US EditionMyanmar junta chief confirms year-end election plan
- At a conference in Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing committed to conducting elections across December 2024 and January 2025.
- The elections follow the 2021 military coup that ousted the civilian government and sparked a multi-sided civil war involving anti-junta rebels.
- A junta census in 2024 intended to prepare the poll failed to cover about 19 million of the 51 million population due to security constraints and territorial losses.
- UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews criticized the election as an illusion, arguing that a genuine electoral process is impossible under conditions where opponents are imprisoned, tortured, and executed.
- Opposition groups have vowed to boycott while international observers consider a free and fair election impossible amid ongoing conflict and repression.
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Peace theater of the absurd in Myanmar
Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC) military regime is gearing up for elections, slated to held by the end of 2025. As part of the preparations, the junta conducted a three-day “Peace Forum” in Naypyidaw, even as the city recovers from the devastating Mandalay earthquake in late March. In attendance were the top military leadership, diplomats, […] The post Peace theater of the absurd in Myanmar appeared first on Asia Times.
Myanmar junta eyes December-January for elections despite war, boycotts
YANGON, June 26 — Myanmar’s junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported Thursday, pressing ahead with polls denounced as a sham by international monitors. The military deposed Myanmar’s civilian government in a 2021 coup which sparked a many-sided civil war, but has promoted its election plans as a pathway to peace. With members of the former government locked away, opposition groups set to …
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The Straits TimesMyanmar junta chief confirms year-end election plan
Myanmar's junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported on Thursday (Jun 26), pressing ahead with polls denounced as a sham by international monitors.
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