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5 February 2021
Author: Marco Bünte, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg
In the early hours of 1 February, the day before Myanmar’s newly elected parliament was about to convene, military officers detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other senior National League of Democracy (NLD) leaders. Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing seized power, made retired general Myint Swe the new president and declared a one-year state of emergency.
Why did the military end the 10-year tutelary regime that allowed it to hand over power to a civilian government while remaining in the backseat of politics, orchestrating and influencing developments from a position of strength? Why did the military, an organ that controls huge parts of the economy through lucrative military enterprises, pull the plug on this experiment?
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Myanmarâs military detained Aung San Suu Kyi, declared a state of emergency for a year and voided her partyâs landslide November election victory in a setback for the countryâs nascent democracy.
Army chief Min Aung Hlaingâs office said he took the action in response to alleged voter fraud and the military would hold a âfree and fair general electionâ after the emergency is over. An order by acting President Myint Swe, a former general aligned with the army, granted full authority to the army chief to run the country, saying it was necessary to act before new parliament sessions began this week.
Author: Marco Bünte, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg
In the early hours of 1 February, the day before Myanmar’s newly elected parliament was about to convene, military officers detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other senior National League of Democracy (NLD) leaders. Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing seized power, made retired general Myint Swe the new president and declared a one-year state of emergency.