingly fast. | Nieritreritra ny halakin'ny voka-pifidianana navoakan'ny Vaomieram-Pifidianana Iraisana ihany koa aho. |
9 | Results for most constituencies were available within a day. | Tafavoaka tao anatin'ny indray andro ny vokatry ny ankamaroan'ny fari-pifidianana. |
10 | The author isn't surprised why NLD was allowed to succeed in the polls: | Tsy gaga ny mpanoratra raha navela handresy teny amin'ny biraom-pifidianana ny NLD |
11 | But these numbers are just a drop in the water. | Rano indray mitete anaty rano fotsiny ireny isa ireny. |
12 | The fact that by-elections went to smoothly was simply because so much rides on this particular election, especially the coveted prize of abolished sanctions from the West. | Nilamina tsara ny fifidianana ampahany manokana iny fa toy ny mitsangatsangana fotsiny, indrindra raha entina hanesorana ny fanasazian'ny tandrefana no sandany. |
13 | If the NLD had won any less, it would have cried foul and unleashed a storm of criticism. | Ho be ny nihiaka ary ho nandrivorivo ny tsikera raha kely kokoa ny fandresen'ny NLD. |
14 | It is obviously in the government's best interests to ensure NLD's victory. | Mivandravandra noho izany fa ho tombontsoan'ny fitondrana indrindra ny miantoka ny fandresen'ny NLD. |
15 | Even some citizens feel that Suu Kyi is being used by the junta to legitimize its rule: | Misy aza ny mieritreritra fa entin'ny fitondrana miaramila hanamarinana ny fitantanany i Suu Kyi |
16 | The feeling of many in the overseas Burmese community is that Suu Kyi is being used as a pawn to legitimize the authority of the current government, plain and simple. | Tsapan'ny maro amin'ireo vondro-piarahamonina Birmana ampitan-dranomasina fa ataon'ny fitondrana ankehitriny vatom-panorona hanamafisany fahefana fotsiny i Suu Kyi, mangarahara sy tsotra. |
17 | Wagaung comments about the game plan of the junta: | Milaza ny heviny manoloana ny teti-panoron'ny fitondrana miaramila i Wagaung |
18 | Some of us see their game plan from the start. | Misy ny sasantsasany amintsika efa nahita ny teti-panorony hatramin'ny voalohany. |
19 | Some are simply in denial, a small victory served on a platter reinforcing their desperate optimism. | Ny sasany tsy manaiky mihitsy, fandresena kely tambony vilia talesaka hanamafisany ny tsy fijereny afa-tsy zavatra miabo. |
20 | There are others who never accepted the sanctions as positive in any way. | Misy indray ny hafa tsy manaiky hijery ny lafy tsaran'ny fanasaziana. |
21 | The international business class of banks and corporations typically sees it as a large untapped market of vast natural resources and cheap labour. | Ny mpandraharaha iraisampirenenan'ny banky sy ny orinasa indray mahita loharanonkarena voajanahary midadasika tsy mbola voajary sy mpikarama mora vidy. |
22 | The carrot and stick approach of the West never loses sight of the former's interests. | Tsy manadino ny tombontsoany amin'ny fampiasana ny karaoty sy ny kibay mihitsy ny Tandrefana. |
23 | Shan Herald explains why the recent electoral exercise was called by some people as ‘sell-elections': | Manazava ny antony iantsoan'ny sasany ilay fifidianana farany teo ho ‘sell-elections' na ‘fividianana' na ‘lavantim-pifidianana' i Shan Herald |
24 | The by-elections, which was dubbed by some as “sell elections,” meaning they were held for the purpose of selling to the international community the idea that Burma has turned over to a new leaf (better still, that the tiger has all of a sudden become vegetarian), have prompted several comments from Burma observers, both at home and abroad. | Niteraka resabe teo amin'ny mpanara-baovaon'i Myanmar, na izany avy any ivelany na avy eto an-toerana, ny fifidianana ampahany antsoin'ny sasany ho “lavantim-pifidianana”, fa notanterahina izy iny hamidy amin'ny fiarahamonina iraisampirenena fa efa tonga amin'ny takelaka vaovao i Myanmar (tsara kokoa aza satria lasa tsy nihinankena intsony ilay tigra). |
25 | Apart from the apt choice of All Fools' Day to hold them, which have naturally given rise to the inevitable question, “Who is Myanmar out to fool this time?,” there are some facts that I think are of major significance: | Ankoatra ny fanatanterahana azy tamin'ny fetin'ny lainga, izay nampanotany tena avy hatrany, « Fa iza indray no hofitahan'i Myanmar amin'ity indray mitoraka ity ? », misy ihany ny singa vitsivitsy heveriko fa manan-danja. |
26 | The said elections were not so much about whose policies the people support and which candidates they like. | Toa tsy misy idiran'ny hoe politika inona sy kandidà iza no tian'ny olona ilay fifidianana nolazaina. |
27 | It was rather a fight between the three sacred institutions: that of the Old Guard, One Dominant Personality and Ethnicity. | Hita kokoa ho fifampitolomana eo amin'ny rafi-panjakana masina telo izy ity dia ny : Vondrona menavazana, Olona iray manana ny mahaizy azy ary ny Foko. |
