The leader of Myanmar's military-installed government on Monday announced the extension of its mandate to rule for another six months in preparation for an election it has said will be held next year.
The army seized power on Feb. 1 last year from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. It cited alleged fraud in the November 2020 general election, which Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party had won in a landslide while the military-backed party did poorly.
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the ruling State Administration Council, said in a broadcast speech Monday that the state of emergency declared after last year's takeover was extended because time was needed to prepare for new elections, or as the official announcement of the extension said, "to continue working to return the country to the path of a peaceful and disciplined multiparty democratic system and to hold multiparty democratic general elections.
Min Aung Hlaing said the military had tried its "utmost to discharge responsibilities" since it seized power. While some opponents of military rule have employed tactics including assassinations and bombings, the military dubs almost all those opposing it as "terrorists."
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