Myanmar To Hold General Elections On Dec 28

ISTANBUL, Aug 18 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The Burmese Election Commission on Monday announced that the general polls will be held in Myanmar on Dec 28, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing state media.

The “multi-party democratic general election” will be held on Sunday, Dec 28, later this year, MRTV reported, citing a notification by the Union Election Commission.

The last general elections in the Buddhist-majority Southeast Asian country were held in November 2020, won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), which was ousted in a military coup in February 2021.

The announcement of the polls came after the military junta last month formed a commission to oversee general elections, effectively signalling the end of the state of emergency rule.

Junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing also appointed himself acting president.

The 2021 military takeover ousted the elected government led by the NLD and plunged the country into more than four years of emergency rule.

U Myint Swe, who was appointed acting president by the junta in the wake of the coup in 2021, passed away early this month. He was 74.

Due to the illness of U Myint, Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing had proclaimed himself as president last month when he formed the commission to oversee elections.

-- BERNAMA-ANADOLU