Tag: Election

By Than Lyan / MPA NAYPYIDAW – Myanmar’s military junta is accelerating plans for a nationwide election, a move critics and rights groups are branding as a "political trick" designed to institutionalize military rule rather than restore democracy. Since seizing power in a February 2021 coup, the junta has faced ...

By Naing Yarzar Min / MPA The chairman of Myanmar’s military-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC), U Thein Soe, has announced plans to further amend the country's electoral laws, following a recent election widely condemned by critics as a sham. The announcement was made yesterday during a meeting with political parties ...

By Ko Myo / MPA Myanmar’s military government has arrested more than 400 people accused of attempting to disrupt the country's ongoing election process, a senior official has confirmed. The crackdown comes just days before the military is scheduled to hold a third round of voting in 63 townships on ...

By Ra Wai | MPA Magway, Myanmar — A Myanmar military unit tasked with securing ballot boxes for the junta's controversial election has reportedly burned down a village and detained its entire population in a school, following an ambush by resistance forces. The incident occurred in Mindon Township, Magway Region, ...

By Ra Wai | MPA Mawlamyine, Myanmar — The Myanmar military’s proxy party has suffered an unexpected setback in Mon State, conceding a significant number of seats to a local ethnic rival in what residents are describing as a widespread "protest vote" against the junta’s rule. Despite projections of a ...

By Than Lyan | MPA Yangon — Myanmar’s military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has claimed a near-total victory in the second phase of the junta's staged election, sweeping 15 out of 16 contested townships in the commercial capital, Yangon. The results, released late Sunday (January 11), dealt a ...

By Than Lynn | MPA Yangon — Queues formed outside polling stations in Myanmar’s commercial capital on Sunday (January 11) as the military junta held the second phase of its election, but observers say the turnout was driven by intimidation rather than civic duty. In a stark reflection of the ...

By Ko Myo / MPA Yangon, Myanmar — Residents of Yangon are facing a resurgence of arbitrary street arrests, monitors say, as the relative lull during the military junta's recent election campaign abruptly ends. According to the Rangoon Scout Network (RSN), a local group monitoring military movements, the frequency of ...