The arrests close the window to democracy for Myanmar, which the military opened on a November evening in 2010, removing barricades around Aung San Suu Kyi's home in the ancient capital, Rangoon.

She had been under house arrest for a total of 15 years since 1989, separated from her family in Britain and separated from her people, but still regarded as the country's natural leader as the daughter of the nation's father, General Aung San.

However, the democratic development has been slow and many of the hopes attached to her person have come to shame.

Although Aung San Suu Kyi's party by far won the 2015 election, it never really succeeded in implementing the promised reforms for the poor part of the country's population.

This was largely due to the fact that she constantly had to take into account the positions of the military, as they enshrined their influence in the constitution.

Planned to reform the constitution

Regardless of political leadership, the military is guaranteed 25 percent of all seats in both chambers of parliament and has direct influence over several ministerial posts.

The military's shadow was perhaps most apparent when she did not distance herself from military abuses against the Muslim minority Rohingya, who had been deprived of their citizenship and brutally persecuted.

They have been expelled from the country, interned in refugee camps, or living in apartheid-like conditions.

Today, it was thought that Parliament would open after the election in November, when her party won a landslide victory.

With strong political support behind him, Aung San Suu Kyi is said to have planned to reform the constitution and thus weaken the military's power, which would be the real reason why they are acting now.

Calls to stand up to the military

Although her reputation abroad is tarnished, she is still a national hero in Myanmar and most who do not join her fear the military even more.

According to information, Aung San Suu Kyis today smuggled out a message from captivity with a call to the people of Myanmar to stand up to the military.

The question now is whether the coup makers underestimated her popularity.