Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months
Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months
The declaration is widely anticipated to be the last before the military holds long-delayed national polls this year.
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Published on: 31/01/2025 | 00:00:00
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The military-controlled National Defence and Security Council renewed the emergency rule in a meeting in the capital Naypyidaw on Friday. Myanmar has been in turmoil since February 1, 2021, when the military seized power from the democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD) and arrested its hugely popular leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Justifying the coup, the military claimed, without evidence, that the NLD had committed widespread voter fraud in the 2020 elections that it won by a landsl Myanmar’s military has suffered a string of damaging defeats in the north and west of the country since late 2023. Despite this turmoil, growing internal and external pressure means the military is widely expected to hold the long-delayed national elections in late 2025. Opposition groups have pledged to violently disrupt the polls.
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