This briefing from Altsean-Burma shows that despite the SPDC’s repeated pledges for ‘free and fair’ elections, indicators for election monitoring based on EU, UN, and OSCE guidelines point to the contrary. The SPDC election laws and conduct of the SPDC Election Commission have caused the dissolution of parties that won 84% of seats in the last election, and disenfranchised at least 1.5 million voters. The 2008 constitution justifies impunity and guarantees military control over national and local government.