Myanmar will begin its general elections on 28 December, its military government announced, in a phased poll widely condemned as a sham that will be used to entrench the junta's power. This will be the first vote since the junta seized power in a bloody coup in 2021, and imprisoned democratically elected leader Aung San Sung Kyi.

A total of 55 political parties have been registered for the polls, of which nine plan to compete nationwide. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Even as a civil war continues to rage in the country, Myanmar’s junta has announced that the first phase of national elections will take place on December 28. The exercise has been condemned internationally as a sham as the junta is bound to control the result of any election in the country.