Irrawaddy-Sept 6
A general election being promised by Myanmar’s regime will not be held until at least 2025. Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing told his cabinet on September 1 that he plans to hold an election after a national census in October next year, suggesting voting he promised after the 2021 coup will not take place until 2025 at the earliest. He told a cabinet meeting in August that ongoing armed conflicts were delaying any election planning. The regime has taken active steps toward holding an election since it extended emergency rule for six more months in August. It has recently introduced changes to its five-point roadmap, with an election taking precedence over other objectives. The junta-appointed Union Election Commission has demonstrated its Myanmar Electronic Voting Machine to Min Aung Hlaing. Nearly 6,000 civil servants from 29 ministries have tried out the machines since February. The UEC met 35 political parties in Yangon on September 5 to unveil the voting machines, saying they would reduce costs for ballot sheets and stop vote rigging. The UEC met 35 political parties in Yangon on September 5 to unveil the voting machines, saying they would reduce costs for ballot sheets and stop vote rigging. The military staged its first coup in 1962 and an election was finally held in 1990, which the regime ignored. Only in 2015 did a general election have any credibility. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/politics/no-election-likely-before-2025-myanmar-junta-chief.html
