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Based on 8 verified sources covering Myanmar:
RANGOON — This week, the Burmese people’s months-long wait to find out who their next president will be is expected to finally end. [1]
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 on June 19, marking her fifth consecutive birthday in detention since her arrest by junta boss Min Aung Hlaing following the February 2021 military coup. [2]
YANGON—On Jan. 29, Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) initiated an attempt to democratize the military-drafted Constitution by proposing in Parliament the formation of a joint committee on charter amendment. [3]
RANGOON — One week ahead of Burma’s scheduled presidential nominations, a senior member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) has disclosed to the media that the heads of all states and regions will be appointed from within the party. [4]
RANGOON — Burma’s Union Parliament announced on Tuesday that presidential nominees will be declared on March 10—a week earlier than the date originally set for the occasion. [5]
RANGOON — This week, the Burmese people’s months-long wait to find out who their next president will be is expected to finally end.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 on June 19, marking her fifth consecutive birthday in detention since her arrest by junta boss Min Aung Hlaing following the February 2021 military coup.
YANGON—On Jan. 29, Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) initiated an attempt to democratize the military-drafted Constitution by proposing in Parliament the formation of a joint committee on charter amendment.
RANGOON — One week ahead of Burma’s scheduled presidential nominations, a senior member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) has disclosed to the media that the heads of all states and regions will be appointed from within the party.
RANGOON — Burma’s Union Parliament announced on Tuesday that presidential nominees will be declared on March 10—a week earlier than the date originally set for the occasion.
RANGOON — Aung San Suu Kyi called for the ongoing support of the Burmese people on the morning of vice presidential nominations within the Parliament.
With the possibility of polls being held in October looking increasingly unlikely, political sources say the junta may push the election date back to December.
Two days before last week’s surprise resistance drone attack on regime targets in Naypyitaw, Vice Senior General Soe Win was at the Ba Htoo military academy in southern Shan State meeting with officers and rank-and-file troops.