Regime in Naypyidaw confirms December elections and attempts to ban National League for Democracy

Regime in Naypyidaw confirms December elections

Regime leader Min Aung Hlaing formed the “National Security and Peace Commission” after lifting the state of emergency on Thursday, regime media reported. The military general appointed himself as chairperson of the commission in order “to oversee the general elections this December,” which he confirmed during a ceremony in Naypyidaw on Wednesday.

He added that there were “difficulties” over the past four years since the 2021 military coup, but that now his regime is starting a “second chapter.” Min Aung Hlaing accused the National League for Democracy (NLD) government of electoral fraud during the 2020 elections, and jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint in the coup on Feb. 1, 2021. The NLD won a landslide victory in 2020.