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NLD representative Kyi Toe said Suu Kyi was under house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw.
In Yangon City, many people shouted “evil must go”, then hit pots and pans and honked cars everywhere. Medical personnel from at least 70 hospitals and health agencies in Myanmar went on strike to protest the coming to power of the military generals.
The military vehicles appeared on the streets of Myitkyina, Kachin state, on February 2. |
The NLD Party also requested recognition of the party’s victory in the January 1, 2020 elections. Specifically, the NLD party won with 83% of the seats in parliament. The constitution gives the military 25% of the seats in parliament and control of the three key ministries of the Suu Kyi administration.
Meanwhile, the Myanmar military made accusations of electoral fraud and did not recognize the NLD’s victory. The army also arrested NLD leaders and handed over power to Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing.
Myanmar people in Yangon hit metal objects such as pots and pans to make a resounding sound in protest of the political turmoil, dated February 2 and 21 |
At the United Nations (UN), Myanmar’s special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener urged the UN Security Council to “send together a clear message in support of democracy in Myanmar.”
The UN Security Council is negotiating a draft declaration that condemns the Myanmar military’s actions as a “coup”, calling on the military to respect the rule of law and human rights and to immediately release illegally detained persons.
The sound of frying pans and horns echoing everywhere in Yangon on the night of 2.2, shows the resistance of the people to Myanmar’s military coup. |
Soldiers guard outside the parliament building in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw |
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Ms. Suu Kyi (75 years old) spent about 15 years under house arrest between 1989 and 2010 while leading the democracy movement. In 1991, Suu Kyi received the Nobel Peace Prize while under house arrest, Reuters reported. Myanmar’s military ruled the country from 1962 until Suu Kyi’s NLD came to power in 2015 under a constitution that guaranteed a number of key government positions. Suu Kyi’s international status as a human rights icon was seriously damaged after the expulsion in 2017 of hundreds of thousands of minority Rohingya Muslims and defended the military against charges of genocide.
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