US EditionFinal phase of Myanmar's election underway, military-backed party set to win
The military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is set to secure a dominant parliamentary majority amid low turnout and ongoing civil conflict, critics say the election legitimizes military rule.
- 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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Polls closed in Myanmar on Monday in the final round of a multi-phase parliamentary election that is widely seen as a bid by the military junta to consolidate power five years after a coup.
Party backed by generals set for landslide as 'sham' Myanmar election ends
Polls in Myanmar have closed after a third and final stage of voting in what are widely viewed as sham elections.Many popular parties are banned from standing and voting has not been possible in large areas of the country because of a five-year-long civil war.The dominant party backed by the ruling military junta is expected to win a landslide victory.The current regime has rejected international criticism of the election, maintaining that it is…
Myanmar has opened the last round of its elections, which lasted a month, with the pro-military party dominant in the race for an overwhelming victory in a vote led by the junta which,...
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