Emergency extended, polls delayed


Still in power: Min Aung Hlaing and Myint Swee at the National Defence and Security Council meeting. — AP

THE military authorities announced a six-month extension to a state of emergency on Wednesday, effectively delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August, as they battle anti-coup fighters across the country.

The country has been in turmoil since the army’s power grab in 2021, and a subsequent crackdown on dissent has sparked fighting across swathes of the nation while tanking the economy.

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