Friday, December 26, 2025

Myanmar's so-called election --again???

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an exercise that critics say will neither restore the country’s fragile democracy undone by a 2021 army takeover, nor end a devastating civil war triggered by the nation’s harsh military rule.
The military has framed the polls as a return to multi-party democracy, likely seeking to add a facade of legitimacy to its rule, which began after the army four years ago ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
The takeover triggered widespread popular opposition that has grown into a civil war. The fighting has complicated holding the polls in many contested areas.
https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-election-military-hlaing-suu-kyi-fae9efc8021c651ebd4a20790ca961ca

Reuters--bullets to ballots.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-juntas-shift-battlefield-ballots-faces-long-odds-2025-12-24/