CNI News

2 August 2024

Although he carried out with a view to holding a general election two years after the state of emergency, he was not able to do so because of insurgents, said Acting President and Commander in Chief of the Defense Services Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing. 

He said the above during the meeting (2/2024) of the National Defense and Security Council(NDSC) that was held on 31st July. 

Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing was sitting in the chair where Acting President sat during the meeting.

And then, the circumstances of the handover in accordance with the 2008 Constitution; road maps were laid down since the State Administration Council took responsibilities of the State and the situations in relation to setting as a goal to hold a free and fair multi-party democratic general election were discussed.

Although the SAC carried out with a view to hold a free and fair multi-party general election two years after announcing the state of emergency, because of insurgents, the situations unable to do so, the conditions of being carrying out to make the country stable; the conditions of being carrying out to improve the national economy while so greedy business people were making efforts to make the national economy decline, which Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing discussed at the meeting.

While the NDSC meeting was being held on 31st July, 2024

Although Acting President Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing said in the past that the election would be held in August, 2023, because the election could not be held, he said that the election would be held in 2025. Census-taking would be conducted from 1st to 15th October, 2024.

After the election was held, the State power would be handed over to the winning party, said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing. 

After saying that the NLD was trying to form a government without solving the vote list dispute that took place in the 2020 general election, the Myanmar Tatmadaw led by Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing overthrew the NLD government on 1st February, 2021 and announced the state of emergency.

Although the declaration of the state of emergency was two years long on 1st February, 2023, because the country still was not stable, two times of six month tenure were extended. And then, according to Section-425 of the constitution, another two times of six month tenure were extended and the tenure expired on 31st July, 2024. 

However, because the country has not been stable, the NDSC meeting decided to extend the state of emergency for another six months in accordance with Section-425.