Timeline of Aung San Suu Kyi Arrested and Cheating Election Charges

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

President Myanmar Win Myint and civil leaders Aung San Suu Kyi He was arrested in a raid by the military in the early hours of Monday (2/1).

The arrests of Suu Kyi and other leading figures from the National Democratic League (NLD) Party were confirmed by spokesperson Myu Nyunt.

“I want to tell our supporters not to respond rashly and I want them to act in accordance with the law,” Nyunt said. Reuters.

The arrest of Suu Kyi and other high-level figures came after the military had frequently accused the military of fraud in the November 8 general election. Unable to accept the absolute victory of Suu Kyi’s party, the Myanmar army threatened to take action by hitting the ruling government.

These conditions have caused tensions between the military and civilians to escalate in recent weeks.

Suu Kyi is the de facto leader of Myanmar. The civilian government of Myanmar has yet to share power with several military generals in agreement for the first democratic elections in 2015. This is done based on the state constitution created by the military junta government in 2008.

Myanmar’s military commander, General Min Aung Hlaing, also echoed the threat of a coup in a speech published by the military newspaper Myawady on Thursday.

“The 2008 constitution is the legal basis for all laws and must be respected,” Hlaing said. AFP.

Suu Kyi’s match absolute victory

The election result indicated that the NLD Party won 346 parliamentary seats, more than 50 percent of the total seats. This victory made Suu Kyi’s party absolutely win.

The elections that took place last November marked Myanmar’s second general election after nearly 50 years under military rule.

However, the military blamed some 10 million rapes across the country for the outright victory of the NLD Party. The army is also demanding an investigation into the electoral commission and the publication of voter lists for verification.

A military spokesman said that if the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s armed forces had discovered 8.6 million electoral irregularities in 314 regions.

The Union Election Commission (UEC) supports the allegations of fraud. However, it did not deny that there were inconsistencies in the voter list and was investigating the 287 complaints it received.

“Each vote is counted in a transparent manner and is witnessed by electoral candidates, electoral personnel, the media, observers and other civil society organizations. There can be no electoral fraud just because of weaknesses in the faulty voter lists in this election, “said Election. Commission.