US EditionFinal phase of Myanmar's election underway, military-backed party set to win
Military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party leads with 85% of seats amid low turnout and ongoing conflict in Myanmar's three-stage election, critics call it a sham.
- On Sunday, Myanmar held the final round of a three-stage general election, capping a monthlong vote with the Union Solidarity and Development Party leading early results.
- Critics say the polls are neither free nor fair and aim to legitimize military power after the February 1, 2021 coup that sidelined Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy.
- Voting opened at 6 a.m. in 61 townships across six regions and three states, while security gaps left 67 townships without voting, reducing the 664-member national parliament to 586 seats.
- The combined parliament will pick the president, and Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing is widely expected to assume the role when Parliament convenes in March and the new government takes office in April.
- International observers were mainly from states viewed as authoritarian, and critics faced new legal penalties as authorities charged more than 400 people recently under the Election Protection Law.
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Myanmar's junta leader dismisses critics as military allies head for landslide election win
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta chief on Sunday dismissed foreign criticism of the war-torn country's general election as a final round of voting took place, with the military-backed party having secured a majority of seats in previous rounds. The Union Solidarity and Development Party has won 193 of 209 seats in the lower house and 52 of 78 seats in the upper house after two rounds held on December 28 and January 11. Voter turnout was around …
Myanmar's Controversial Election: Military Power Play or Democratic Exercise?
Myanmar's Controversial Election: Military Power Play or Democratic Exercise? Myanmar's military-backed general election concluded despite international criticism, with the Union Solidarity and Development Party securing a majority in both houses. The elections were marked by low voter turnout and ongoing civil unrest.International entities, including the United Nations and the UK, condemned the elections as tools to cement military rule. Malays…
Myanmar Holds Final Phase of Election Dominated By Junta Allies
(Bloomberg) — Voters in Myanmar began casting ballots Sunday in the third and final phase of a tightly controlled general election that’s expected to deliver an overwhelming victory to the military’s proxy party amid continuing civil conflict and international rejection.
The third and final phase of a largely termed "mascarade" vote takes place this Sunday in Burma. The junta, in power since its violent coup d'état in 2021, organizes elections in the midst of a civil war. While the army does not control the entire territory, the election takes place only in 265 of the country's 330 administrative divisions. Opposition closed or forbidden, political parties dissolved and voting under duress, these elections are l…
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