The NUG announced that 146 staff from the Union Election Commission who were mainly in charge of the general election had been blacklisted and dismissed because they performed duties under the military junta, which is against the Union Election Commission Law and Election Laws.
The NUG announced that 146 staff from the Union Election Commission who were mainly in charge of the general election had been blacklisted and dismissed because they performed duties under the military junta, which is against the Union Election Commission Law and Election Laws.
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By Craig Lewis Buddhistdoor Global | 2021-02-08 |
The international Buddhist organization Peace Sangha Union has issued a public statement denouncing the recent military coup d’état in Myanmar. As pro-democracy protests and strikes continue, Buddhist monks and nuns have joined tens of thousands of civilian demonstrators marching in towns and cities across this Southeast Asian nation, protesting the military’s removal and detention of Myanmar’s democratically elected leaders on 1 February, and calling for democracy to be restored.
The military declared a year-long state of emergency in Myanmar (formerly Burma) on 1 February, hours after detaining President Win Myint, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, and other senior members of the governing National League for Democracy (NLD) party. The coup took place just hours before he country’s new parliament was due to convene following a general election in November last year, during which the NLD made substantial electoral ga