30 Jul 2020 10:31PMNAYPYITAW: Myanmar will postpone elections in parts of war-torn Rakhine state if the military declares them unsafe, a senior election official said on Thursday , prompting a backlash from ethnic parties with strong support in the region.
Longtime opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party took power in 2016 after a landslide election win that ended half a century of army rule, though the military retains significant powers.While Aung San Suu Kyi remains wildly popular among the country's majority Bamar Buddhist population, analysts say support for her party has waned among minority communities.
The region has since been engulfed by war between government troops and ethnic Rakhine rebels seeking greater autonomy.
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