Myanmar, which was torn by the war to hold the first general elections since the 2021 coup

Its military government announced, in a gradual poll, in a widely free poll, which was widely convicted that they were used to depict the power of the Military Council.

This will be the first vote since Junta seized power in a bloody coup in 2021, and the Democratic Leader Aung San Song Ki was imprisoned.

Myanmar has been involved in a civil war since then, with deadly battles between military and ethnic armed groups, many of whom said they would not allow voting in their areas.

Previous plans to hold elections were late, as the army struggled to contain an opposition rebellion that led to the control of most of the country.

Government media said on Monday that about 55 parties were registered in opinion polls, adding that nine of them plan to compete for seats worldwide.

“The first phase of the multi -party democratic general elections for each parliament will start on Sunday 28 December 2025,” Myanmar Electoral Committee said in a statement.

“The subsequent stages dates will be announced later.”

With the presence of large parts of Myanmar under the control of the opposition and in a state of war, holding these elections is a massive logistical exercise for military rulers in the country.

But the leader of the Military Council, Min Ong Hulang, who led the catastrophic coup four and a half years ago, said that the vote should go ahead and threaten a severe punishment for anyone who criticizes or hinders the elections.

The National Association for Democracy, led by Sui Ki, who won the landslides in the elections before the coup, will not be allowed to excavate this.

The planned elections were widely rejected, but they received support from the strongest neighbors in Myanmar, which view stability in Southeast Asia as A vital strategic interest.

Critics believe that Junta will use opinion polls to maintain their authority through proxy political parties.

Tom Andrews, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Laws of Law in Myanmar, in June, accused the Military Council of the “Mirage for Election” design to give a shell of legitimacy.

Andrews called on the international community to reject the elections for “not allowing the Military Punta … away from this fraud.”

Thousands of people have been killed across Myanmar since the coup, which destroyed the economy across most of the country and left a human vacuum.

Myanmar was also presented by a A devastating earthquake in March And international financing discounts, which left the weak people in a desperate and dangerous dilemma.

Military Council It will be “fake” Human Rights Watch told the BBC earlier this year, to believe that the elections under the current circumstances will be considered “credible remotely.”

NGOs said: “As an introduction to the elections, they need to end violence, and to release all of these detainees arbitrarily, and allow all political parties to register and participate instead of resolving the opposition parties.”