Myanmar’s ‘Sham’ Election Threatens 2025 Goals Of Arakan Rebels – Analysis

By Kyaw Hsan Hlaing*

**INTRODUCTION**

At the two-year mark of the 2021 coup in Myanmar, the State Administration Council (SAC) regime announced an extension of its state of emergency for another six months, causing doubt on its ability to meet its pledge to conduct an election in August.[1] The SAC also stated that they had...