Ballots Amidst Blasts: The Reality of Myanmar Military Election 2025
Myanmar's military junta began a phased election on Dec 28, 2025, amid rocket attacks and international condemnation. Discover why the Myanmar military election 2025 is called a sham.
Voters are clutching ballots while rockets fall from the sky. Myanmar's military junta has launched a phased election nearly 5 years after seizing power in a coup. The vote is being widely condemned as a 'sham' by the international community, with half the country expected to be unable to participate due to the ongoing civil war.
Myanmar Military Election 2025: Democracy at Gunpoint
According to the BBC, rocket attacks hit the Mandalay region on Sunday morning, while explosions near the Thai border damaged over 10 houses. The junta has enacted a new law under which more than 200 people have already been charged for opposing the polls, facing severe penalties including the death sentence.
An election organized by a junta that continues to bomb civilians, jail political leaders, and criminalize all forms of dissent is not an election—it is a theatre of the absurd performed at gunpoint.
Banned Parties and a Fractured Landscape
Around 40 political parties, including Aung San Suu Kyi'sNational League for Democracy (NLD), remain banned. The election is being held in 265 out of 330 townships across 3 phases over the next month. Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing defended the move, claiming it aims to return the country to a multi-party democratic system.
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