In light of widespread skepticism about whether the government will permit a free and fair vote, Myanmar’s military-led government announced that long-planned elections will start on December 28.
The first stage of “step-by-step” general elections would be the vote, according to the Union Election Commission’s announcement on Monday.
The election commission stated that “further dates for the following steps of the elections will be announced accordingly.”
According to state media, nine of the 55 parties’ candidates were registering for the elections, which would be in the national election.
The announcement comes after Min Aung Hlaing, the military administration’s representative in Myanmar, declared last month the end of a state of emergency for certain areas of the nation in preparation for December and January’s elections.
After removing Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in a 2021 coup, Min Aung Hlaing’s government imposed emergency rule in Myanmar.
Opposition groups have pledged to boycott the elections, calling them a sham meant to undermine Min Aung Hlaing’s hold on power, including Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy.
Since the coup, there has been civil war in Myanmar, with large sections of the country being held by various rebel groups, including the People’s Defence Force, the Arakan Army, and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army.
The last election was held in November 2020 in the Southeast Asian nation.
Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders were detained after the military claimed widespread fraud had caused the vote to be tainted by widespread fraud after the National League for Democracy had a landslide victory.
Source: Aljazeera
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