Myanmar has charged Aung San Suu Kyi with electoral fraud

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

Generals have cited charges of wrongdoing in the 2020 elections to justify their February coup, despite the fact that observers found no proof of such wrongdoing.

Myanmar has accused 16 persons with election fraud in the 2020 elections, including former elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to official media.

The organisation accused Aung San Suu Kyi, former President U Win Myint, and the previous chairman of the Elections Commission of "election fraud and illegal conduct" during the November elections, which Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won by a landslide.

 

The 16 violated a variety of electoral norms, according to Myanmar's state-run Global New Light, including military polling booths, early voting for those over 60, and putting the names of persons who had "no right to vote" on the ballot.

Since the military seized control on February 1, Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested and charged with a slew of crimes.

 

The military has argued that their power grab was necessary due to electoral irregularities.
The polls were deemed to be free and fair by observers.

Myanmar has been ruled by the armed forces for most of the country's independence, with Aung San Suu Kyi, now 76, spending years under house arrest.

 

The coup put an end to a ten-year democratic experiment in which the military was guaranteed a role in governance under a constitution crafted by the military.

The Myanmar's Global New Light did not provide any additional information on when the current case may be heard in court.