Despite criticism of Myanmar’s recent electoral process – said to be an “apartheid election,” one that was “less free and fair than the last” – as stated by Burma Campaign United Kingdom, the ASEAN member state still went ahead with its second general elections on 8 November, 2020. Even before the results were announced, widely admired civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) was projected to be returned to power in the election.

The 6 January insurrection at the United States (US) Capitol lacked the gravitas of the storming of the Winter Palace, that much is certain. Incited by President Donald Trump at a nearby rally, where he encouraged his supporters to march on the US Capitol, the mob did succeed in interrupting a joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College vote in favour of President-elect Joe Biden.

Indonesia's constitutional court Thursday rejected a bid to overturn President Joko Widodo's re-election victory and dismissed his defeated challenger's claims of widespread voter fraud as groundless.The court threw out the case lodged by ex-general Prabowo Subianto, saying he did not prove he lost the April vote because of widespread cheating and voter fraud – allegations that sparked deadly rioting in the capital of the world's third-biggest democracy."The plaintiff