The biggest threat to Myanmar's democracy and development efforts is political corruption. As stated on Wikipedia, political corruption is the use of the powers of government by officials or politicians for illegitimate private gain.
An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties, is done illegally or involves trading in influence.
Forms of corruption vary but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, influence peddling, graft and embezzlement.
Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering and human trafficking, although it is not restricted to these activities. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is also considered political corruption. A state of unrestrained political corruption is known as a kleptocracy, literally meaning "rule by thieves".
Some forms of corruption – now called "institutional corruption" – are distinguished from bribery and other kinds of obvious personal gain. A similar problem of corruption arises in any institution that depends on financial support from people who have interests that may conflict with the primary purpose of the institution. (Courtesy of Eleven Myanmar)
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