NAYPIDAW, KOMPAS.com – Take a walk in the capital Myanmar surrounded by barbed wire and barbed wire with the deployment of a number of police officers to guard amid the threat military coup, Friday (29/1/2021).
Member of parliament of the National League for Democracy Party ( NLD) Zin Mar Aung said that currently the police have also been patrolling the parliament complex for precautionary needs.
“We can’t pretend that nothing happened,” said Zin Mar Aung by telephone as quoted from Reuters on Friday (29/1/2021).
Tensions have been brewing in Myanmar over the past few weeks when the military alleges major fraud in the elections held on November 8, 2020.
The elections mark the last decade of Myanmar’s democracy, after 50 years of military rule.
Results of Myanmar elections it was announced by the election commission, which showed a landslide victory by the NLD with 346 seats or more than 50 percent of parliamentary seats, as has been reported. Kompas.com previous.
Myanmar’s election commission said the elections had been held freely and fairly.
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However, Myanmar’s powerful military questions the validity of the party’s victory Aung San Suu Kyi that.
The military said it planned to “take action” if its complaints about the elections were not addressed and a spokesman this week refused to rule out a possible military coup.
Meanwhile, Suu Kyi has not yet made public comment on Myanmar’s election dispute, but an NLD spokeswoman said that members had met with military leaders on Thursday (28/1/2021).
However, the meeting for talks on the conflict “didn’t work out”.
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Launch BBC Indonesia on Friday (29/1/2021), the chief of staff of the army, General Min Aung Hlaing, the country’s most powerful man, refused to assuage concerns that the military was preparing to stage a coup to take power and said the constitution could be repealed in a number of circumstances.
The US embassy along with 16 embassies from other countries including Britain, the European Union delegation and Australia issued a statement urging the military to “comply with democratic norms.”
“We oppose any attempt to change the election outcome or hinder Myanmar’s democratic transition,” said a statement signed by embassies including the US, European Union, Australia and Britain.
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Launch ABC News on Friday (29/1/2021), Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres called for a statement respecting electoral democracy.
“All actors stop all forms of incitement or provocation, show leadership and obey democratic norms and respect the results of the November 8 general election,” the statement read.
“All election disputes must be resolved through an established legal mechanism,” he added.
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