Burma, coup: Aung San Suu Kyi arrested. Her: “Protest, don’t give up”. Stop the Internet and flights. USA, EU and China: no to the coup

He asks the population to resist and not to accept the coup while all powers in Myanmar they were transferred to the general Min Aung Hlaing, who leads the armed forces. The head of the Burmese government and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi she was arrested by the armed forces along with several officials governmental and leader of the society civil, in a coup hatched by the army following which the interim presidency entrusted to the general Myint Swe, who was one of the two vice-presidents in office. The seizure of power by the military comes after weeks inmates e difficult, in which the army denounced the frauds that occurred in the legislative elections last November, overwhelmingly won by the National League for Democracy (LND), party of Aung San Suu Kyi. Under the pretext of the pandemic of coronavirus, the elections “were neither free nor fair,” the army spokesman Major General said at a press conference last week Zaw Min Tun, and the military said it had identified millions of cases of frode, including thousands of centenarians or minors who would be among the voters. But give it Usa all’Europe, the international community calls for the release of those arrested and the restoration of the government that legitimately took office after the vote.

Aung San Suu Kyi: “Do not surrender to the coup”. Internet blocked – The arrests took place a few hours before the inaugural meeting of Parliament recently installed. “I urge the population not to accept the coup, to respond and to to protest with all my heart against the military coup “, said Suu Kyi in a statement released by her party, according to reports from the Bbc, while the Burmese army announced its intention to hold new elections “free e regular”At the end of the state of emergency one year. Meanwhile, in these hours, the Myanmar is blocked: the banks and the services of withdrawal automatic until further notice, and also Internet is locked. “The interruptions of the telecommunications – observes the company Netblocks – started around 3am Monday morning local time and impacted the whole thing country, including the capital. Probably, for this reason, it will be difficult to follow the events that are taking place in these hours “. All passenger flights have also been blocked: the US embassy wrote on facebook that the road to the international airport a Yangon, the country’s largest city, was closed on Monday and reported on Twitter that “according to reports, all Myanmar airports are closed.” The diplomatic headquarters also issued an “alert safety“, Warning that“ there is the potential for one civil revolt e policy in Burma and we will continue to monitor the situation ”.

Washington and Brussels: respect for the electoral result – Ma Usa ed Europe they intervene in the coup, demanding the release of those arrested and compliance with the November electoral outcome. From Brussels the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen strongly condemns the coup in Myanmar “and on his Twitter account calls for the release of those arrested and that” the legitimate civil government must be restored, in compliance with the Constitution of the country and the November elections “. Same requests also made by the EU High Representative, Josep Borrell, by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. and by the president of the European parliament David Sassoli. In a note, the Farnesina, as done by France and the United Kingdom, declares that “Italy strongly condemns the wave of arrests in Myanmar and calls for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all the political leaders arrested”, emphasizing that “the will of the population it clearly emerged in the last elections and must be respected. We are concerned about this abrupt disruption of the democratic transition process and ask that the respect gods rights humans and fundamental freedoms “.

The United States instead stated that “they will take action against those responsible if these measures are not lifted”, the White House spokesperson said in a statement. Jen Psaki. The US secretary of state Antony Blink, for his part, he called on the Burmese army “to release all officials governmental as well as the leaders of civil society and to respect the will of the Burmese people expressed in the democratic elections on November 8 ”. More than a dozen embassies, including that of States United and the delegation ofEuropean Union, last Friday they had urged Burma to “adhere to democratic standards”, which together with the UN, feared the coup, while the army chief – the general Min Aung Hlaing – had declared that the country’s constitution could be “revoked” in certain circumstances. There is also the intervention of China: the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, said that Beijing he is a “friendly neighbor of Myanmar and we hope that all parties in the country can adequately manage the differences within the constitutional and legal framework”, adding that it is important “to safeguard political and social stability”.

The Rohingya question – The party of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1991, highly criticized internationally for managing the Muslim crisis Rohingya but still adored by the majority of the population, it won a landslide victory in November. It is the second victory in the general elections since 2011, when the junta that has ruled the country for half a century was dissolved. The military, however, retains very important power, having control over three key ministries (Interior, Defense and Borders).

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