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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint as well as other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained while the country's military says it is taking control of the country for one year.
The military's channel, Myawaddy TV, made the announcement early Monday morning, and cited a section of the military-drafted constitution that allows the military to take control in case of a national emergency.
The army stated that the reason for the takeover was the government’s failure to act on the military’s claims of voter fraud in last November’s election and its failure to postpone the election because of the coronavirus crisis.
The move comes after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent.
Ruling party spokesman Myo Nyunt told Reuters by phone that Suu Kyi, President Myint and other leaders had been "taken" in the early hours of the morning.
The military's channel, Myawaddy TV, made the announcement early Monday morning, and cited a section of the military-drafted constitution that allows the military to take control in case of a national emergency.
The army stated that the reason for the takeover was the government’s failure to act on the military’s claims of voter fraud in last November’s election and its failure to postpone the election because of the coronavirus crisis.
The move comes after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent.
Ruling party spokesman Myo Nyunt told Reuters by phone that Suu Kyi, President Myint and other leaders had been "taken" in the early hours of the morning.
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