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Myanmar Junta Sets December 28 Poll Date Despite Raging Civil War

Opposition groups boycott the election amid ongoing civil war, with international monitors criticizing the process and the military proposing phased polls to legitimize its rule.

  • Myanmar has set a date of December 28, 2025 for parliamentary elections despite an ongoing civil war.
  • The military junta hopes the election will end the conflict, but the opposition has vowed to block the polls in areas it controls.
  • Analysts believe the junta chief will likely maintain power over any new government formed after the election.
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Myanmar plans to hold general elections for the first time since the coup d’état of 2021. This is what state television has given this Monday, which has announced that the first phase of voting will be held on 28 December, according to Reuters. The opposition of the Asian country, devastated by the civil war and military repression, has shown its scepticism about the elections and described them as a “farsa”. Continue reading

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The military junta in Myanmar announced elections at the end of December.

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Burma is a place of civil war since the army defeated, in 2021, the democratic government of Aung San Suu Kyi

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Firstpost News broke the news in Mumbai, India on Monday, August 18, 2025.
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