Tensions are growing in Myanmar, it is not known if there will be elections

Photo: EPA / NYEIN CHAN NAING

Myanmar's military government has announced on the second anniversary of taking power that it is extending the state of emergency that has been in place since early 2021.

The National Defense and Security Council has extended the state of emergency for another six months.

The Council assessed that the situation in the country has not yet normalized and that it takes time for the country to prepare for peaceful and stable elections.

The National Defense and Security Council, according to the Constitution, is the governing administrative body, but now it is controlled only by the army.

The date of the elections has not yet been announced, although the head of the ruling military council, Min Aung Hlaing, has announced them for August, Radio Free Europe reports.

The new announcement states that elections will be held "when the objectives of the state of emergency are met."

Martial law allows the military to take over all state functions, giving Hlaing legislative, judicial and executive powers.

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