Picture of Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is shown on a mobile phone as supporters of the National League for Democracy party wait for election results in Yangon, Myanmar November 8, 2020. — Reuters picYANGON, May 17 — Myanmar’s election last year reflected the will of the people and the army was unjustified in using alleged flaws as a reason to seize power, an international monitoring group said on Monday in its final report.
The Asian Network for Free Elections , one of two accredited foreign election observer missions, said voting was not as free and fair as it had been in the previous ballot in 2015 — in part because of the coronavirus outbreak. “Despite the raging Covid-19 pandemic, 27.5 million people voted thanks to the hard work of polling staff and election or health officials; their voices cannot be silenced.”The army said it had discovered major violations of the election, in which Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy trounced a pro-military party.
Anfrel, which said it had election observers in 13 of Myanmar’s 14 states and regions, described the military’s seizure of power as “indefensible”.
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