![]() In its statement, the military said that it will oversee free and fair multiparty elections after the end of a state of emergency.īefore the coup, Myanmar was celebrated as a country moving toward democracy. that said extreme steps were necessary because of what it labeled voter fraud in elections last November. State television broadcast a statement from the military. A one year state of emergency has been announced with ultimate authority transferred to the army chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The country’s top civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (known as “The Lady,”) is now under house arrest along with other leaders from her party, the National League for Democracy. ![]() As you’ve no doubt heard, Myanmar’s military launched a coup to start the month of February 2021, unseating the country’s popularly elected government. ![]()
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