see url:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/7/myanmar-military-may-extend-emergency-rule-by-up-to-two-years
see full report...Military are having a wonderful time...Generals and
families relax in their private town. Will be on holiday for at least a
couple of years...till they have arrested or killed off the leadership
of the rebellion against their coup...
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In both a figurative and literal echo chamber that are the cavernous
halls of the now-emptied parliament, aided by a surplus of yes-men, the
generals have shut out the rest of the country as they justify deadly
crackdowns suppressing anti-coup protests.
Until now, reporters from outside Myanmar have also been strictly kept
out. But in an unexpected move apparently intended to showcase the
military’s control of an increasingly desperate situation, a Southeast
Asia Globe journalist, reporting on behalf of Al Jazeera, was invited
along with CNN on a weeklong tour of Yangon and Naypyidaw that ended on
April 6.
The tour, organised by controversial military PR man Ari Ben-Menashe,
provided insight into the outlook and workings of a military government
disconnected from the majority of people across the country. During an
hour-long conversation with the Globe on April 4, Brigadier General Zaw
Min Tun never wavered from the military’s message of righteousness – in
overthrowing the country’s civilian government and in using violence to
consolidate power in the two months since.
He refused to give an exact estimate of when the military, also known as
the Tatmadaw, would allow Myanmar to return to some form of civilian
rule. He walked back the initial timeline of one year, suggesting the
military could extend its ongoing state of emergency order for as long
as two years.
“Within one year we are trying to stabilise the country, but if we can’t
we will have to extend it six more months. And after that, another six
months but that is it,” Zaw Min Tun said, referencing the maximum
extension permitted by the military-drafted 2008 constitution.
“So two years maximum and after that, we will invite international
actors to monitor a free and fair election.”s
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