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Myanmar junta launches pre-election census one day earlier than announced

Amid the damage from floods caused by a deadly typhoon, Myanmar’s military regime chose to proceed with a population survey intended to lay the groundwork for planned elections, which the pro-democracy resistance has condemned as illegitimate

Myanmar’s military junta began to collect citizens’ personal data on Monday, local sources said, choosing not to postpone a scheduled survey despite the emergency conditions prevailing in the country after weeks of catastrophic flooding

The census is a necessary preliminary step in the regime’s plans to hold elections throughout Myanmar in 2025, a move that pro-democracy advocates, resistance groups, and opponents of the military’s rule have condemned as illegitimate. 

The Myanmar military seized power in a coup in 2021, accusing the ousted, elected civilian government of vote fraud in the previous November 2020 election and declaring a state of emergency. . .

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