The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won a majority of seats and votes, taking 86 percent of the seats in the Assembly of the Union. The election will take place during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as both the Rohingya conflict and the Rohingya genocide. The government has also been criticised for restricting press freedom and having failed to deal with the country’s economic issues.
About 2020 Myanmar general election in brief
Voting occurred in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by or reserved for the military. A total of 1,171 national, state, and regional seats were contested in the election. The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won a majority of seats and votes, taking 86 percent of the seats in the Assembly of the Union. The election will take place during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as both the Rohingya conflict and the Rohingya genocide. In addition, the government has also been criticised for restricting press freedom and having failed to deal with the country’s economic issues, putting dents in its electoral promise of reform. The prior elections in 2015 were only the second to be considered at least semi-democratic in the country since 1960. For the majority of its independent history, it was either controlled by a totalitarian dictatorship or a military junta. Over 25,000 people have been killed in the conflicts, with tens of thousands more being injured or subjected to sexual violence.
Amnesty International has described the actions of the military as crimes against humanity and a genocide. The Rohingya people, mainly in Rakhine State, have, regardless of their relative’s silence, been subjected to a persecution. The Myanmar government refuses to hold the military, who are said to hold power in the region, to account for their actions. The United Nations, International Court of Justice, and Amnesty International have described the military’s actions in the Rohingya region as a persecution of a minority group. The UEC also announced in which constituencies elections would be fully or partially cancelled on 16 October 2020 and 27 October 2020. Elections were fully cancelled in 15 townships and partially in 41. elections were partially cancelled in: Elections were partially canceled in: Elected officials will take office in March 2021. The President and the two Vice Presidents of Myanmar are elected by the Presidential Electoral College, made up of MPs from three committees.
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