Translated by S-Yaqubi_According to Naba Khabar, Myanmar’s military has announced that power has been handed over to Myanmar Army Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing for a year.
The Myanmar army has accused the organizers of the parliamentary election in November of rigging elections and called for a postponement of the new round of Myanmar parliament opening.
The National Democratic Union Party, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, had won Myanmar’s parliamentary elections on November 23 with 83 percent of the vote.
While most of Myanmar’s television channels have been shut down following rumors of a military coup, the country’s military’s Miyuki TV channel announced that The military declares a state of emergency ، so, it has broad powers to take further actions.
Before the Myanmar military announced that it had been in power for a year, Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior Democratic Union Party officials, including Myanmar President Wen Mint and several state ministers, were arrested.
Meanwhile, the Myanmar Bankers Association announced that due to the country’s current situation, the banks would be temporarily closed, and with these interpretations, only some bank passers-by are currently active, and the rest have been suspended.
Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
Aung San Suu Kyi is the 75 years old daughter of General Aung San, Myanmar’s independence hero, who was assassinated and killed in 1948.
Mrs. Sochi was jailed for an entire 15 years from 1989 to 2010 because of opposing the country’s military rule.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
The National Union of Democracies, led by her, could win Myanmar’s 2015 parliamentary elections.
Based on Myanmar’s constitution, Aung San Suu Kyi has been barred from the presidency since her children are citizens of another country; however, she is potentially considered the country’s leader.
In recent years, Aung San Suu Kyi’s approach to suppressing the Rohingya Muslim minority has had international criticism.
However, she is very popular among the Buddhist majority in Myanmar.
Reactions:
the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has declared that the Myanmar military should release government officials detained earlier this morning.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement that she is concerned about the Myanmar circumstances, then threatened to take action against the ones who have arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar President Wayne Mint.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the mutations in Myanmar and called for the release of government leaders.
Guterres’ spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said in a statement: “[Guterres] has expressed deep concern over the announcement of the transfer of all legislative, executive, and judicial powers to the military. “These developments can cause serious harm to Myanmar democratic reform .”
“Singapore is deeply concerned about the latest situation in Myanmar.” “We are closely monitoring the situation and hope that all parties can maintain dialogue and work together for a positive and peaceful outcome.” the Singapore Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
However, the Thai Deputy Prime Minister described the military coup in Myanmar as “Myanmar’s internal affairs” and did not comment more.
Like many other countries, including Singapore, The Indian Foreign Ministry expressed concern about mutations in Myanmar.
The spokesman for the President of the Philippines also stated that the developments in Myanmar are an internal matter in which we will not intervene.
Reactions to the Myanmar coup:
Following these events, the military announced that it has some plans to hold parliamentary elections again. Nevertheless, the United Nations and some countries, including the United States, have reacted to senior Myanmar officials’ arrest.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concerns over the transfer of power to Myanmar’s military and has strongly condemned Myanmar’s party leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrest and other political leaders.
He also called the current developments the dangerous harm to democratic reform in this country.
The European and American countries reaction:
In its first response to the vicissitude in Myanmar, the US government asked the country’s military to release the arrested officials.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki stressed that US President Joe Biden had been informed about Myanmar’s leaders’ arrest and threatened to react against the Myanmar military if it does not release Myanmar’s official leaders.
Mrs. Psaki said in a statement that the United States would continue to support the democratic foundations in Myanmar and want the military and all associated groups to respect the law and release the detainees.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has also called for the immediate release of the Myanmar government members.
According to IRNA from London, Boris Johnson also tweeted today: “I condemn the military coup and the illegal detention of civilians in Myanmar, including Aung San Suu Kyi.”
“The people’s vote must be respected, and the detained leaders must be released,” he continued
European Commission President Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen also condemned Myanmar’s military coup in a tweet strongly, saying that the country’s civilian government should be restored under the law and the results of last November’s elections.
She wanted the unconditional release of all those detained.
In a similar message, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned the events in Myanmar and said the election outcome should be respected. “The people of Myanmar want democracy, and the European Union stands by their side,” he said.
After the UN Secretary-General, Guterres, and most Western countries warned of political tensions in Myanmar, the army commanders tried to dispel a coup’s rumors.
In the final hours of the operation and after the arrest of Myanmar leaders, the army took full power by declaring a state of emergency. Furthermore, with the power outage and the capital’s telecommunications and internet connections cut off, it eliminated the possibility of any communication with the outside world.
Myanmar’s leaders were arrested as the country’s military called for an investigation into possible election fraud in November.
Myanmar Army Chief of Staff Min Aung Hlaing said the election was “unfair and dishonest.”
The National Unity Party for Democracy of Myanmar won the parliamentary election with 83% of the vote against a pro-military party. However, the conduct of elections in disputed areas has been widely criticized by human rights groups.
Elected lawmakers were going to take office on Monday, but the Myanmar military had earlier called for a postponement of parliaments reopening. Furthermore, it raised the possibility of a coup in Myanmar.
However, considering the possible coup on Saturday, The Myanmar army said it was acting under the constitution, but the IEC rejected the military’s allegation of fraud, stressing that no significant mistake had been made to change the election outcome.
