Myanmar holds general elections on 8 November - the country's first elections since a nominally civilian government was introduced in 2011, ending nearly 50 years of military rule. There is widespread speculation about who will be the next president - and how well the opposition National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, will fare. The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Yangon explains the key issues.
Will the vote be democratic?
That's the idea. But everyone accepts that there will be some pretty serious flaws. The realistic goal for many observers is that it will be "reasonably free and fair" and that the result reflects the will of the people. Given what has gone before that would still be significant progress.
Things have not got off to smooth start. In the run up to the election campaign voter lists were published, and they have been shown to be woefully inadequate. Dead people have been listed, and many of those alive not included.
Not all the seats in the Hluttaw (parliament) are up for grabs. The military drafted constitution guarantees that unelected military representatives will take up 25% of the seats in the Hluttaw and have a veto over constitutional change. This is what the generals call "disciplined democracy".