Myanmar military says elections will be held after one year of emergency: Report

Myanmar military has informed that general elections will be held after a one-year state of emergency declared earlier in day. military said that during emergency period, Union Election Commission will be reformed and parliamentary elections held in vember 2020 will be reviewed, ANI reported quoting Xinhua. It is worth ting that state power in Myanmar has been handed over to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing, while nation’s first Vice President Myint Swe will be serving as acting president of country. 

Myanmar’s military has detained leer Aung San Suu Kyi and or senior government officials in a series of early morning raids on Monday. Myanmar Army has said that it carried out detentions in response to fraud in last vember’s general election that Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won by a landslide. Along with Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and or senior officials of Myanmar have also been detained. 

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Military ‘will abide by constitution’ 

All communications to Naypyitaw appeared to have been disrupted and Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party could t be reached. All banks nationwide have shut down, reported Bangkok Post. According to an anuncement, all members of Myanmar Banks Association are to close ir banks unanimously, starting from Monday. As per reports, several people were also seen lining up at ATM’s in Yangon mind expectations of a cash crunch in coming days.

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Myanmar lawmakers were to gar Monday in capital Naypyitaw for first session of Parliament since last year's election, with tensions lingering over recent comments by military over 'taking an action' that were widely seen as threatening a coup. military alleged that elections were full of ‘irregularities’ and questioned veracity of at least 9 million votes cast in vember 2020 even though country’s election commission rejected claims of fraud. Myanmar military stressed that it will protect and abide by its constitution.

Meanwhile, following reports of arrest, countries including India, US, Australia and Cana have condemned unlawful detention. Expressing deep concern, India said it believes that rule of law and democratic process must be upheld. United States, on or hand, vowed to take action against those responsible. White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki said that any attempt to alter outcome of recent elections or impede Myanmar's democratic transition will be opposed by US.

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