28 | The ‘old guard' refers to the government-backed party; the ‘dominant personality' is Aung San Suu Kyi; and ‘ethnicity' is the Shan Party. | Ny antoko manohana ny fitondrana no voalaza ho ‘vondrona menavazana' eto; ny ‘olona manana ny mahaizy azy' indray dia i Aung San Suu Kyi; ary ny farany ny antoko Shan no voalaza ho ‘Foko' eto. |
29 | Street celebration after Opposition candidates were declared winners in the by-elections. | Horakoraka an-dalambe tamin'ny filazana fa nandresy tamin'ny fifidianana ampahany ny mpanohitra. |
30 | Photo from dawn-1o9 | Saripika dawn-1o9 |
31 | dawn_1o9 shares her observations during election day: | Mizara ny tsikariny nandritra ny androm-pifidianana i dawn_1o9 |
32 | Yesterday, I went to Mingalar Taung Nyunt with a few of my friends to watch the vote-counting. | Niaraka tamin'ny namako hijery ny fanisam-bato tao Mingalar Taung Nyunt aho omaly. |
33 | Mingalar Taung Nyunt is one of the townships in Yangon where the by-election took place. | Iray amin'ny fokontanin'i Rangoon nisiana fifidianana ampahany i Mingalar Taung Nyunt. |
34 | My township wasn't included in the election process so I came and watched at another township. | Tsy nifidy ny fokontany nisy ahy ka nojereko izay nitranga tany amin'ny fokontany hafa. |
35 | There were such a crowd near the poll stations. | Maro dia maro tokoa ny olona teo akaikin'ny biraom-pifidianana. |
36 | It was just like there was a festival! | Sahala amin'ny hoe misy fety |
37 | ClimbUpTreesToLookForFish is happy with the results: | Faly tamin'ny valim-pifidianana i ClimbUpTreesToLookForFish |
38 | So overwhelmed with hope and love for the people who have waited so long for this day to come. | Heniky ny fanantenana sy ny fitiavana ieo olona efa niandry ela dia ela ity andro ity. |
39 | I am holding on hope that we are indeed out of the woods, and onto the fair and just path to democracy. | Mifikitra amin'izany fanantenana izany aho indrindra fa efa tafavoaka ny ala, ary an-dalana mankany amin'ny demokrasia |
40 | Here's a report from an election monitoring team: | Indreto ny tatitra avy amin'ny ekipa mpanara-maso ny fifidianana |
41 | A soldier from a battalion, based in Lashio, says his freedom to exercise his right, like others in the unit, was forfeited when his superiors took the responsibility to tick his ballot paper. | Tsy afa-nampihatra ny zony ny miaramila iray sy ny iray vondro-tafika aminy maro, tao amin'ny toby iray miorina ao Lashio, raha nilaza ny hampihatra ny zony izy saingy ny lehibeny no naka ny taratasim-pifidianana sy nanao vokovoko tamin'ny anarany. |
42 | One SNDP monitor commented that many Shans don't have ID cards, because they used to be expensive and also many Shans didn't think they need to go anywhere outside Lashio. | Nanamarika ny mpanaramaso iray avy ao amin'ny SNDP (antoko Shan) fa maro ny Shans tsy manana kara-panondro noho ny halafon'ny fikarakarana azy hatramin'izay ary mieritreritra ihany koa ry zareo fa tsy hivoaka ny faritr'i Lashio ka tsy ilaina loatra ny fananana izany. |
43 | “Now that the IDs are cheaper, about 5,000 kyat, and we need their support, the people must be encouraged to obtain ID cards from now on,” he said. | “Ankehitriny efa mihamora izany, eo ho eo amin'ny 5000 kyat eo, ary mila ny fanohanan'izy ireo izahay; tokony ampirisihana manomboka izao ny mba hananan'ireny olona ireny kara-panondro” hoy ny nolazainy. |
44 | “On the other hand, ethnic Chinese, both native and alien, are buying ID cards at more than 100,000 kyat each. | “Etsy ankilany ny shinoa fiaviana na teraka teto na ireo vao tonga, mahasahy mividy kara-panondro mihoatra ny 100 000 kyat isanisany. |
45 | This trend will grow, if it is not kept in check.” | Mbola hitombo izany fironana izany raha tsy voafehy” |
46 | The Asian Network for Free Elections suggests several electoral reforms: | Manolo-kevitra hisian'ny fanitsiana ny lalam-pifidianana Ny fikambanana aziatika hisian'ny fifidianana malalaka |
47 | Large discrepancies in the voters' list, attempt to misuse official machineries at the village and district levels by some ruling party candidates, lack of voter education all added to the list of apprehensions, which puts a question mark on the efficiency and management of the electoral process. | Fahadisoana maro hita ao amin'ny lisi-pifidianana, fikasana hanodina ny fitaovana eny anivon'ny tanàna madinika sy ny distrika avy amin'ny kandidàn'ny antoko mitondra, tsy fahampian'ny fanabeazana ny mpifidy ankoatra ny tahotra isan-karazany, izay mamela dia eo amin'ny fahombiazana sy ny fandrindrana ny fombafombam-pifidianana. |
48 | Moreover, despite the presence of international observers irregularities still occurred. | Ankoatra izany, mbola nisy ihany ny fandikan-dalàna isan-karazany na dia eo aza ny mpanaramaso iraisampirenena. |
49 | This indicates the importance of a full-fledged and well-prepared “independent” international observation mission in 2015 general elections. | Mampivoitra ny filàna iraka mpanara-maso iraisampirenena (maharaka ny birao rehetra) “mahaleo tena” sy tsara omana mandritra ny fifidianana ankapobeny amin'ny 2015 indrindra izany. |