Myanmar elections unlikely to see credible outcome, EU human rights rep says


TOPSHOT - Shan's ethnic people attend a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in Naypyidaw on October 15, 2025. -- Photo by AFP

KUALA LUMPUR/YANGON (Reuters): The European Union's Special Representative for Human Rights Kajsa Ollongren said on Thursday that the grouping had no plans to send observers to an election in military-ruled Myanmar, as it was unlikely to result in a credible outcome.

Critics - including many Western nations - have described the election due to start in late December as a sham exercise aimed at legitimising the Myanmar junta's rule after it overthrew a civilian democratic government in 2021.

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