SUU KYI’S NEW GOVT FACES FIRST TEST AT MYANMAR BY-POLLS TODAY

Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi’s government will face its first test at the ballot box today in by-elections around Myanmar seen as a barometer for growing disillusionment with her party a year after it took office.
Discontent is particularly acute in ethnic minority areas where many see Suu Kyi as working too closely with the military that ran the country for 50 years and still controls key levers of government.Wth only 19 seats up for election, the poll is unlikely to alter the balance of power in a government firmly dominated by Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy.