On the 1st, ahead of the three-year anniversary of the coup, Myanmar's military decided to extend the state of emergency declared following the coup for six months.
As a result, there is no prospect of holding elections for a transition to civilian rule, and fighting with pro-democracy forces and ethnic minority armed groups is expected to intensify.
Myanmar's military declared a state of emergency on February 1, which marked three years since the coup, and has repeatedly extended the state of emergency to legitimize its rule and suppress pro-democracy forces.
Myanmar state media reported on the 31st that military chief General Min Aung Hlaing explained that security in the country was deteriorating at the National Defense and Security Council held in the capital Naypyitaw, and decided to extend the state of emergency. I told him.
This is the fifth extension of the state of emergency, and the extension period is six months from February 1st to August this year.
After the coup, the military has continued to insist that elections will be held to transition to civilian rule, and on the 30th it announced legal reforms that would ease the registration criteria for political parties that can participate in elections.
However, holding an election is predicated on the lifting of the state of emergency, and with no prospect of holding an election for the time being, it is expected that fighting between pro-democracy forces and ethnic minority armed groups aiming to overthrow the military will intensify. will be done.