While the NLD victory should inspire hope, there are limits to the prospects for reform: For example, the new government will have little power to halt or check military abuses. Now, a report by Amnesty International has observed, will it be able to do much about the political prisoner issue. The new
government may be able to pardon some of those held improperly; however, they may not be able to end the cycle of amnesties-and-arrests.