Burma's Military Offers Strict Election Guidelines

(20 Aug 10 - RV) Burma’s military government on Thursday published stringent rules for November's general election that demand candidates seek permission a week in advance to campaign, do not make speeches that «tarnish» the ruling military or shout slogans at processions.
The state-run newspaper reported that the 13-point list of campaigning regulations decreed by the state Election Commission would guarantee a «free and fair» vote.

But Anna Roberts, Executive Director for Burma Campaign UK, says that the rules only prove that the election is neither free nor fair...