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<p>Foreign Secretary William Hague has condemned the &#8220;flawed elections&#8221; which have taken place in Burma.</p>
<p>Voters in the south-east Asian country went to the polls for the first time in 20 years, but Mr Hague said the result was a &#8220;foregone conclusion&#8221; and that the ballot was not &#8220;free, fair or inclusive&#8221;.</p>
<p>And he vowed the UK would &#8220;stand by&#8221; the people of Burma by keeping up sanctions on the ruling military regime until &#8220;real progress&#8221; on democracy, governance and human rights could be secured.</p>
<p>Candidates linked to the ruling junta are expected to secure a landslide victory in the much-criticised election, with around a quarter of seats reserved for the army.</p>
<p>Aung San Suu Kyi&#8217;s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, boycotted the poll and other opposition groups have fallen victim to complex election rules.</p>
<p>&#8220;We know the result of these elections is already a foregone conclusion,&#8221; Mr Hague said.</p>
<p>&#8220;They will not be free, fair or inclusive. More than 2,100 political prisoners remain incarcerated, opposition and ethnic parties have been refused the right to stand and a quarter of the seats are already reserved for the military.</p>
<p>&#8220;Holding flawed elections does not represent progress. For the people of Burma, it will mean the return to power of a brutal regime that has pillaged the nation&#8217;s resources and overseen widespread human rights abuses, including arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, rape and torture.</p>
<p>&#8220;The British Government will stand by the people of Burma and will continue to maintain pressure on the regime until we see real progress on democracy, governance and human rights.&#8221;</p>
<p>Earlier, US President Barack Obama said the elections were &#8220;anything but free or fair&#8221;, adding: &#8220;For too long the people of Burma have been denied the right to determine their own destiny.&#8221;</p>
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