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BANGKOK, KOMPAS.com – Two years after a coup snuffed out Myanmar’s short-lived democratic experiment, the country’s military is planning elections that analysts warn could spark further bloodshed as opposition to junta rule rages on. Observers also say the planned poll cannot be free and fair under the present circumstances, with one analyst characterizing it as a mere “performance” aimed at justifying the junta’s hold on power. Allegations of voter fraud in the last election in November 2020 – won resoundingly by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi’s party – were the army’s excuse for seiz…