Burma: spokesman arrived, elections within two years

2021-04-09T10:55:54.162Z

The state of emergency imposed for one year in Burma by the military junta after the coup d'état on 1 February last could be extended for at least "six months" and the promised new elections in the country will be held "within two years": he said i ... (ANSA)

April 09, 12:41

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Burma: spokesman arrived, elections within two years

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(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 09 - The state of emergency imposed for a year in Burma by the military junta after the coup d'état last February 1 could be extended for at least "six months" and the promised new elections in the country will be held "within two years ": said the spokesman of the junta, Zaw MinTun, during an interview with CNN.

Zaw Min Tun said that a possible extension of the state of emergency would be "six months or more", over "two terms", if the junta has not completed its duties.

The spokesman did not provide a date for the new elections, but explained that according to the 2008 constitution drafted by the military "we must finish everything within two years. We must hold free and fair elections within these two years," he added: "We promise we will."

On February 16, in the first press conference after the coup, the same exponent of the army said that "our goal is to go to the vote and hand over the power to the winning party", without providing a date for the elections.

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