Myanmar Junta Sets Dec. 28 for First Phase of General Election

Myanmar’s military regime said it has scheduled Dec. 28 for the first phase of a general election, despite ongoing civil conflict and boycotts by democratic opposition groups.

The Union Election Commission announced Monday that seats in both chambers of parliament as well as at the provincial level would be contested in the “multi-party democratic general election.” The military seized power in a 2021 coup, triggering armed conflict that left large swaths of the country under the control of armed ethnic groups.