Myanmar’s Military Stages Coup Detaining Aung San Suu Kyi

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in world news February 1, 2021

Earlier on Monday, Myanmar’s military staged a coup and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with her ruling party politicians. The military declared it has taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency.

The intervention followed weeks of rising tension between the military and the civilian government over their November elections.

The military had ruled the country for almost 50 years but the elections held in November brought the rule to an end when Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won easily.

They detained Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint in the capital, Naypyidaw, before dawn according to the party spokesperson.

This happened just hours before the parliament was meant to reconvene for the first time since the elections.

‘’We heard they the military took them… with the situation we see happening now, we have to assume that the military is staging a coup,’’ the party spokesperson said.

The military soon afterward declared, via its own television channel, a one-year state of emergency. They also announced that former general Myint Swe would be acting president for the next year.

Reasons the military gave;

The military justified the coup by alleging ‘’huge irregularities’’ in the November polls that the election commission failed to address.

‘’As the situation must be resolved according to the law, a state of emergency is declared,’’ the announcement said.

The military moved quickly to stifle dissent, severely restricting the internet and mobile phone communications across the country. In Yangon, the former capital that remains Myanmar’s commercial hub, troops seized the city hall just ahead of the announcement.

The Asian nation has had a long history of insecurity.

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