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According to the news reported by AA; Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Çii and President Win Myint were reportedly detained.
The ruling National Democratic Union (NLD) party spokesperson, Myo Nyunt, announced that the President of the State Council and Foreign Minister Suu Çii and other party leaders were detained.
Nyunt later told Reuters in a telephone statement that Suu Chii, Win Myint and other party leaders were “captured” early in the morning.
“I ask our people not to respond without thinking and act in accordance with the law,” Myo Nyunt said in her statement. used the expression.
Spokesperson Myo Nyunt stated that he too is waiting to be detained.
While discussions on the results of the November 8 elections continued in the country, the announcement by the Chief of Staff on January 27 that the Constitution could be repealed if the laws were not properly implemented, and the subsequent arrest of Suu Çii prompted comment. that “the army had carried out a coup in Myanmar.”
According to the BBC report, soldiers took to the streets in the capital city of Nepido and Yangon, telephone and internet lines were cut in Nepido.
In addition, families of regional ministers in 14 regions stated that ministers were “taken” from their homes by soldiers.
PARLIAMENT IS EXPECTED TO OPEN TODAY
Myanmar’s parliament in the capital Nepido was expected to open today in the shadow of the debate on “electoral fraud”.
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, in a written statement on January 29, stated that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “is following the latest developments in Myanmar with great concern” and encouraged all parties to ” abstain from any kind of provocation, until the results of the general elections of November 8 “. respect and adhere to democratic norms “.
PRESIDENT GENERAL: CONSTITUTIONAL CAN BE DONE
In Myanmar, the Electoral Commission denied allegations that the army was manipulated to determine the results of the election that resulted in the victory of ruling Aung San Suu Çii’s party on January 29.
Myanmar’s Chief of Staff Hlaing said on January 27 that the Constitution could be dissolved if the laws are not properly implemented. However, in the statement made by the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) on January 30, it was argued that Hlaing’s statements that “the Constitution could be dissolved” were not a threat of a “coup”.
The main opposition Unity Development and Solidarity Party (USDP), backed by the army, called for a “recount of votes” in the elections held in Myanmar on November 8, 2020, in which the ruling Party of National Unity for Democracy (NLD) won.
The NLD, led by the President of the Council of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ang San Suu Çii, won 346 seats in the 642-seat national assembly, reaching the majority to form a government.
The main opposition USDP, backed by the army, took second place with 25 seats, while the Glory for Democracy Party of Nations (SNLD), which represents ethnic groups in Shan province, came third with 15 seats. .
In Myanmar, the Constitution prepared by the army in 2008 prevents the ruling party from gaining control of Parliament. To avoid amending the Constitution, the military expelled 25 percent of the members of the Assembly without elections, and some key ministries exercise direct control over the government, since the soldiers are in their hands.
Run by a bicameral parliamentary system, the Myanmar Senate consists of 224 members and the House of Representatives 440 members.
In the country where 56 senators and 110 deputies are appointed by the army, the party, which has a total of 322 seats in both parliaments, provides the majority to form a government.
Nigel Adams, the British Minister of State responsible for Asia, stated that participation was prevented in regions where minorities were present in the elections in Myanmar and that the Myanmar authorities should hold “free and fair elections” in those places as soon as possible. possible. .
The European Union (EU) also called on the Myanmar government to include all ethnic and religious minorities, and including Arakan Muslims, in the country’s democratic process.
In the November 8, 2020 elections in the country, 37 million voters voted for the first time, 5 million for the first time and almost 7,000 candidates competed for seats in 1,171 national and local assemblies in total.
