Myanmar’s pro-military party has claimed a landslide victory in the first phase of the junta-run election – alleging that it won 82 out of a total 102 seats. “We won 82 Lower House seats in townships which have finished counting, out of the total of 102,” said a senior official of the Union Solidarity and…
Voters in military-controlled areas of Myanmar went to the polls on Sunday in a phased election that is widely seen as a “sham” and expected to favor the junta-aligned Union Solidarity and Development Party. UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews on Sunday said that a vote organized by a junta that continues to bomb civilians, imprison…
Military-ruled Myanmar went to the polls on Sunday amid civil war and a humanitarian crisis. It’s Myanmar’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government. It’s also the first since a military coup toppled the last civilian government in 2021. The junta that has since ruled Myanmar said the…
