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Myanmar Junta Lifts Emergency Rules, Paving Way for Elections
The Straits Times
|August 01, 2025
Myanmar's military leadership on July 31 lifted a state of emergency more than four years after it took power in a coup, a necessary step for holding elections later in 2025.
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The decision, announced by the junta after a meeting of the National Defence and Security Council, comes as civil war continues to engulf the South-east Asian nation.
Under Myanmar's 2008 Constitution, emergency rules must be lifted before elections can be held, which the junta had pledged to do in December.
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing also announced the formation of a 30-member Union Government, appointing his aide Nyo Saw as prime minister.
The move comes as Myanmar's military faces a collapsing economy and growing resistance from pro-democracy armed groups.
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