\"The landslide victory by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy in the recent general election demonstrated the ardent wish of the Myanmar people to see an end to half a century of military rule. Yet under the existing constitution, the NLD will have to share power with the Tatmadaw, despite winning 80 percent of the elected seats in the national parliament. Many expect the NLD to try to leverage its new popular mandate to change this arrangement, but that would be a mistake. While the 2008 constitution is clearly not democratic, it has provided the framework for one of the most promising experiments with democratisation anywhere in the world in recent decades, and it would be neither wise nor necessary ? or even beneficial ? for the NLD to try to displace the military at this critical juncture in the country?s transition process...\"