Myanmar’s military-controlled Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on Monday that they had fixed December 28 of this year as the date for a long-planned general election, despite an ongoing civil war and condemnation from inside the country and abroad.
The junta has vowed to hold elections for years after ousting the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in February 2021, claiming without evidence that the NLD’s landslide victory in the 2020 general election had been fraudulent.
Opponents of military rule have argued the regime has no lawful authority to hold elections and that the results of any election overseen by the junta cannot be free or fair.
According to the UEC’s statement, the “first phase” of the general election will occur on the chosen date, a Sunday. While every seat in Myanmar’s bicameral. . .
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