In Myanmar, the army took the lead after a military coup.
After a year of emergency, they promise new elections.
Update from February 1, 2021, 11:04 a.m.:
Now the
EU is
also threatening
those responsible for the
military coup in Myanmar with
consequences.
"We are in contact with our international partners (...) in order to ensure a coordinated response," said EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell on Monday.
The European Union called for the immediate restoration of legitimate civil government and the speedy opening of Parliament.
EU entry bans
and asset
freezes
are already in place
for members of the armed forces who are held responsible for serious
human rights violations against the Rohingya population
.
In addition, the export to Myanmar of goods that can be used to suppress the opposition or to monitor communications is prohibited.
Military coup in Myanmar: Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Suu Kyi arrested
First report from February 1, 2021:
Naypyidaw - After the
coup in Myanmar
, the
army
promised
new elections
after the one-year state of emergency.
The handover of power will take place after “free and fair general elections”, the
military
said
on Monday in the online network Facebook.
The military had previously arrested several top politicians in the country, including the
de facto Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi
, and declared a year-long state of emergency.
Military coup in Myanmar: Prime Minister calls for resistance
"We are going to build a real multi-party democracy," said the
military's
statement
.
Suu Kyi, in turn, addressed the population with a call for resistance.
She called on the population
"not to accept"
the
military coup
, according to a letter distributed by her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), on online networks on Monday.
In view of the impending military coup, Suu Kyi “left this message for the people”.
After a coup in 1962,
Myanmar
was under military rule for almost half a century.
Suu Kyi
campaigned for nonviolent democratization in the 1980s and was therefore placed under house arrest for 15 years.
In 1991 she received the
Nobel Peace Prize
for her work against oppression and social injustice
.
However, it has been criticized internationally because it now shows an authoritarian leadership style itself.
Suu Kyi has been criticized primarily because of the state discrimination against the Rohingya ethnic group.
More than a million Rohingya have
fled
the military attacks in
Bangladesh
.
In a genocide case in The Hague, Suu Kyi dismissed the allegations in 2019.
Military coup in Myanmar: Army speaks of election fraud
The
army
in
Myanmar
took Suu Kyi and head of state Win Myint into custody in the wake of a coup on Monday.
The armed forces said they had taken control of the country and declared a year-long emergency.
Army chief Min Aung Hlaing took over the management of the “legislature, government and judiciary”.
Tensions between the
army
and the
civilian government led
by
Suu Kyi had
risen sharply
since the
general election
.
The army leadership denounced alleged massive
election fraud
.
After the coup, she renewed her accusation that there had been “irregularities” in the election that the responsible electoral commission had not cleared up.
In Russia, too, it remains uneasy.
So there were protests against President Putin for the second weekend in a row - thousands of demonstrators were arrested.
(AFP)